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Compare players, 2009-10 season

At a glance

Niklas Backstrom Jimmy Howard

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 percentileJimmy Howard: Save %, 0.924, 91st percentileJimmy Howard: Goals against, 2.24 a game, 85th percentileJimmy Howard: Workload, 29.3 shots a game, 70th percentileJimmy Howard: Games, 63 games, 77th 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 Jimmy Howard G, DET
60 Games played 63
26 Wins 37
23 Losses 15
2 Shutouts 3
1,632 Shots against 1,849
1,474 Saves 1,708
158 Goals against 141
0.903 Save % 0.924
2.72 Goals against average 2.26
Contract
$6M Cap hit $717K

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.