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Compare players, 2016-17 season

At a glance

Calvin Pickard Brian Elliott

Save %Goals againstWorkloadGamesGoals savedThe typical playerCalvin Pickard: Save %, 0.904, 13th percentileCalvin Pickard: Goals against, 2.80 a game, 7th percentileCalvin Pickard: Workload, 29.2 shots a game, 62nd percentileCalvin Pickard: Games, 50 games, 53rd percentileCalvin Pickard: Goals saved, -0.49 above expected per 60, 4th percentileBrian Elliott: Save %, 0.910, 25th percentileBrian Elliott: Goals against, 2.47 a game, 40th percentileBrian Elliott: Workload, 27.3 shots a game, 36th percentileBrian Elliott: Games, 49 games, 49th percentileBrian Elliott: Goals saved, -0.13 above expected per 60, 22nd percentile

On the radar, each spoke runs from the lowest at the centre to the league leader at the rim, among the 55 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

Calvin Pickard G, MIN 2016-17 Brian Elliott G, TBL
50 Games played 49
15 Wins 26
31 Losses 18
2 Shutouts 2
1,461 Shots against 1,338
1,321 Saves 1,217
140 Goals against 121
0.904 Save % 0.910
2.98 Goals against average 2.55
Expected goals, while he was in net
117.0 Expected goals against 114.7
-23.0 Goals saved above expected -6.3
-0.49 Saved above expected per 60 -0.13
5.9% Chance per attempt faced 6.2%
Rating, in goals
-11.1 Goals above replacement +5.4
-1.8 Wins above replacement +0.9
Contract
$1M Cap hit $2.5M
-$1.8M Worth at the going rate $1.8M
-$2.8M Value: worth minus cap hit -$747K

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