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Compare players, 2024-25 season

At a glance

Elvis Merzlikins Lukas Dostal

Save %Goals againstWorkloadGamesGoals savedThe typical playerElvis Merzlikins: Save %, 0.892, 22nd percentileElvis Merzlikins: Goals against, 3.17 a game, 8th percentileElvis Merzlikins: Workload, 29.4 shots a game, 95th percentileElvis Merzlikins: Games, 53 games, 72nd percentileElvis Merzlikins: Goals saved, -0.25 above expected per 60, 24th percentileLukas Dostal: Save %, 0.903, 61st percentileLukas Dostal: Goals against, 2.93 a game, 20th percentileLukas Dostal: Workload, 30.1 shots a game, 97th percentileLukas Dostal: Games, 54 games, 75th percentileLukas Dostal: Goals saved, +0.33 above expected per 60, 84th percentile

On the radar, each spoke runs from the lowest at the centre to the league leader at the rim, among the 64 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 2024-25 Lukas Dostal G, ANA
53 Games played 54
26 Wins 23
21 Losses 23
1 Shutouts 1
1,557 Shots against 1,625
1,389 Saves 1,467
168 Goals against 158
0.892 Save % 0.903
3.18 Goals against average 3.10
Expected goals, while he was in net
154.8 Expected goals against 174.8
-13.2 Goals saved above expected +16.8
-0.25 Saved above expected per 60 +0.33
6.6% Chance per attempt faced 7.0%
Rating, in goals
+2.5 Goals above replacement +34.7
+0.4 Wins above replacement +5.8
Contract
$5.4M Cap hit $813K
$1.3M Worth at the going rate $8M
-$4.1M Value: worth minus cap hit +$7.2M

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