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Compare players, 2025-26 season

At a glance

Karel Vejmelka Connor Hellebuyck

Save %Goals againstWorkloadGamesGoals savedThe typical playerKarel Vejmelka: Save %, 0.897, 53rd percentileKarel Vejmelka: Goals against, 2.64 a game, 61st percentileKarel Vejmelka: Workload, 25.4 shots a game, 34th percentileKarel Vejmelka: Games, 64 games, 99th percentileKarel Vejmelka: Goals saved, +0.09 above expected per 60, 59th percentileConnor Hellebuyck: Save %, 0.895, 50th percentileConnor Hellebuyck: Goals against, 2.84 a game, 39th percentileConnor Hellebuyck: Workload, 27.1 shots a game, 60th percentileConnor Hellebuyck: Games, 57 games, 90th percentileConnor Hellebuyck: Goals saved, -0.02 above expected per 60, 50th 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

Karel Vejmelka G, UTA 2025-26 Connor Hellebuyck G, WPG
64 Games played 57
38 Wins 23
20 Losses 23
2 Shutouts 0
1,626 Shots against 1,547
1,458 Saves 1,385
169 Goals against 162
0.897 Save % 0.895
2.75 Goals against average 2.86
Expected goals, while he was in net
174.6 Expected goals against 160.7
+5.6 Goals saved above expected -1.3
+0.09 Saved above expected per 60 -0.02
6.9% Chance per attempt faced 6.8%
Rating, in goals
+23.4 Goals above replacement +15.1
+3.9 Wins above replacement +2.5
Contract
$4.75M Cap hit $8.5M
$6.8M Worth at the going rate $4.7M
+$2.1M Value: worth minus cap hit -$3.8M

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