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Compare players, 2008-09 season

At a glance

Antero Niittymaki Brian Elliott

Save %Goals againstWorkloadGamesThe typical playerAntero Niittymaki: Save %, 0.912, 59th percentileAntero Niittymaki: Goals against, 2.59 a game, 45th percentileAntero Niittymaki: Workload, 29.6 shots a game, 72nd percentileAntero Niittymaki: Games, 32 games, 36th percentileBrian Elliott: Save %, 0.902, 33rd percentileBrian Elliott: Goals against, 2.48 a game, 52nd percentileBrian Elliott: Workload, 25.4 shots a game, 12th percentileBrian Elliott: Games, 31 games, 28th 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

Antero Niittymaki G, SJS 2008-09 Brian Elliott G, TBL
32 Games played 31
15 Wins 16
8 Losses 8
1 Shutouts 1
947 Shots against 786
864 Saves 709
83 Goals against 77
0.912 Save % 0.902
2.76 Goals against average 2.77

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.