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Compare players, 2011-12 season

At a glance

Steve Mason Niklas Backstrom

Save %Goals againstWorkloadGamesGoals savedThe typical playerSteve Mason: Save %, 0.894, 4th percentileSteve Mason: Goals against, 3.11 a game, 2nd percentileSteve Mason: Workload, 29.5 shots a game, 84th percentileSteve Mason: Games, 46 games, 44th percentileSteve Mason: Goals saved, -0.99 above expected per 60, 1st percentileNiklas Backstrom: Save %, 0.919, 72nd percentileNiklas Backstrom: Goals against, 2.28 a game, 64th percentileNiklas Backstrom: Workload, 28.2 shots a game, 60th percentileNiklas Backstrom: Games, 46 games, 44th percentileNiklas Backstrom: Goals saved, +0.01 above expected per 60, 49th percentile

On the radar, each spoke runs from the lowest at the centre to the league leader at the rim, among the 50 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 2011-12 Niklas Backstrom G, CGY
46 Games played 46
16 Wins 19
26 Losses 18
1 Shutouts 4
1,355 Shots against 1,299
1,212 Saves 1,194
143 Goals against 105
0.894 Save % 0.919
3.39 Goals against average 2.43
Expected goals, while he was in net
101.3 Expected goals against 105.4
-41.7 Goals saved above expected +0.4
-0.99 Saved above expected per 60 +0.01
5.8% Chance per attempt faced 5.7%
Rating, in goals
-31.4 Goals above replacement +11.2
-5.2 Wins above replacement +1.9
Contract
$2.9M Cap hit $6M
-$3.6M Worth at the going rate $2.1M
-$6.5M Value: worth minus cap hit -$3.9M

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