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Compare players, 2021-22 season

At a glance

Elvis Merzlikins Darcy Kuemper

Save %Goals againstWorkloadGamesGoals savedThe typical playerElvis Merzlikins: Save %, 0.907, 46th percentileElvis Merzlikins: Goals against, 3.02 a game, 22nd percentileElvis Merzlikins: Workload, 32.5 shots a game, 94th percentileElvis Merzlikins: Games, 59 games, 90th percentileElvis Merzlikins: Goals saved, +0.02 above expected per 60, 49th percentileDarcy Kuemper: Save %, 0.921, 93rd percentileDarcy Kuemper: Goals against, 2.42 a game, 79th percentileDarcy Kuemper: Workload, 30.8 shots a game, 70th percentileDarcy Kuemper: Games, 57 games, 87th percentileDarcy Kuemper: Goals saved, +0.34 above expected per 60, 88th percentile

On the radar, each spoke runs from the lowest at the centre to the league leader at the rim, among the 67 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

Elvis Merzlikins G, TOR 2021-22 Darcy Kuemper G, LAK
59 Games played 57
27 Wins 37
23 Losses 12
2 Shutouts 5
1,920 Shots against 1,754
1,742 Saves 1,616
178 Goals against 138
0.907 Save % 0.921
3.22 Goals against average 2.54
Expected goals, while he was in net
179.2 Expected goals against 156.3
+1.2 Goals saved above expected +18.3
+0.02 Saved above expected per 60 +0.34
6.9% Chance per attempt faced 6.6%
Rating, in goals
+19.5 Goals above replacement +34.2
+3.2 Wins above replacement +5.7
Contract
$4M Cap hit $4.5M
$4.4M Worth at the going rate $7.2M
+$394K Value: worth minus cap hit +$2.7M

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