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Compare players, 2006-07 season

At a glance

Cristobal Huet Niklas Backstrom

Save %Goals againstWorkloadGamesThe typical playerCristobal Huet: Save %, 0.916, 79th percentileCristobal Huet: Goals against, 2.55 a game, 47th percentileCristobal Huet: Workload, 30.5 shots a game, 91st percentileCristobal Huet: Games, 42 games, 43rd percentileNiklas Backstrom: Save %, 0.929, 98th percentileNiklas Backstrom: Goals against, 1.78 a game, 98th percentileNiklas Backstrom: Workload, 25.1 shots a game, 26th percentileNiklas Backstrom: Games, 41 games, 42nd percentile

On the radar, each spoke runs from the lowest at the centre to the league leader at the rim, among the 53 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

Cristobal Huet G, CHI 2006-07 Niklas Backstrom G, CGY
42 Games played 41
19 Wins 23
16 Losses 8
2 Shutouts 5
1,280 Shots against 1,028
1,173 Saves 955
107 Goals against 73
0.916 Save % 0.929
2.81 Goals against average 1.97

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.