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Compare players, 2008-09 season

At a glance

Henrik Lundqvist Niklas Backstrom

Save %Goals againstWorkloadGamesThe typical playerHenrik Lundqvist: Save %, 0.916, 76th percentileHenrik Lundqvist: Goals against, 2.40 a game, 60th percentileHenrik Lundqvist: Workload, 28.7 shots a game, 67th percentileHenrik Lundqvist: Games, 70 games, 93rd percentileNiklas Backstrom: Save %, 0.923, 91st percentileNiklas Backstrom: Goals against, 2.24 a game, 88th percentileNiklas Backstrom: Workload, 29.0 shots a game, 69th percentileNiklas Backstrom: Games, 71 games, 95th 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

Henrik Lundqvist G, NYR 2008-09 Niklas Backstrom G, CGY
70 Games played 71
38 Wins 37
25 Losses 24
3 Shutouts 8
2,007 Shots against 2,059
1,839 Saves 1,900
168 Goals against 159
0.916 Save % 0.923
2.43 Goals against average 2.33
Contract
$6.875M Cap hit $3.1M

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.