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Compare players, 2005-06 season

At a glance

Antero Niittymaki Ed Belfour

Save %Goals againstWorkloadGamesThe typical playerAntero Niittymaki: Save %, 0.895, 26th percentileAntero Niittymaki: Goals against, 2.89 a game, 33rd percentileAntero Niittymaki: Workload, 27.5 shots a game, 42nd percentileAntero Niittymaki: Games, 46 games, 60th percentileEd Belfour: Save %, 0.892, 23rd percentileEd Belfour: Goals against, 3.24 a game, 11th percentileEd Belfour: Workload, 30.1 shots a game, 84th percentileEd Belfour: Games, 49 games, 63rd percentile

On the radar, each spoke runs from the lowest at the centre to the league leader at the rim, among the 57 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

Antero Niittymaki G, SJS 2005-06 Ed Belfour G, FLA
46 Games played 49
23 Wins 22
15 Losses 22
2 Shutouts 0
1,266 Shots against 1,476
1,133 Saves 1,317
133 Goals against 159
0.895 Save % 0.892
2.97 Goals against average 3.29

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.