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Compare players, 2012-13 season

At a glance

Evgeni Nabokov Niklas Backstrom

Save %Goals againstWorkloadGamesGoals savedThe typical playerEvgeni Nabokov: Save %, 0.910, 46th percentileEvgeni Nabokov: Goals against, 2.51 a game, 33rd percentileEvgeni Nabokov: Workload, 27.8 shots a game, 63rd percentileEvgeni Nabokov: Games, 41 games, 88th percentileEvgeni Nabokov: Goals saved, +0.15 above expected per 60, 63rd percentileNiklas Backstrom: Save %, 0.909, 44th percentileNiklas Backstrom: Goals against, 2.33 a game, 53rd percentileNiklas Backstrom: Workload, 25.5 shots a game, 23rd percentileNiklas Backstrom: Games, 42 games, 89th percentileNiklas Backstrom: Goals saved, -0.35 above expected per 60, 13th percentile

On the radar, each spoke runs from the lowest at the centre to the league leader at the rim, among the 57 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

Evgeni Nabokov G, TBL 2012-13 Niklas Backstrom G, CGY
41 Games played 42
23 Wins 24
11 Losses 15
3 Shutouts 2
1,139 Shots against 1,072
1,036 Saves 974
103 Goals against 98
0.910 Save % 0.909
2.50 Goals against average 2.48
Expected goals, while he was in net
109.1 Expected goals against 84.3
+6.1 Goals saved above expected -13.7
+0.15 Saved above expected per 60 -0.35
6.7% Chance per attempt faced 5.7%
Rating, in goals
+17.2 Goals above replacement -5.1
+2.9 Wins above replacement -0.9

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