Hockey Terminal
Be a GM

Compare players, 2025-26 season

At a glance

David Rittich Elvis Merzlikins

Save %Goals againstWorkloadGamesGoals savedThe typical playerDavid Rittich: Save %, 0.894, 46th percentileDavid Rittich: Goals against, 2.53 a game, 70th percentileDavid Rittich: Workload, 24.0 shots a game, 14th percentileDavid Rittich: Games, 30 games, 27th percentileDavid Rittich: Goals saved, +0.24 above expected per 60, 74th 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

David Rittich G, NJD 2025-26 Elvis Merzlikins G, TOR
30 Games played 30
14 Wins 14
10 Losses 11
2 Shutouts 1
720 Shots against 812
644 Saves 717
76 Goals against 95
0.894 Save % 0.883
2.76 Goals against average 3.40
Expected goals, while he was in net
82.7 Expected goals against 86.4
+6.7 Goals saved above expected -8.6
+0.24 Saved above expected per 60 -0.31
7.1% Chance per attempt faced 6.9%
Rating, in goals
+15.1 Goals above replacement +0.2
+2.5 Wins above replacement +0.0
Contract
$1M Cap hit $5.4M
$4.7M Worth at the going rate $838K
+$3.7M 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