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Compare players, 2012-13 season

At a glance

Ryan Miller Niklas Backstrom

Save %Goals againstWorkloadGamesGoals savedThe typical playerRyan Miller: Save %, 0.915, 54th percentileRyan Miller: Goals against, 2.70 a game, 14th percentileRyan Miller: Workload, 31.8 shots a game, 95th percentileRyan Miller: Games, 40 games, 84th percentileRyan Miller: Goals saved, +0.17 above expected per 60, 65th percentileNiklas Backstrom: Save %, 0.909, 44th percentileNiklas Backstrom: Goals against, 2.33 a game, 53rd percentileNiklas Backstrom: Workload, 25.5 shots a game, 23rd percentileNiklas Backstrom: Games, 42 games, 89th percentileNiklas Backstrom: Goals saved, -0.35 above expected per 60, 13th 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

Ryan Miller G, ANA 2012-13 Niklas Backstrom G, CGY
40 Games played 42
17 Wins 24
17 Losses 15
0 Shutouts 2
1,270 Shots against 1,072
1,162 Saves 974
108 Goals against 98
0.915 Save % 0.909
2.81 Goals against average 2.48
Expected goals, while he was in net
114.4 Expected goals against 84.3
+6.4 Goals saved above expected -13.7
+0.17 Saved above expected per 60 -0.35
6.6% Chance per attempt faced 5.7%
Rating, in goals
+18.1 Goals above replacement -5.1
+3.0 Wins above replacement -0.9
Contract
$6.25M Cap hit $6M
$5.3M Worth at the going rate -$722K
-$923K Value: worth minus cap hit -$6.7M

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