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Compare players, 2012-13 season

At a glance

Niklas Backstrom Evgeni Nabokov

Save %Goals againstWorkloadGamesGoals savedThe typical playerNiklas Backstrom: Save %, 0.909, 44th percentileNiklas Backstrom: Goals against, 2.33 a game, 53rd percentileNiklas Backstrom: Workload, 25.5 shots a game, 23rd percentileNiklas Backstrom: Games, 42 games, 89th percentileNiklas Backstrom: Goals saved, -0.35 above expected per 60, 13th percentileEvgeni Nabokov: Save %, 0.910, 46th percentileEvgeni Nabokov: Goals against, 2.51 a game, 33rd percentileEvgeni Nabokov: Workload, 27.8 shots a game, 63rd percentileEvgeni Nabokov: Games, 41 games, 88th percentileEvgeni Nabokov: Goals saved, +0.15 above expected per 60, 63rd percentile

On the radar, each spoke runs from the lowest at the centre to the league leader at the rim, among the 57 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 2012-13 Evgeni Nabokov G, TBL
42 Games played 41
24 Wins 23
15 Losses 11
2 Shutouts 3
1,072 Shots against 1,139
974 Saves 1,036
98 Goals against 103
0.909 Save % 0.910
2.48 Goals against average 2.50
Expected goals, while he was in net
84.3 Expected goals against 109.1
-13.7 Goals saved above expected +6.1
-0.35 Saved above expected per 60 +0.15
5.7% Chance per attempt faced 6.7%
Rating, in goals
-5.1 Goals above replacement +17.2
-0.9 Wins above replacement +2.9

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