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Compare players, 2026-27 season

At a glance

Casey DeSmith Cam Talbot

Save %Goals againstWorkloadGamesGoals savedThe typical playerCasey DeSmith: Save %, 0.923, 75th percentileCasey DeSmith: Goals against, 2.00 a game, 67th percentileCasey DeSmith: Workload, 26.0 shots a game, 60th percentileCasey DeSmith: Games, 1 games, 1st percentileCasey DeSmith: Goals saved, +0.16 above expected per 60, 1st percentileCam Talbot: Save %, 0.909, 62nd percentileCam Talbot: Goals against, 2.00 a game, 67th percentileCam Talbot: Workload, 22.0 shots a game, 33rd percentileCam Talbot: Games, 1 games, 1st percentileCam Talbot: Goals saved, +0.61 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 52 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 2026-27 Cam Talbot G, CBJ
1 Games played 1
0 Wins 1
1 Losses 0
0 Shutouts 0
26 Shots against 22
24 Saves 20
2 Goals against 2
0.923 Save % 0.909
2.05 Goals against average 1.85
Expected goals, while he was in net
2.2 Expected goals against 2.7
+0.2 Goals saved above expected +0.7
+0.16 Saved above expected per 60 +0.61
5.5% Chance per attempt faced 7.8%
Rating, in goals
+13.9 Goals above replacement +8.1
+2.3 Wins above replacement +1.4
Contract
$1.05M Cap hit $950K
$4.9M Worth at the going rate $3.2M
+$3.9M Value: worth minus cap hit +$2.3M

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