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Compare players, 2012-13 season

At a glance

Niklas Backstrom Jimmy Howard

Save %Goals againstWorkloadGamesGoals savedThe typical playerNiklas Backstrom: Save %, 0.909, 44th percentileNiklas Backstrom: Goals against, 2.33 a game, 53rd percentileNiklas Backstrom: Workload, 25.5 shots a game, 23rd percentileNiklas Backstrom: Games, 42 games, 89th percentileNiklas Backstrom: Goals saved, -0.35 above expected per 60, 13th percentileJimmy Howard: Save %, 0.923, 81st percentileJimmy Howard: Goals against, 2.07 a game, 79th percentileJimmy Howard: Workload, 26.9 shots a game, 47th percentileJimmy Howard: Games, 42 games, 89th percentileJimmy Howard: Goals saved, +0.25 above expected per 60, 70th percentile

On the radar, each spoke runs from the lowest at the centre to the league leader at the rim, among the 57 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 2012-13 Jimmy Howard G, DET
42 Games played 42
24 Wins 21
15 Losses 13
2 Shutouts 5
1,072 Shots against 1,129
974 Saves 1,042
98 Goals against 87
0.909 Save % 0.923
2.48 Goals against average 2.13
Expected goals, while he was in net
84.3 Expected goals against 97.4
-13.7 Goals saved above expected +10.4
-0.35 Saved above expected per 60 +0.25
5.7% Chance per attempt faced 6.5%
Rating, in goals
-5.1 Goals above replacement +20.3
-0.9 Wins above replacement +3.4
Contract
$6M Cap hit $2.25M
-$722K Worth at the going rate $5.9M
-$6.7M Value: worth minus cap hit +$3.7M

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