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Compare players, 2024-25 season

At a glance

Alex Lyon Ilya Samsonov

Save %Goals againstWorkloadGamesGoals savedThe typical playerAlex Lyon: Save %, 0.896, 38th percentileAlex Lyon: Goals against, 2.43 a game, 81st percentileAlex Lyon: Workload, 23.5 shots a game, 2nd percentileAlex Lyon: Games, 30 games, 30th percentileAlex Lyon: Goals saved, -0.06 above expected per 60, 42nd percentileIlya Samsonov: Save %, 0.891, 19th percentileIlya Samsonov: Goals against, 2.83 a game, 31st percentileIlya Samsonov: Workload, 25.9 shots a game, 33rd percentileIlya Samsonov: Games, 29 games, 27th percentileIlya Samsonov: Goals saved, -0.18 above expected per 60, 32nd percentile

On the radar, each spoke runs from the lowest at the centre to the league leader at the rim, among the 64 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

Alex Lyon G, BUF 2024-25 Ilya Samsonov G, SJS
30 Games played 29
14 Wins 16
9 Losses 9
1 Shutouts 2
705 Shots against 752
632 Saves 670
73 Goals against 82
0.896 Save % 0.891
2.81 Goals against average 2.82
Expected goals, while he was in net
71.5 Expected goals against 76.6
-1.5 Goals saved above expected -5.4
-0.06 Saved above expected per 60 -0.18
6.5% Chance per attempt faced 6.4%
Rating, in goals
+5.8 Goals above replacement +2.4
+1.0 Wins above replacement +0.4
Contract
$900K Cap hit $1.8M
$2M Worth at the going rate $1.3M
+$1.1M Value: worth minus cap hit -$527K

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