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Compare players, 2006-07 season

At a glance

Vesa Toskala Niklas Backstrom

Save %Goals againstWorkloadGamesThe typical playerVesa Toskala: Save %, 0.908, 58th percentileVesa Toskala: Goals against, 2.21 a game, 83rd percentileVesa Toskala: Workload, 24.1 shots a game, 17th percentileVesa Toskala: Games, 38 games, 38th 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

Vesa Toskala G, CGY 2006-07 Niklas Backstrom G, CGY
38 Games played 41
26 Wins 23
10 Losses 8
4 Shutouts 5
915 Shots against 1,028
831 Saves 955
84 Goals against 73
0.908 Save % 0.929
2.35 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.