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Compare players, 2020-21 season

At a glance

Jake Allen Elvis Merzlikins

Save %Goals againstWorkloadGamesGoals savedThe typical playerJake Allen: Save %, 0.907, 51st percentileJake Allen: Goals against, 2.62 a game, 43rd percentileJake Allen: Workload, 28.2 shots a game, 55th percentileJake Allen: Games, 29 games, 60th percentileJake Allen: Goals saved, -0.04 above expected per 60, 45th percentileElvis Merzlikins: Save %, 0.916, 78th percentileElvis Merzlikins: Goals against, 2.46 a game, 60th percentileElvis Merzlikins: Workload, 29.5 shots a game, 77th percentileElvis Merzlikins: Games, 28 games, 58th percentileElvis Merzlikins: Goals saved, +0.02 above expected per 60, 58th percentile

On the radar, each spoke runs from the lowest at the centre to the league leader at the rim, among the 65 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 2020-21 Elvis Merzlikins G, TOR
29 Games played 28
11 Wins 8
12 Losses 12
0 Shutouts 2
817 Shots against 825
741 Saves 756
76 Goals against 69
0.907 Save % 0.916
2.68 Goals against average 2.77
Expected goals, while he was in net
74.8 Expected goals against 69.5
-1.2 Goals saved above expected +0.5
-0.04 Saved above expected per 60 +0.02
6.7% Chance per attempt faced 6.4%
Rating, in goals
+6.5 Goals above replacement +7.6
+1.1 Wins above replacement +1.3
Contract
$4.35M Cap hit $4M
$2.7M Worth at the going rate $3M
-$1.7M Value: worth minus cap hit -$1M

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