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Compare players, 2013-14 season

At a glance

Jeff Zatkoff Niklas Backstrom

Save %Goals againstWorkloadGamesGoals savedThe typical playerJeff Zatkoff: Save %, 0.912, 45th percentileJeff Zatkoff: Goals against, 2.55 a game, 34th percentileJeff Zatkoff: Workload, 29.1 shots a game, 75th percentileJeff Zatkoff: Games, 20 games, 6th percentileJeff Zatkoff: Goals saved, -0.12 above expected per 60, 35th percentileNiklas Backstrom: Save %, 0.899, 14th percentileNiklas Backstrom: Goals against, 2.62 a game, 25th percentileNiklas Backstrom: Workload, 26.0 shots a game, 25th percentileNiklas Backstrom: Games, 21 games, 9th percentileNiklas Backstrom: Goals saved, -0.39 above expected per 60, 13th percentile

On the radar, each spoke runs from the lowest at the centre to the league leader at the rim, among the 65 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

Jeff Zatkoff G, CBJ 2013-14 Niklas Backstrom G, CGY
20 Games played 21
12 Wins 5
6 Losses 11
1 Shutouts 0
582 Shots against 546
531 Saves 491
51 Goals against 55
0.912 Save % 0.899
2.61 Goals against average 3.02
Expected goals, while he was in net
48.7 Expected goals against 47.8
-2.3 Goals saved above expected -7.2
-0.12 Saved above expected per 60 -0.39
6.0% Chance per attempt faced 6.4%
Rating, in goals
+2.6 Goals above replacement -2.3
+0.4 Wins above replacement -0.4
Contract
$538K Cap hit $3.417M
$1.1M Worth at the going rate $73K
+$528K Value: worth minus cap hit -$3.3M

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. What the advanced numbers mean