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Compare players, 2025-26 season

At a glance

Nikita Tolopilo Leevi Meriläinen

Save %Goals againstWorkloadGamesGoals savedThe typical playerNikita Tolopilo: Save %, 0.881, 16th percentileNikita Tolopilo: Goals against, 3.29 a game, 7th percentileNikita Tolopilo: Workload, 27.7 shots a game, 77th percentileNikita Tolopilo: Games, 21 games, 11th percentileNikita Tolopilo: Goals saved, -0.14 above expected per 60, 35th percentileLeevi 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 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

Nikita Tolopilo G, VAN 2025-26 Leevi Meriläinen G, VAN
21 Games played 20
6 Wins 8
11 Losses 10
0 Shutouts 0
582 Shots against 457
513 Saves 393
69 Goals against 64
0.881 Save % 0.860
3.61 Goals against average 3.51
Expected goals, while he was in net
66.3 Expected goals against 43.2
-2.7 Goals saved above expected -20.8
-0.14 Saved above expected per 60 -1.14
7.4% Chance per attempt faced 6.5%
Rating, in goals
+4.0 Goals above replacement -16.4
+0.7 Wins above replacement -2.7
Contract
$775K Cap hit $1.05M
$1.8M Worth at the going rate -$3.5M
+$1M Value: worth minus cap hit -$4.5M

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