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Compare players, 2022-23 season

At a glance

Elvis Merzlikins Charlie Lindgren

Save %Goals againstWorkloadGamesGoals savedThe typical playerElvis Merzlikins: Save %, 0.876, 1st percentileElvis Merzlikins: Goals against, 3.67 a game, 3rd percentileElvis Merzlikins: Workload, 29.6 shots a game, 47th percentileElvis Merzlikins: Games, 30 games, 42nd percentileElvis Merzlikins: Goals saved, -1.04 above expected per 60, 1st percentileCharlie Lindgren: Save %, 0.899, 39th percentileCharlie Lindgren: Goals against, 2.77 a game, 47th percentileCharlie Lindgren: Workload, 27.5 shots a game, 29th percentileCharlie Lindgren: Games, 31 games, 43rd percentileCharlie Lindgren: Goals saved, -0.13 above expected per 60, 40th percentile

On the radar, each spoke runs from the lowest at the centre to the league leader at the rim, among the 72 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 2022-23 Charlie Lindgren G, WSH
30 Games played 31
7 Wins 13
18 Losses 11
0 Shutouts 0
889 Shots against 853
779 Saves 767
110 Goals against 86
0.876 Save % 0.899
4.23 Goals against average 3.05
Expected goals, while he was in net
83.0 Expected goals against 82.2
-27.0 Goals saved above expected -3.8
-1.04 Saved above expected per 60 -0.13
6.6% Chance per attempt faced 7.0%
Rating, in goals
-18.5 Goals above replacement +4.6
-3.1 Wins above replacement +0.8
Contract
$5.4M Cap hit $1.1M
-$3.1M Worth at the going rate $1.7M
-$8.5M Value: worth minus cap hit +$588K

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