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Compare players, 2026-27 season

At a glance

Kevin Lankinen Karel Vejmelka

Save %Goals againstWorkloadGamesGoals savedThe typical playerKevin Lankinen: Save %, 0.786, 2nd percentileKevin Lankinen: Goals against, 4.83 a game, 6th percentileKevin Lankinen: Workload, 21.8 shots a game, 29th percentileKevin Lankinen: Games, 6 games, 98th percentileKevin Lankinen: Goals saved, -2.60 above expected per 60, 1st percentileKarel Vejmelka: Save %, 0.907, 55th percentileKarel Vejmelka: Goals against, 2.00 a game, 67th percentileKarel Vejmelka: Workload, 21.4 shots a game, 20th percentileKarel Vejmelka: Games, 5 games, 90th percentileKarel Vejmelka: Goals saved, +0.40 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 51 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

Kevin Lankinen G, VAN 2026-27 Karel Vejmelka G, UTA
6 Games played 5
1 Wins 3
4 Losses 1
0 Shutouts 1
131 Shots against 107
103 Saves 97
29 Goals against 10
0.786 Save % 0.907
6.88 Goals against average 2.13
Expected goals, while he was in net
18.0 Expected goals against 11.9
-11.0 Goals saved above expected +1.9
-2.60 Saved above expected per 60 +0.40
9.5% Chance per attempt faced 7.1%
Rating, in goals
-13.2 Goals above replacement +25.4
-2.2 Wins above replacement +4.2
Contract
$4.5M Cap hit $4.75M
-$3.1M Worth at the going rate $8.3M
-$7.6M Value: worth minus cap hit +$3.6M

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. 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