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Compare players, 2009-10 season

At a glance

Jonas Hiller Niklas Backstrom

Save %Goals againstWorkloadGamesThe typical playerJonas 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 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

Jonas Hiller G, CGY 2009-10 Niklas Backstrom G, CGY
59 Games played 60
30 Wins 26
23 Losses 23
2 Shutouts 2
1,860 Shots against 1,632
1,708 Saves 1,474
152 Goals against 158
0.918 Save % 0.903
2.73 Goals against average 2.72
Contract
$1.3M Cap hit $6M

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.