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Compare players, 2013-14 season

At a glance

Dan Ellis Niklas Backstrom

Save %Goals againstWorkloadGamesGoals savedThe typical playerDan Ellis: Save %, 0.879, 1st percentileDan Ellis: Goals against, 3.10 a game, 2nd percentileDan Ellis: Workload, 25.7 shots a game, 22nd percentileDan Ellis: Games, 20 games, 6th percentileDan Ellis: Goals saved, -0.64 above expected per 60, 1st percentileNiklas Backstrom: Save %, 0.899, 14th percentileNiklas Backstrom: Goals against, 2.62 a game, 25th percentileNiklas Backstrom: Workload, 26.0 shots a game, 25th percentileNiklas Backstrom: Games, 21 games, 9th percentileNiklas Backstrom: Goals saved, -0.39 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 65 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

Dan Ellis G, FLA 2013-14 Niklas Backstrom G, CGY
20 Games played 21
5 Wins 5
11 Losses 11
1 Shutouts 0
514 Shots against 546
452 Saves 491
62 Goals against 55
0.879 Save % 0.899
3.62 Goals against average 3.02
Expected goals, while he was in net
51.0 Expected goals against 47.8
-11.0 Goals saved above expected -7.2
-0.64 Saved above expected per 60 -0.39
6.9% Chance per attempt faced 6.4%
Rating, in goals
-5.8 Goals above replacement -2.3
-1.0 Wins above replacement -0.4
Contract
$900K Cap hit $3.417M
-$623K Worth at the going rate $73K
-$1.5M Value: worth minus cap hit -$3.3M

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