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Compare players, 2007-08 season

At a glance

Tim Thomas Niklas Backstrom

Save %Goals againstWorkloadGamesThe typical playerTim Thomas: Save %, 0.921, 90th percentileTim Thomas: Goals against, 2.39 a game, 58th percentileTim Thomas: Workload, 30.4 shots a game, 88th percentileTim Thomas: Games, 57 games, 64th percentileNiklas Backstrom: Save %, 0.920, 80th percentileNiklas Backstrom: Goals against, 2.26 a game, 74th percentileNiklas Backstrom: Workload, 28.1 shots a game, 66th percentileNiklas Backstrom: Games, 58 games, 68th percentile

On the radar, each spoke runs from the lowest at the centre to the league leader at the rim, among the 50 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

Tim Thomas G, DAL 2007-08 Niklas Backstrom G, CGY
57 Games played 58
28 Wins 33
19 Losses 13
3 Shutouts 4
1,731 Shots against 1,629
1,595 Saves 1,498
136 Goals against 131
0.921 Save % 0.920
2.44 Goals against average 2.31

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.