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Compare players, 2020-21 season

At a glance

Alexei Melnichuk Cayden Primeau

Save %Goals againstWorkloadGamesGoals savedThe typical playerAlexei Melnichuk: Save %, 0.864, 1st percentileAlexei Melnichuk: Goals against, 3.67 a game, 1st percentileAlexei Melnichuk: Workload, 27.0 shots a game, 35th percentileAlexei Melnichuk: Games, 3 games, 1st percentileAlexei Melnichuk: Goals saved, -0.70 above expected per 60, 3rd percentileCayden Primeau: Save %, 0.849, 1st percentileCayden Primeau: Goals against, 3.50 a game, 2nd percentileCayden Primeau: Workload, 23.3 shots a game, 2nd percentileCayden Primeau: Games, 4 games, 1st percentileCayden Primeau: Goals saved, -1.37 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 65 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

Alexei Melnichuk G, SJS 2020-21 Cayden Primeau G, CAR
3 Games played 4
0 Wins 1
1 Losses 2
0 Shutouts 0
81 Shots against 93
70 Saves 79
11 Goals against 14
0.864 Save % 0.849
5.05 Goals against average 4.16
Expected goals, while he was in net
9.5 Expected goals against 9.4
-1.5 Goals saved above expected -4.6
-0.70 Saved above expected per 60 -1.37
9.5% Chance per attempt faced 7.2%
Rating, in goals
-0.6 Goals above replacement -3.6
-0.1 Wins above replacement -0.6

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