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Compare players, 2024-25 season

At a glance

Ilya Samsonov Alex Lyon

Save %Goals againstWorkloadGamesGoals savedThe typical playerIlya Samsonov: Save %, 0.891, 19th percentileIlya Samsonov: Goals against, 2.83 a game, 31st percentileIlya Samsonov: Workload, 25.9 shots a game, 33rd percentileIlya Samsonov: Games, 29 games, 27th percentileIlya Samsonov: Goals saved, -0.18 above expected per 60, 32nd percentileAlex Lyon: Save %, 0.896, 38th percentileAlex Lyon: Goals against, 2.43 a game, 81st percentileAlex Lyon: Workload, 23.5 shots a game, 2nd percentileAlex Lyon: Games, 30 games, 30th percentileAlex Lyon: Goals saved, -0.06 above expected per 60, 42nd 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

Ilya Samsonov G, SJS 2024-25 Alex Lyon G, BUF
29 Games played 30
16 Wins 14
9 Losses 9
2 Shutouts 1
752 Shots against 705
670 Saves 632
82 Goals against 73
0.891 Save % 0.896
2.82 Goals against average 2.81
Expected goals, while he was in net
76.6 Expected goals against 71.5
-5.4 Goals saved above expected -1.5
-0.18 Saved above expected per 60 -0.06
6.4% Chance per attempt faced 6.5%
Rating, in goals
+2.4 Goals above replacement +5.8
+0.4 Wins above replacement +1.0
Contract
$1.8M Cap hit $900K
$1.3M Worth at the going rate $2M
-$527K Value: worth minus cap hit +$1.1M

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