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Compare players, 2026-27 season

At a glance

Dylan Garand Casey DeSmith

Save %Goals againstWorkloadGamesGoals savedThe typical playerDylan Garand: Save %, 0.945, 94th percentileDylan Garand: Goals against, 1.00 a game, 92nd percentileDylan Garand: Workload, 18.3 shots a game, 4th percentileDylan Garand: Games, 3 games, 27th percentileDylan Garand: Goals saved, +0.87 above expected per 60, 1st percentileCasey DeSmith: Save %, 0.923, 75th percentileCasey DeSmith: Goals against, 2.00 a game, 67th percentileCasey DeSmith: Workload, 26.0 shots a game, 61st percentileCasey DeSmith: Games, 1 games, 1st percentileCasey DeSmith: Goals saved, +0.15 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

Dylan Garand G, NYR 2026-27 Casey DeSmith G, DAL
3 Games played 1
2 Wins 0
0 Losses 1
1 Shutouts 0
55 Shots against 26
52 Saves 24
3 Goals against 2
0.945 Save % 0.923
1.20 Goals against average 2.05
Expected goals, while he was in net
5.2 Expected goals against 2.1
+2.2 Goals saved above expected +0.1
+0.87 Saved above expected per 60 +0.15
6.1% Chance per attempt faced 5.5%
Rating, in goals
+5.2 Goals above replacement +13.9
+0.9 Wins above replacement +2.3
Contract
$875K Cap hit $1.05M

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