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Compare players, 2020-21 season

At a glance

Matt Murray Elvis Merzlikins

Save %Goals againstWorkloadGamesGoals savedThe typical playerMatt Murray: Save %, 0.893, 11th percentileMatt Murray: Goals against, 2.93 a game, 17th percentileMatt Murray: Workload, 27.3 shots a game, 42nd percentileMatt Murray: Games, 27 games, 54th percentileMatt Murray: Goals saved, -0.41 above expected per 60, 13th 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

Matt Murray G, SEA 2020-21 Elvis Merzlikins G, TOR
27 Games played 28
10 Wins 8
13 Losses 12
2 Shutouts 2
738 Shots against 825
659 Saves 756
79 Goals against 69
0.893 Save % 0.916
3.38 Goals against average 2.77
Expected goals, while he was in net
69.4 Expected goals against 69.5
-9.6 Goals saved above expected +0.5
-0.41 Saved above expected per 60 +0.02
6.9% Chance per attempt faced 6.4%
Rating, in goals
-2.5 Goals above replacement +7.6
-0.4 Wins above replacement +1.3
Contract
$6.25M Cap hit $4M
-$41K Worth at the going rate $3M
-$6.3M 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