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Compare players, 2008-09 season

At a glance

Niklas Backstrom Cam Ward

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 percentileCam Ward: Save %, 0.916, 72nd percentileCam Ward: Goals against, 2.35 a game, 67th percentileCam Ward: Workload, 28.0 shots a game, 53rd percentileCam Ward: Games, 68 games, 91st 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 Cam Ward G, CHI
71 Games played 68
37 Wins 39
24 Losses 23
8 Shutouts 6
2,059 Shots against 1,901
1,900 Saves 1,741
159 Goals against 160
0.923 Save % 0.916
2.33 Goals against average 2.44
Contract
$3.1M Cap hit $2.667M

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.