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Compare players, 2008-09 season

At a glance

Niklas Backstrom Henrik Lundqvist

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 percentileHenrik Lundqvist: Save %, 0.916, 76th percentileHenrik Lundqvist: Goals against, 2.40 a game, 60th percentileHenrik Lundqvist: Workload, 28.7 shots a game, 67th percentileHenrik Lundqvist: Games, 70 games, 93rd 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 Henrik Lundqvist G, NYR
71 Games played 70
37 Wins 38
24 Losses 25
8 Shutouts 3
2,059 Shots against 2,007
1,900 Saves 1,839
159 Goals against 168
0.923 Save % 0.916
2.33 Goals against average 2.43
Contract
$3.1M Cap hit $6.875M

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.