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Compare players, 2025-26 season

At a glance

Elvis Merzlikins Joonas Korpisalo

Save %Goals againstWorkloadGamesGoals savedThe typical playerElvis Merzlikins: Save %, 0.883, 19th percentileElvis Merzlikins: Goals against, 3.17 a game, 13th percentileElvis Merzlikins: Workload, 27.1 shots a game, 59th percentileElvis Merzlikins: Games, 30 games, 27th percentileElvis Merzlikins: Goals saved, -0.31 above expected per 60, 16th percentileJoonas Korpisalo: Save %, 0.894, 44th percentileJoonas Korpisalo: Goals against, 2.90 a game, 34th percentileJoonas Korpisalo: Workload, 27.5 shots a game, 73rd percentileJoonas Korpisalo: Games, 31 games, 31st percentileJoonas Korpisalo: Goals saved, -0.12 above expected per 60, 41st 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

Elvis Merzlikins G, TOR 2025-26 Joonas Korpisalo G, NYR
30 Games played 31
14 Wins 14
11 Losses 9
1 Shutouts 1
812 Shots against 851
717 Saves 761
95 Goals against 90
0.883 Save % 0.894
3.40 Goals against average 3.15
Expected goals, while he was in net
86.4 Expected goals against 86.6
-8.6 Goals saved above expected -3.4
-0.31 Saved above expected per 60 -0.12
6.9% Chance per attempt faced 6.9%
Rating, in goals
+0.2 Goals above replacement +5.4
+0.0 Wins above replacement +0.9
Contract
$5.4M Cap hit $4M
$838K Worth at the going rate $2.2M
-$4.6M Value: worth minus cap hit -$1.8M

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