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Compare players, 2017-18 season

At a glance

Anders Nilsson Thomas Greiss

Save %Goals againstWorkloadGamesGoals savedThe typical playerAnders Nilsson: Save %, 0.901, 13th percentileAnders Nilsson: Goals against, 3.11 a game, 7th percentileAnders Nilsson: Workload, 31.5 shots a game, 88th percentileAnders Nilsson: Games, 27 games, 18th percentileAnders Nilsson: Goals saved, -0.41 above expected per 60, 14th percentileThomas Greiss: Save %, 0.892, 3rd percentileThomas Greiss: Goals against, 3.52 a game, 1st percentileThomas Greiss: Workload, 32.6 shots a game, 95th percentileThomas Greiss: Games, 27 games, 18th percentileThomas Greiss: Goals saved, -0.73 above expected per 60, 2nd percentile

On the radar, each spoke runs from the lowest at the centre to the league leader at the rim, among the 60 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

Anders Nilsson G, OTT 2017-18 Thomas Greiss G, STL
27 Games played 27
7 Wins 13
14 Losses 8
2 Shutouts 1
850 Shots against 879
766 Saves 784
84 Goals against 95
0.901 Save % 0.892
3.44 Goals against average 3.82
Expected goals, while he was in net
74.1 Expected goals against 76.9
-9.9 Goals saved above expected -18.1
-0.41 Saved above expected per 60 -0.73
6.4% Chance per attempt faced 6.4%
Rating, in goals
-2.3 Goals above replacement -10.2
-0.4 Wins above replacement -1.7
Contract
$2.5M Cap hit $3.333M
$96K Worth at the going rate -$1.7M
-$2.4M Value: worth minus cap hit -$5M

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