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Compare players, 2009-10 season

At a glance

Niklas Backstrom Jonas Hiller

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 percentileJonas Hiller: Save %, 0.918, 79th percentileJonas Hiller: Goals against, 2.58 a game, 34th percentileJonas Hiller: Workload, 31.5 shots a game, 92nd percentileJonas Hiller: Games, 59 games, 72nd 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 Jonas Hiller G, CGY
60 Games played 59
26 Wins 30
23 Losses 23
2 Shutouts 2
1,632 Shots against 1,860
1,474 Saves 1,708
158 Goals against 152
0.903 Save % 0.918
2.72 Goals against average 2.73
Contract
$6M Cap hit $1.3M

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.