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Compare players, 2008-09 season

At a glance

Niklas Backstrom Ilya Bryzgalov

Save %Goals againstWorkloadGamesThe typical playerNiklas Backstrom: Save %, 0.923, 91st percentileNiklas Backstrom: Goals against, 2.24 a game, 88th percentileNiklas Backstrom: Workload, 29.0 shots a game, 69th percentileNiklas Backstrom: Games, 71 games, 95th percentileIlya Bryzgalov: Save %, 0.906, 40th percentileIlya Bryzgalov: Goals against, 2.88 a game, 14th percentileIlya Bryzgalov: Workload, 30.7 shots a game, 79th percentileIlya Bryzgalov: Games, 65 games, 90th percentile

On the radar, each spoke runs from the lowest at the centre to the league leader at the rim, among the 58 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 2008-09 Ilya Bryzgalov G, ANA
71 Games played 65
37 Wins 26
24 Losses 31
8 Shutouts 3
2,059 Shots against 1,994
1,900 Saves 1,807
159 Goals against 187
0.923 Save % 0.906
2.33 Goals against average 2.98

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.