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Compare players, 2011-12 season

At a glance

Jaroslav Halak Niklas Backstrom

Save %Goals againstWorkloadGamesGoals savedThe typical playerJaroslav Halak: Save %, 0.926, 86th percentileJaroslav Halak: Goals against, 1.96 a game, 90th percentileJaroslav Halak: Workload, 26.3 shots a game, 22nd percentileJaroslav Halak: Games, 46 games, 44th percentileJaroslav Halak: Goals saved, +0.34 above expected per 60, 87th percentileNiklas Backstrom: Save %, 0.919, 72nd percentileNiklas Backstrom: Goals against, 2.28 a game, 64th percentileNiklas Backstrom: Workload, 28.2 shots a game, 60th percentileNiklas Backstrom: Games, 46 games, 44th percentileNiklas Backstrom: Goals saved, +0.01 above expected per 60, 49th percentile

On the radar, each spoke runs from the lowest at the centre to the league leader at the rim, among the 50 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 2011-12 Niklas Backstrom G, CGY
46 Games played 46
26 Wins 19
12 Losses 18
6 Shutouts 4
1,211 Shots against 1,299
1,121 Saves 1,194
90 Goals against 105
0.926 Save % 0.919
1.97 Goals against average 2.43
Expected goals, while he was in net
105.8 Expected goals against 105.4
+15.8 Goals saved above expected +0.4
+0.34 Saved above expected per 60 +0.01
6.2% Chance per attempt faced 5.7%
Rating, in goals
+26.6 Goals above replacement +11.2
+4.4 Wins above replacement +1.9
Contract
$3.75M Cap hit $6M
$4.1M Worth at the going rate $2.1M
+$398K Value: worth minus cap hit -$3.9M

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. What the advanced numbers mean