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Compare players, 2014-15 season

At a glance

Thomas Greiss Niklas Backstrom

Save %Goals againstWorkloadGamesGoals savedThe typical playerThomas Greiss: Save %, 0.908, 26th percentileThomas Greiss: Goals against, 2.50 a game, 33rd percentileThomas Greiss: Workload, 27.3 shots a game, 44th percentileThomas Greiss: Games, 20 games, 7th percentileThomas Greiss: Goals saved, -0.25 above expected per 60, 18th 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

Thomas Greiss G, STL 2014-15 Niklas Backstrom G, CGY
20 Games played 19
9 Wins 5
6 Losses 7
0 Shutouts 0
546 Shots against 452
496 Saves 401
50 Goals against 51
0.908 Save % 0.887
2.59 Goals against average 3.05
Expected goals, while he was in net
45.2 Expected goals against 36.2
-4.8 Goals saved above expected -14.8
-0.25 Saved above expected per 60 -0.88
6.2% Chance per attempt faced 5.8%
Rating, in goals
-0.2 Goals above replacement -11.1
0.0 Wins above replacement -1.8
Contract
$1M 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