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Compare players, 2008-09 season

At a glance

Marty Turco Niklas Backstrom

Save %Goals againstWorkloadGamesThe typical playerMarty Turco: Save %, 0.898, 14th percentileMarty Turco: Goals against, 2.74 a game, 28th percentileMarty Turco: Workload, 26.9 shots a game, 33rd percentileMarty Turco: Games, 74 games, 97th percentileNiklas Backstrom: Save %, 0.923, 91st percentileNiklas Backstrom: Goals against, 2.24 a game, 88th percentileNiklas Backstrom: Workload, 29.0 shots a game, 69th percentileNiklas Backstrom: Games, 71 games, 95th percentile

On the radar, each spoke runs from the lowest at the centre to the league leader at the rim, among the 58 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

Marty Turco G, BOS 2008-09 Niklas Backstrom G, CGY
74 Games played 71
33 Wins 37
31 Losses 24
3 Shutouts 8
1,993 Shots against 2,059
1,790 Saves 1,900
203 Goals against 159
0.898 Save % 0.923
2.81 Goals against average 2.33

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.