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Compare players, 2008-09 season

At a glance

Cam Ward Niklas Backstrom

Save %Goals againstWorkloadGamesThe typical playerCam Ward: Save %, 0.916, 72nd percentileCam Ward: Goals against, 2.35 a game, 67th percentileCam Ward: Workload, 28.0 shots a game, 53rd percentileCam Ward: Games, 68 games, 91st 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

Cam Ward G, CHI 2008-09 Niklas Backstrom G, CGY
68 Games played 71
39 Wins 37
23 Losses 24
6 Shutouts 8
1,901 Shots against 2,059
1,741 Saves 1,900
160 Goals against 159
0.916 Save % 0.923
2.44 Goals against average 2.33
Contract
$2.667M 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.