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Compare players, 2009-10 season

At a glance

Tomas Vokoun Niklas Backstrom

Save %Goals againstWorkloadGamesThe typical playerTomas Vokoun: Save %, 0.925, 94th percentileTomas Vokoun: Goals against, 2.49 a game, 53rd percentileTomas Vokoun: Workload, 33.0 shots a game, 98th percentileTomas Vokoun: Games, 63 games, 77th percentileNiklas Backstrom: Save %, 0.903, 23rd percentileNiklas Backstrom: Goals against, 2.63 a game, 28th percentileNiklas Backstrom: Workload, 27.2 shots a game, 38th percentileNiklas Backstrom: Games, 60 games, 74th percentile

On the radar, each spoke runs from the lowest at the centre to the league leader at the rim, among the 53 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

Tomas Vokoun G, PIT 2009-10 Niklas Backstrom G, CGY
63 Games played 60
23 Wins 26
28 Losses 23
7 Shutouts 2
2,081 Shots against 1,632
1,924 Saves 1,474
157 Goals against 158
0.925 Save % 0.903
2.55 Goals against average 2.72

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.