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Compare players, 2011-12 season

At a glance

Mathieu Garon Niklas Backstrom

Save %Goals againstWorkloadGamesGoals savedThe typical playerMathieu Garon: Save %, 0.901, 14th percentileMathieu Garon: Goals against, 2.46 a game, 34th percentileMathieu Garon: Workload, 24.8 shots a game, 6th percentileMathieu Garon: Games, 48 games, 52nd percentileMathieu Garon: Goals saved, -0.38 above expected per 60, 9th percentileNiklas Backstrom: Save %, 0.919, 72nd percentileNiklas Backstrom: Goals against, 2.28 a game, 64th percentileNiklas Backstrom: Workload, 28.2 shots a game, 60th percentileNiklas Backstrom: Games, 46 games, 44th percentileNiklas Backstrom: Goals saved, +0.01 above expected per 60, 49th 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

Mathieu Garon G, TBL 2011-12 Niklas Backstrom G, CGY
48 Games played 46
23 Wins 19
16 Losses 18
1 Shutouts 4
1,191 Shots against 1,299
1,073 Saves 1,194
118 Goals against 105
0.901 Save % 0.919
2.85 Goals against average 2.43
Expected goals, while he was in net
102.4 Expected goals against 105.4
-15.6 Goals saved above expected +0.4
-0.38 Saved above expected per 60 +0.01
6.1% Chance per attempt faced 5.7%
Rating, in goals
-5.2 Goals above replacement +11.2
-0.9 Wins above replacement +1.9

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. What the advanced numbers mean