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Compare players, 2025-26 season

At a glance

Thatcher Demko Charlie Lindgren

Save %Goals againstWorkloadGamesGoals savedThe typical playerThatcher Demko: Save %, 0.897, 54th percentileThatcher Demko: Goals against, 2.70 a game, 53rd percentileThatcher Demko: Workload, 25.7 shots a game, 41st percentileThatcher Demko: Games, 20 games, 6th percentileThatcher Demko: Goals saved, +0.24 above expected per 60, 75th percentileCharlie Lindgren: Save %, 0.879, 13th percentileCharlie Lindgren: Goals against, 3.48 a game, 1st percentileCharlie Lindgren: Workload, 28.7 shots a game, 91st percentileCharlie Lindgren: Games, 21 games, 11th percentileCharlie Lindgren: Goals saved, -0.36 above expected per 60, 15th 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

Thatcher Demko G, VAN 2025-26 Charlie Lindgren G, WSH
20 Games played 21
8 Wins 9
10 Losses 8
1 Shutouts 1
514 Shots against 602
461 Saves 529
54 Goals against 73
0.897 Save % 0.879
2.90 Goals against average 3.52
Expected goals, while he was in net
58.5 Expected goals against 65.6
+4.5 Goals saved above expected -7.4
+0.24 Saved above expected per 60 -0.36
7.3% Chance per attempt faced 7.1%
Rating, in goals
+10.5 Goals above replacement -0.7
+1.8 Wins above replacement -0.1
Contract
$5M Cap hit $3M
$3.5M Worth at the going rate $581K
-$1.5M 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