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Compare players, 2006-07 season

At a glance

Niklas Backstrom Chris Mason

Save %Goals againstWorkloadGamesThe typical playerNiklas Backstrom: Save %, 0.929, 98th percentileNiklas Backstrom: Goals against, 1.78 a game, 98th percentileNiklas Backstrom: Workload, 25.1 shots a game, 26th percentileNiklas Backstrom: Games, 41 games, 42nd percentileChris Mason: Save %, 0.925, 96th percentileChris Mason: Goals against, 2.33 a game, 74th percentileChris Mason: Workload, 31.1 shots a game, 96th percentileChris Mason: Games, 40 games, 40th 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

Niklas Backstrom G, CGY 2006-07 Chris Mason G, NSH
41 Games played 40
23 Wins 24
8 Losses 11
5 Shutouts 5
1,028 Shots against 1,244
955 Saves 1,151
73 Goals against 93
0.929 Save % 0.925
1.97 Goals against average 2.38

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.