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Compare players, 2008-09 season

At a glance

Miikka Kiprusoff Niklas Backstrom

Save %Goals againstWorkloadGamesThe typical playerMiikka Kiprusoff: Save %, 0.903, 36th percentileMiikka Kiprusoff: Goals against, 2.75 a game, 22nd percentileMiikka Kiprusoff: Workload, 28.4 shots a game, 59th percentileMiikka Kiprusoff: Games, 76 games, 98th percentileNiklas Backstrom: Save %, 0.923, 91st percentileNiklas Backstrom: Goals against, 2.24 a game, 88th percentileNiklas Backstrom: Workload, 29.0 shots a game, 69th percentileNiklas Backstrom: Games, 71 games, 95th percentile

On the radar, each spoke runs from the lowest at the centre to the league leader at the rim, among the 58 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

Miikka Kiprusoff G, CGY 2008-09 Niklas Backstrom G, CGY
76 Games played 71
45 Wins 37
24 Losses 24
4 Shutouts 8
2,155 Shots against 2,059
1,946 Saves 1,900
209 Goals against 159
0.903 Save % 0.923
2.84 Goals against average 2.33

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.