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Compare players, 2009-10 season

At a glance

Pekka Rinne Niklas Backstrom

Save %Goals againstWorkloadGamesThe typical playerPekka Rinne: Save %, 0.911, 57th percentilePekka Rinne: Goals against, 2.36 a game, 75th percentilePekka Rinne: Workload, 26.6 shots a game, 28th percentilePekka Rinne: Games, 58 games, 68th percentileNiklas Backstrom: Save %, 0.903, 23rd percentileNiklas Backstrom: Goals against, 2.63 a game, 28th percentileNiklas Backstrom: Workload, 27.2 shots a game, 38th percentileNiklas Backstrom: Games, 60 games, 74th percentile

On the radar, each spoke runs from the lowest at the centre to the league leader at the rim, among the 53 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

Pekka Rinne G, NSH 2009-10 Niklas Backstrom G, CGY
58 Games played 60
32 Wins 26
16 Losses 23
7 Shutouts 2
1,541 Shots against 1,632
1,404 Saves 1,474
137 Goals against 158
0.911 Save % 0.903
2.53 Goals against average 2.72
Contract
$725K Cap hit $6M

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.