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Compare players, 2007-08 season

At a glance

Niklas Backstrom Martin Biron

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 percentileMartin Biron: Save %, 0.918, 70th percentileMartin Biron: Goals against, 2.47 a game, 50th percentileMartin Biron: Workload, 30.1 shots a game, 86th percentileMartin Biron: Games, 62 games, 72nd 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 Martin Biron G, NYR
58 Games played 62
33 Wins 30
13 Losses 20
4 Shutouts 5
1,629 Shots against 1,865
1,498 Saves 1,712
131 Goals against 153
0.920 Save % 0.918
2.31 Goals against average 2.59

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.