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Compare players, 2007-08 season

At a glance

Jean-Sebastien Giguere Niklas Backstrom

Save %Goals againstWorkloadGamesThe typical playerJean-Sebastien Giguere: Save %, 0.922, 92nd percentileJean-Sebastien Giguere: Goals against, 2.02 a game, 92nd percentileJean-Sebastien Giguere: Workload, 26.0 shots a game, 38th percentileJean-Sebastien Giguere: Games, 58 games, 68th 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

Jean-Sebastien Giguere G, COL 2007-08 Niklas Backstrom G, CGY
58 Games played 58
35 Wins 33
17 Losses 13
4 Shutouts 4
1,508 Shots against 1,629
1,391 Saves 1,498
117 Goals against 131
0.922 Save % 0.920
2.12 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.