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Compare players, 2010-11 season

At a glance

Jonas Hiller Niklas Backstrom

Save %Goals againstWorkloadGamesGoals savedThe typical playerJonas Hiller: Save %, 0.924, 91st percentileJonas Hiller: Goals against, 2.33 a game, 63rd percentileJonas Hiller: Workload, 30.5 shots a game, 85th percentileJonas Hiller: Games, 49 games, 52nd percentileJonas Hiller: Goals saved, +0.52 above expected per 60, 92nd percentileNiklas Backstrom: Save %, 0.916, 57th percentileNiklas Backstrom: Goals against, 2.59 a game, 28th percentileNiklas Backstrom: Workload, 30.7 shots a game, 89th percentileNiklas Backstrom: Games, 51 games, 54th percentileNiklas Backstrom: Goals saved, -0.14 above expected per 60, 36th percentile

On the radar, each spoke runs from the lowest at the centre to the league leader at the rim, among the 54 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 2010-11 Niklas Backstrom G, CGY
49 Games played 51
26 Wins 22
16 Losses 23
5 Shutouts 3
1,493 Shots against 1,566
1,379 Saves 1,434
114 Goals against 132
0.924 Save % 0.916
2.56 Goals against average 2.66
Expected goals, while he was in net
136.9 Expected goals against 124.9
+22.9 Goals saved above expected -7.1
+0.52 Saved above expected per 60 -0.14
6.5% Chance per attempt faced 5.8%
Rating, in goals
+36.9 Goals above replacement +5.6
+6.2 Wins above replacement +0.9
Contract
$4.5M Cap hit $6M
$4.9M Worth at the going rate $1.2M
+$366K Value: worth minus cap hit -$4.8M

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