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Compare players, 2014-15 season

At a glance

Al Montoya Niklas Backstrom

Save %Goals againstWorkloadGamesGoals savedThe typical playerAl Montoya: Save %, 0.892, 7th percentileAl Montoya: Goals against, 2.45 a game, 41st percentileAl Montoya: Workload, 22.7 shots a game, 2nd percentileAl Montoya: Games, 20 games, 7th percentileAl Montoya: Goals saved, -0.50 above expected per 60, 10th percentileNiklas Backstrom: Save %, 0.887, 1st percentileNiklas Backstrom: Goals against, 2.68 a game, 17th percentileNiklas Backstrom: Workload, 23.8 shots a game, 6th percentileNiklas Backstrom: Games, 19 games, 1st percentileNiklas Backstrom: Goals saved, -0.88 above expected per 60, 1st percentile

On the radar, each spoke runs from the lowest at the centre to the league leader at the rim, among the 54 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

Al Montoya G, EDM 2014-15 Niklas Backstrom G, CGY
20 Games played 19
6 Wins 5
7 Losses 7
0 Shutouts 0
453 Shots against 452
404 Saves 401
49 Goals against 51
0.892 Save % 0.887
3.01 Goals against average 3.05
Expected goals, while he was in net
40.8 Expected goals against 36.2
-8.2 Goals saved above expected -14.8
-0.50 Saved above expected per 60 -0.88
6.3% Chance per attempt faced 5.8%
Rating, in goals
-4.0 Goals above replacement -11.1
-0.7 Wins above replacement -1.8
Contract
$1.05M Cap hit $3.417M

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