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Compare players, 2011-12 season

At a glance

Devan Dubnyk Niklas Backstrom

Save %Goals againstWorkloadGamesGoals savedThe typical playerDevan Dubnyk: Save %, 0.914, 48th percentileDevan Dubnyk: Goals against, 2.51 a game, 22nd percentileDevan Dubnyk: Workload, 29.4 shots a game, 80th percentileDevan Dubnyk: Games, 47 games, 50th percentileDevan Dubnyk: Goals saved, +0.32 above expected per 60, 85th 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

Devan Dubnyk G, COL 2011-12 Niklas Backstrom G, CGY
47 Games played 46
20 Wins 19
20 Losses 18
2 Shutouts 4
1,380 Shots against 1,299
1,262 Saves 1,194
118 Goals against 105
0.914 Save % 0.919
2.67 Goals against average 2.43
Expected goals, while he was in net
132.0 Expected goals against 105.4
+14.0 Goals saved above expected +0.4
+0.32 Saved above expected per 60 +0.01
7.0% Chance per attempt faced 5.7%
Rating, in goals
+27.5 Goals above replacement +11.2
+4.6 Wins above replacement +1.9
Contract
$800K Cap hit $6M
$4.3M Worth at the going rate $2.1M
+$3.5M 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