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Compare players, 2020-21 season

At a glance

Casey DeSmith Braden Holtby

Save %Goals againstWorkloadGamesGoals savedThe typical playerCasey DeSmith: Save %, 0.912, 63rd percentileCasey DeSmith: Goals against, 2.40 a game, 69th percentileCasey DeSmith: Workload, 27.2 shots a game, 40th percentileCasey DeSmith: Games, 20 games, 28th percentileCasey DeSmith: Goals saved, +0.24 above expected per 60, 72nd percentileBraden Holtby: Save %, 0.889, 9th percentileBraden Holtby: Goals against, 3.67 a game, 1st percentileBraden Holtby: Workload, 33.1 shots a game, 94th percentileBraden Holtby: Games, 21 games, 31st percentileBraden Holtby: Goals saved, -0.26 above expected per 60, 22nd 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

Casey DeSmith G, DAL 2020-21 Braden Holtby G, DAL
20 Games played 21
11 Wins 7
7 Losses 11
2 Shutouts 0
543 Shots against 695
495 Saves 618
48 Goals against 77
0.912 Save % 0.889
2.54 Goals against average 3.67
Expected goals, while he was in net
52.5 Expected goals against 71.4
+4.5 Goals saved above expected -5.6
+0.24 Saved above expected per 60 -0.26
7.4% Chance per attempt faced 7.3%
Rating, in goals
+9.9 Goals above replacement +1.7
+1.6 Wins above replacement +0.3
Contract
$1.25M Cap hit $4.3M
$3.7M Worth at the going rate $1.2M
+$2.4M 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