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Compare players, 2025-26 season

At a glance

Leevi Meriläinen Thatcher Demko

Save %Goals againstWorkloadGamesGoals savedThe typical playerLeevi Meriläinen: Save %, 0.860, 1st percentileLeevi Meriläinen: Goals against, 3.20 a game, 10th percentileLeevi Meriläinen: Workload, 22.9 shots a game, 3rd percentileLeevi Meriläinen: Games, 20 games, 6th percentileLeevi Meriläinen: Goals saved, -1.14 above expected per 60, 1st percentileThatcher Demko: Save %, 0.897, 54th percentileThatcher Demko: Goals against, 2.70 a game, 53rd percentileThatcher Demko: Workload, 25.7 shots a game, 41st percentileThatcher Demko: Games, 20 games, 6th percentileThatcher Demko: Goals saved, +0.24 above expected per 60, 75th 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

Leevi Meriläinen G, VAN 2025-26 Thatcher Demko G, VAN
20 Games played 20
8 Wins 8
10 Losses 10
0 Shutouts 1
457 Shots against 514
393 Saves 461
64 Goals against 54
0.860 Save % 0.897
3.51 Goals against average 2.90
Expected goals, while he was in net
43.2 Expected goals against 58.5
-20.8 Goals saved above expected +4.5
-1.14 Saved above expected per 60 +0.24
6.5% Chance per attempt faced 7.3%
Rating, in goals
-16.4 Goals above replacement +10.5
-2.7 Wins above replacement +1.8
Contract
$1.05M Cap hit $5M
-$3.5M Worth at the going rate $3.5M
-$4.5M Value: worth minus cap hit -$1.5M

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