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Compare players, 2009-10 season

At a glance

Niklas Backstrom Steve Mason

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 percentileSteve Mason: Save %, 0.901, 17th percentileSteve Mason: Goals against, 2.81 a game, 9th percentileSteve Mason: Workload, 28.5 shots a game, 60th percentileSteve Mason: 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 Steve Mason G, WPG
60 Games played 58
26 Wins 20
23 Losses 26
2 Shutouts 5
1,632 Shots against 1,653
1,474 Saves 1,490
158 Goals against 163
0.903 Save % 0.901
2.72 Goals against average 3.05

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.