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Compare players, 2009-10 season

At a glance

Niklas Backstrom Pekka Rinne

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 percentilePekka Rinne: Save %, 0.911, 57th percentilePekka Rinne: Goals against, 2.36 a game, 75th percentilePekka Rinne: Workload, 26.6 shots a game, 28th percentilePekka Rinne: Games, 58 games, 68th 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 Pekka Rinne G, NSH
60 Games played 58
26 Wins 32
23 Losses 16
2 Shutouts 7
1,632 Shots against 1,541
1,474 Saves 1,404
158 Goals against 137
0.903 Save % 0.911
2.72 Goals against average 2.53
Contract
$6M Cap hit $725K

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.