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Compare players, 2026-27 season

At a glance

Karel Vejmelka Juuse Saros

Save %Goals againstWorkloadGamesGoals savedThe typical playerKarel Vejmelka: Save %, 0.907, 55th percentileKarel Vejmelka: Goals against, 2.00 a game, 67th percentileKarel Vejmelka: Workload, 21.4 shots a game, 20th percentileKarel Vejmelka: Games, 5 games, 90th percentileKarel Vejmelka: Goals saved, +0.40 above expected per 60, 1st percentileJuuse Saros: Save %, 0.916, 67th percentileJuuse Saros: Goals against, 2.75 a game, 41st percentileJuuse Saros: Workload, 32.8 shots a game, 88th percentileJuuse Saros: Games, 4 games, 53rd percentileJuuse Saros: Goals saved, +0.54 above expected per 60, 1st percentile

On the radar, each spoke runs from the lowest at the centre to the league leader at the rim, among the 51 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 2026-27 Juuse Saros G, NSH
5 Games played 4
3 Wins 2
1 Losses 1
1 Shutouts 0
107 Shots against 131
97 Saves 120
10 Goals against 11
0.907 Save % 0.916
2.13 Goals against average 2.72
Expected goals, while he was in net
11.9 Expected goals against 13.2
+1.9 Goals saved above expected +2.2
+0.40 Saved above expected per 60 +0.54
7.1% Chance per attempt faced 6.5%
Rating, in goals
+25.4 Goals above replacement +17.2
+4.2 Wins above replacement +2.9
Contract
$4.75M Cap hit $7.74M
$8.3M Worth at the going rate $5.9M
+$3.6M Value: worth minus cap hit -$1.8M

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. The season is still being played, so each rating is projected over the whole season: the games played so far, plus the games left at the rate of the last three seasons and this one. What the advanced numbers mean