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Compare players, 2024-25 season

At a glance

Alex Lyon Joel Hofer

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 percentileJoel Hofer: Save %, 0.904, 63rd percentileJoel Hofer: Goals against, 2.39 a game, 88th percentileJoel Hofer: Workload, 24.7 shots a game, 14th percentileJoel Hofer: Games, 31 games, 34th percentileJoel Hofer: Goals saved, -0.14 above expected per 60, 34th 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 Joel Hofer G, STL
30 Games played 31
14 Wins 16
9 Losses 8
1 Shutouts 1
705 Shots against 767
632 Saves 693
73 Goals against 74
0.896 Save % 0.904
2.81 Goals against average 2.64
Expected goals, while he was in net
71.5 Expected goals against 70.1
-1.5 Goals saved above expected -3.9
-0.06 Saved above expected per 60 -0.14
6.5% Chance per attempt faced 6.1%
Rating, in goals
+5.8 Goals above replacement +3.3
+1.0 Wins above replacement +0.5
Contract
$900K Cap hit $775K
$2M Worth at the going rate $1.4M
+$1.1M Value: worth minus cap hit +$668K

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