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Compare players, 2025-26 season

At a glance

Igor Shesterkin Darcy Kuemper

Save %Goals againstWorkloadGamesGoals savedThe typical playerIgor Shesterkin: Save %, 0.912, 91st percentileIgor Shesterkin: Goals against, 2.47 a game, 80th percentileIgor Shesterkin: Workload, 27.9 shots a game, 83rd percentileIgor Shesterkin: Games, 51 games, 77th percentileIgor Shesterkin: Goals saved, +0.35 above expected per 60, 87th percentileDarcy Kuemper: Save %, 0.891, 39th percentileDarcy Kuemper: Goals against, 2.68 a game, 56th percentileDarcy Kuemper: Workload, 24.7 shots a game, 24th percentileDarcy Kuemper: Games, 50 games, 73rd percentileDarcy Kuemper: Goals saved, -0.16 above expected per 60, 34th 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

Igor Shesterkin G, NYR 2025-26 Darcy Kuemper G, LAK
51 Games played 50
25 Wins 19
19 Losses 14
1 Shutouts 3
1,425 Shots against 1,234
1,299 Saves 1,100
126 Goals against 134
0.912 Save % 0.891
2.50 Goals against average 2.78
Expected goals, while he was in net
143.7 Expected goals against 126.4
+17.7 Goals saved above expected -7.6
+0.35 Saved above expected per 60 -0.16
6.7% Chance per attempt faced 6.7%
Rating, in goals
+32.4 Goals above replacement +5.2
+5.4 Wins above replacement +0.9
Contract
$11.5M Cap hit $5.25M
$9.2M Worth at the going rate $2.1M
-$2.3M Value: worth minus cap hit -$3.1M

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