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Compare players, 2009-10 season

At a glance

Niklas Backstrom Chris Mason

Save %Goals againstWorkloadGamesThe typical playerNiklas Backstrom: Save %, 0.903, 23rd percentileNiklas Backstrom: Goals against, 2.63 a game, 28th percentileNiklas Backstrom: Workload, 27.2 shots a game, 38th percentileNiklas Backstrom: Games, 60 games, 74th percentileChris Mason: Save %, 0.913, 68th percentileChris Mason: Goals against, 2.43 a game, 62nd percentileChris Mason: Workload, 27.9 shots a game, 49th percentileChris Mason: Games, 61 games, 75th 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 2009-10 Chris Mason G, NSH
60 Games played 61
26 Wins 30
23 Losses 22
2 Shutouts 2
1,632 Shots against 1,699
1,474 Saves 1,551
158 Goals against 148
0.903 Save % 0.913
2.72 Goals against average 2.53

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.