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Compare players, 2025-26 season

At a glance

Casey DeSmith Elvis Merzlikins

Save %Goals againstWorkloadGamesGoals savedThe typical playerCasey DeSmith: Save %, 0.907, 76th percentileCasey DeSmith: Goals against, 2.37 a game, 93rd percentileCasey DeSmith: Workload, 25.3 shots a game, 29th percentileCasey DeSmith: Games, 30 games, 27th percentileCasey DeSmith: Goals saved, +0.22 above expected per 60, 72nd percentileElvis Merzlikins: Save %, 0.883, 19th percentileElvis Merzlikins: Goals against, 3.17 a game, 13th percentileElvis Merzlikins: Workload, 27.1 shots a game, 59th percentileElvis Merzlikins: Games, 30 games, 27th percentileElvis Merzlikins: Goals saved, -0.31 above expected per 60, 16th 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

Casey DeSmith G, DAL 2025-26 Elvis Merzlikins G, TOR
30 Games played 30
15 Wins 14
8 Losses 11
1 Shutouts 1
760 Shots against 812
689 Saves 717
71 Goals against 95
0.907 Save % 0.883
2.43 Goals against average 3.40
Expected goals, while he was in net
77.5 Expected goals against 86.4
+6.5 Goals saved above expected -8.6
+0.22 Saved above expected per 60 -0.31
6.6% Chance per attempt faced 6.9%
Rating, in goals
+14.4 Goals above replacement +0.2
+2.4 Wins above replacement +0.0
Contract
$1M Cap hit $5.4M
$4.5M Worth at the going rate $838K
+$3.5M Value: worth minus cap hit -$4.6M

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