Drew Commesso vs Matt Murray: Who Wins on NHL Stats?

This is as close as it gets. Drew Commesso and Matt Murray split the statistical categories evenly — 1 apiece — making this one of the most genuinely contested G comparisons in NHL history. When the numbers are this balanced, the debate comes down to which statistics matter most to you.

Matt Murray's Goals Against Avg of 2.38 compared to Drew Commesso's 2.61 represents a 9.7% advantage — slightly better than their counterpart in this critical category. It is the single most decisive number in this comparison and the clearest statistical argument for Matt Murray's edge.

The most competitive category in this matchup is Save Percentage, where Drew Commesso posts 90.1% against Matt Murray's 88.8% — a gap of just 1.5%. Matt Murray can point to this as evidence that the overall comparison is closer than the final 1-1 tally suggests. In any debate, Save Percentage is the statistical ammunition for the Matt Murray side.

Goaltending is evaluated through save percentage and goals against average — complementary metrics that together capture both consistency and quality of saves made under pressure.

With categories split evenly, this comparison ultimately comes down to which statistics matter most to you. Matt Murray claims the tiebreaker through Goals Against Avg advantage — a 9.7% edge — but reasonable people can, and do, argue both sides of this NHL debate.