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Compare players, 2023-24 season

At a glance

John Gibson Alex Lyon

Save %Goals againstWorkloadGamesGoals savedThe typical playerJohn Gibson: Save %, 0.888, 4th percentileJohn Gibson: Goals against, 3.28 a game, 4th percentileJohn Gibson: Workload, 29.2 shots a game, 67th percentileJohn Gibson: Games, 46 games, 67th percentileJohn Gibson: Goals saved, -0.20 above expected per 60, 27th percentileAlex Lyon: Save %, 0.904, 50th percentileAlex Lyon: Goals against, 2.89 a game, 31st percentileAlex Lyon: Workload, 30.1 shots a game, 81st percentileAlex Lyon: Games, 44 games, 60th percentileAlex Lyon: Goals saved, +0.02 above expected per 60, 47th percentile

On the radar, each spoke runs from the lowest at the centre to the league leader at the rim, among the 70 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

John Gibson G, DET 2023-24 Alex Lyon G, BUF
46 Games played 44
13 Wins 21
27 Losses 18
0 Shutouts 2
1,343 Shots against 1,325
1,192 Saves 1,198
151 Goals against 127
0.888 Save % 0.904
3.54 Goals against average 3.05
Expected goals, while he was in net
142.5 Expected goals against 128.0
-8.5 Goals saved above expected +1.0
-0.20 Saved above expected per 60 +0.02
7.2% Chance per attempt faced 6.7%
Rating, in goals
+6.0 Goals above replacement +14.1
+1.0 Wins above replacement +2.3
Contract
$6.4M Cap hit $900K
$1.9M Worth at the going rate $3.3M
-$4.5M Value: worth minus cap hit +$2.4M

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