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Compare players, 2020-21 season

At a glance

Cam Talbot Mike Smith

Save %Goals againstWorkloadGamesGoals savedThe typical playerCam Talbot: Save %, 0.915, 72nd percentileCam Talbot: Goals against, 2.61 a game, 45th percentileCam Talbot: Workload, 30.5 shots a game, 86th percentileCam Talbot: Games, 33 games, 69th percentileCam Talbot: Goals saved, -0.01 above expected per 60, 50th percentileMike Smith: Save %, 0.923, 89th percentileMike Smith: Goals against, 2.22 a game, 78th percentileMike Smith: Workload, 28.8 shots a game, 68th percentileMike Smith: Games, 32 games, 66th percentileMike Smith: Goals saved, +0.40 above expected per 60, 83rd 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

Cam Talbot G, CBJ 2020-21 Mike Smith G, EDM
33 Games played 32
19 Wins 21
8 Losses 6
2 Shutouts 3
1,008 Shots against 921
922 Saves 850
86 Goals against 71
0.915 Save % 0.923
2.63 Goals against average 2.31
Expected goals, while he was in net
85.6 Expected goals against 83.2
-0.4 Goals saved above expected +12.2
-0.01 Saved above expected per 60 +0.40
6.1% Chance per attempt faced 6.5%
Rating, in goals
+8.3 Goals above replacement +20.7
+1.4 Wins above replacement +3.4
Contract
$3.667M Cap hit $1.5M
$3.2M Worth at the going rate $6.9M
-$460K Value: worth minus cap hit +$5.4M

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