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Compare players, 2008-09 season

At a glance

Curtis McElhinney Steve Valiquette

Save %Goals againstWorkloadGamesThe typical playerCurtis McElhinney: Save %, 0.889, 7th percentileCurtis McElhinney: Goals against, 2.21 a game, 91st percentileCurtis McElhinney: Workload, 20.0 shots a game, 2nd percentileCurtis McElhinney: Games, 14 games, 1st percentileSteve Valiquette: Save %, 0.907, 43rd percentileSteve Valiquette: Goals against, 2.60 a game, 45th percentileSteve Valiquette: Workload, 28.1 shots a game, 57th percentileSteve Valiquette: Games, 15 games, 1st 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

Curtis McElhinney G, TBL 2008-09 Steve Valiquette G, NYR
14 Games played 15
1 Wins 5
6 Losses 5
0 Shutouts 1
280 Shots against 421
249 Saves 382
31 Goals against 39
0.889 Save % 0.907
3.59 Goals against average 2.84

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.