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Compare players, 2007-08 season

At a glance

Niklas Backstrom Tim Thomas

Save %Goals againstWorkloadGamesThe typical playerNiklas Backstrom: Save %, 0.920, 80th percentileNiklas Backstrom: Goals against, 2.26 a game, 74th percentileNiklas Backstrom: Workload, 28.1 shots a game, 66th percentileNiklas Backstrom: Games, 58 games, 68th percentileTim Thomas: Save %, 0.921, 90th percentileTim Thomas: Goals against, 2.39 a game, 58th percentileTim Thomas: Workload, 30.4 shots a game, 88th percentileTim Thomas: Games, 57 games, 64th 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

Niklas Backstrom G, CGY 2007-08 Tim Thomas G, DAL
58 Games played 57
33 Wins 28
13 Losses 19
4 Shutouts 3
1,629 Shots against 1,731
1,498 Saves 1,595
131 Goals against 136
0.920 Save % 0.921
2.31 Goals against average 2.44

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.