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Compare players, 2020-21 season

At a glance

Mackenzie Blackwood Thatcher Demko

Save %Goals againstWorkloadGamesGoals savedThe typical playerMackenzie Blackwood: Save %, 0.902, 34th percentileMackenzie Blackwood: Goals against, 3.03 a game, 9th percentileMackenzie Blackwood: Workload, 30.9 shots a game, 88th percentileMackenzie Blackwood: Games, 35 games, 75th percentileMackenzie Blackwood: Goals saved, -0.16 above expected per 60, 34th percentileThatcher Demko: Save %, 0.915, 74th percentileThatcher Demko: Goals against, 2.83 a game, 34th percentileThatcher Demko: Workload, 33.3 shots a game, 95th percentileThatcher Demko: Games, 35 games, 75th percentileThatcher Demko: Goals saved, +0.49 above expected per 60, 92nd percentile

On the radar, each spoke runs from the lowest at the centre to the league leader at the rim, among the 65 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

Mackenzie Blackwood G, COL 2020-21 Thatcher Demko G, VAN
35 Games played 35
14 Wins 16
17 Losses 18
1 Shutouts 1
1,081 Shots against 1,164
975 Saves 1,065
106 Goals against 99
0.902 Save % 0.915
3.04 Goals against average 2.85
Expected goals, while he was in net
100.6 Expected goals against 116.2
-5.4 Goals saved above expected +17.2
-0.16 Saved above expected per 60 +0.49
6.9% Chance per attempt faced 7.4%
Rating, in goals
+4.8 Goals above replacement +29.0
+0.8 Wins above replacement +4.8
Contract
$2.8M Cap hit $1.05M
$2.2M Worth at the going rate $9.4M
-$634K Value: worth minus cap hit +$8.4M

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