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Compare players, 2013-14 season

At a glance

Niklas Backstrom Jean-Sebastien Giguere

Save %Goals againstWorkloadGamesGoals savedThe typical playerNiklas 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 percentileJean-Sebastien Giguere: Save %, 0.913, 48th percentileJean-Sebastien Giguere: Goals against, 2.41 a game, 48th percentileJean-Sebastien Giguere: Workload, 27.6 shots a game, 52nd percentileJean-Sebastien Giguere: Games, 22 games, 14th percentileJean-Sebastien Giguere: Goals saved, +0.12 above expected per 60, 57th 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

Niklas Backstrom G, CGY 2013-14 Jean-Sebastien Giguere G, COL
21 Games played 22
5 Wins 11
11 Losses 6
0 Shutouts 2
546 Shots against 608
491 Saves 555
55 Goals against 53
0.899 Save % 0.913
3.02 Goals against average 2.62
Expected goals, while he was in net
47.8 Expected goals against 55.4
-7.2 Goals saved above expected +2.4
-0.39 Saved above expected per 60 +0.12
6.4% Chance per attempt faced 6.2%
Rating, in goals
-2.3 Goals above replacement +8.0
-0.4 Wins above replacement +1.3

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