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Compare players, 2013-14 season

At a glance

Justin Peters Niklas Backstrom

Save %Goals againstWorkloadGamesGoals savedThe typical playerJustin Peters: Save %, 0.919, 63rd percentileJustin Peters: Goals against, 2.43 a game, 45th percentileJustin Peters: Workload, 29.8 shots a game, 82nd percentileJustin Peters: Games, 21 games, 9th percentileJustin Peters: Goals saved, +0.27 above expected per 60, 79th percentileNiklas Backstrom: Save %, 0.899, 14th percentileNiklas Backstrom: Goals against, 2.62 a game, 25th percentileNiklas Backstrom: Workload, 26.0 shots a game, 25th percentileNiklas Backstrom: Games, 21 games, 9th percentileNiklas Backstrom: Goals saved, -0.39 above expected per 60, 13th percentile

On the radar, each spoke runs from the lowest at the centre to the league leader at the rim, among the 65 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

Justin Peters G, ARI 2013-14 Niklas Backstrom G, CGY
21 Games played 21
7 Wins 5
9 Losses 11
1 Shutouts 0
626 Shots against 546
575 Saves 491
51 Goals against 55
0.919 Save % 0.899
2.50 Goals against average 3.02
Expected goals, while he was in net
56.4 Expected goals against 47.8
+5.4 Goals saved above expected -7.2
+0.27 Saved above expected per 60 -0.39
6.4% Chance per attempt faced 6.4%
Rating, in goals
+11.2 Goals above replacement -2.3
+1.9 Wins above replacement -0.4
Contract
$538K Cap hit $3.417M
$2.8M Worth at the going rate $73K
+$2.2M Value: worth minus cap hit -$3.3M

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