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Compare players, 2009-10 season

At a glance

Steve Mason Niklas Backstrom

Save %Goals againstWorkloadGamesThe typical playerSteve 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 percentileNiklas 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 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

Steve Mason G, WPG 2009-10 Niklas Backstrom G, CGY
58 Games played 60
20 Wins 26
26 Losses 23
5 Shutouts 2
1,653 Shots against 1,632
1,490 Saves 1,474
163 Goals against 158
0.901 Save % 0.903
3.05 Goals against average 2.72

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.