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Compare players, 2008-09 season

At a glance

Jaroslav Halak Antero Niittymaki

Save %Goals againstWorkloadGamesThe typical playerJaroslav Halak: Save %, 0.915, 64th percentileJaroslav Halak: Goals against, 2.71 a game, 33rd percentileJaroslav Halak: Workload, 31.7 shots a game, 95th percentileJaroslav Halak: Games, 34 games, 40th percentileAntero Niittymaki: Save %, 0.912, 59th percentileAntero Niittymaki: Goals against, 2.59 a game, 45th percentileAntero Niittymaki: Workload, 29.6 shots a game, 72nd percentileAntero Niittymaki: Games, 32 games, 36th 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

Jaroslav Halak G, NYR 2008-09 Antero Niittymaki G, SJS
34 Games played 32
18 Wins 15
14 Losses 8
1 Shutouts 1
1,077 Shots against 947
985 Saves 864
92 Goals against 83
0.915 Save % 0.912
2.86 Goals against average 2.76

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.