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Compare players, 2006-07 season

At a glance

Marc Denis Niklas Backstrom

Save %Goals againstWorkloadGamesThe typical playerMarc Denis: Save %, 0.883, 4th percentileMarc Denis: Goals against, 2.84 a game, 25th percentileMarc Denis: Workload, 24.3 shots a game, 19th percentileMarc Denis: Games, 44 games, 45th percentileNiklas Backstrom: Save %, 0.929, 98th percentileNiklas Backstrom: Goals against, 1.78 a game, 98th percentileNiklas Backstrom: Workload, 25.1 shots a game, 26th percentileNiklas Backstrom: Games, 41 games, 42nd 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

Marc Denis G, MTL 2006-07 Niklas Backstrom G, CGY
44 Games played 41
17 Wins 23
18 Losses 8
1 Shutouts 5
1,068 Shots against 1,028
943 Saves 955
125 Goals against 73
0.883 Save % 0.929
3.19 Goals against average 1.97

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.