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Compare players, 2023-24 season

At a glance

Elvis Merzlikins Pyotr Kochetkov

Save %Goals againstWorkloadGamesGoals savedThe typical playerElvis Merzlikins: Save %, 0.897, 30th percentileElvis Merzlikins: Goals against, 3.17 a game, 9th percentileElvis Merzlikins: Workload, 30.9 shots a game, 87th percentileElvis Merzlikins: Games, 41 games, 56th percentileElvis Merzlikins: Goals saved, -0.06 above expected per 60, 41st percentilePyotr Kochetkov: Save %, 0.911, 76th percentilePyotr Kochetkov: Goals against, 2.19 a game, 93rd percentilePyotr Kochetkov: Workload, 24.5 shots a game, 4th percentilePyotr Kochetkov: Games, 42 games, 59th percentilePyotr Kochetkov: Goals saved, +0.10 above expected per 60, 60th 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 2023-24 Pyotr Kochetkov G, CAR
41 Games played 42
13 Wins 23
17 Losses 13
1 Shutouts 4
1,266 Shots against 1,031
1,136 Saves 939
130 Goals against 92
0.897 Save % 0.911
3.45 Goals against average 2.33
Expected goals, while he was in net
127.8 Expected goals against 96.0
-2.2 Goals saved above expected +4.0
-0.06 Saved above expected per 60 +0.10
7.1% Chance per attempt faced 6.8%
Rating, in goals
+10.9 Goals above replacement +13.8
+1.8 Wins above replacement +2.3
Contract
$5.4M Cap hit $2M
$2.7M Worth at the going rate $3.3M
-$2.7M Value: worth minus cap hit +$1.3M

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