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Compare players, 2013-14 season

At a glance

Niklas Backstrom Dan Ellis

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 percentileDan Ellis: Save %, 0.879, 1st percentileDan Ellis: Goals against, 3.10 a game, 2nd percentileDan Ellis: Workload, 25.7 shots a game, 22nd percentileDan Ellis: Games, 20 games, 6th percentileDan Ellis: Goals saved, -0.64 above expected per 60, 1st 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 Dan Ellis G, FLA
21 Games played 20
5 Wins 5
11 Losses 11
0 Shutouts 1
546 Shots against 514
491 Saves 452
55 Goals against 62
0.899 Save % 0.879
3.02 Goals against average 3.62
Expected goals, while he was in net
47.8 Expected goals against 51.0
-7.2 Goals saved above expected -11.0
-0.39 Saved above expected per 60 -0.64
6.4% Chance per attempt faced 6.9%
Rating, in goals
-2.3 Goals above replacement -5.8
-0.4 Wins above replacement -1.0
Contract
$3.417M Cap hit $900K
$73K Worth at the going rate -$623K
-$3.3M Value: worth minus cap hit -$1.5M

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