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Compare players, 2015-16 season

At a glance

Jake Allen Antti Niemi

Save %Goals againstWorkloadGamesGoals savedThe typical playerJake Allen: Save %, 0.920, 76th percentileJake Allen: Goals against, 2.15 a game, 79th percentileJake Allen: Workload, 26.8 shots a game, 37th percentileJake Allen: Games, 47 games, 65th percentileJake Allen: Goals saved, +0.04 above expected per 60, 56th percentileAntti Niemi: Save %, 0.905, 16th percentileAntti Niemi: Goals against, 2.46 a game, 35th percentileAntti Niemi: Workload, 26.0 shots a game, 19th percentileAntti Niemi: Games, 48 games, 66th percentileAntti Niemi: Goals saved, -0.05 above expected per 60, 37th percentile

On the radar, each spoke runs from the lowest at the centre to the league leader at the rim, among the 62 goalies who played at least a quarter as many games as the busiest. The gap between two players on a spoke is the real gap between their numbers. The dashed shape is the typical player. Hover over a dot for the number.

The numbers

Jake Allen G, NJD 2015-16 Antti Niemi G, MTL
47 Games played 48
26 Wins 25
15 Losses 13
6 Shutouts 3
1,260 Shots against 1,246
1,159 Saves 1,128
101 Goals against 118
0.920 Save % 0.905
2.35 Goals against average 2.67
Expected goals, while he was in net
102.7 Expected goals against 115.7
+1.7 Goals saved above expected -2.3
+0.04 Saved above expected per 60 -0.05
6.1% Chance per attempt faced 6.4%
Rating, in goals
+12.2 Goals above replacement +9.5
+2.0 Wins above replacement +1.6
Contract
$2.35M Cap hit $4.5M
$3.5M Worth at the going rate $2.8M
+$1.1M Value: worth minus cap hit -$1.7M

The better value in each stat is highlighted. Stats where more is not clearly better, such as games played, are not judged. Bars show each value against the larger of the two. What the advanced numbers mean