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Compare players, 2014-15 season

At a glance

Keith Kinkaid Niklas Backstrom

Save %Goals againstWorkloadGamesGoals savedThe typical playerKeith Kinkaid: Save %, 0.915, 54th percentileKeith Kinkaid: Goals against, 2.11 a game, 89th percentileKeith Kinkaid: Workload, 24.7 shots a game, 11th percentileKeith Kinkaid: Games, 19 games, 1st percentileKeith Kinkaid: Goals saved, -0.05 above expected per 60, 37th percentileNiklas Backstrom: Save %, 0.887, 1st percentileNiklas Backstrom: Goals against, 2.68 a game, 17th percentileNiklas Backstrom: Workload, 23.8 shots a game, 6th percentileNiklas Backstrom: Games, 19 games, 1st percentileNiklas Backstrom: Goals saved, -0.88 above expected per 60, 1st 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

Keith Kinkaid G, COL 2014-15 Niklas Backstrom G, CGY
19 Games played 19
6 Wins 5
5 Losses 7
0 Shutouts 0
469 Shots against 452
429 Saves 401
40 Goals against 51
0.915 Save % 0.887
2.59 Goals against average 3.05
Expected goals, while he was in net
39.2 Expected goals against 36.2
-0.8 Goals saved above expected -14.8
-0.05 Saved above expected per 60 -0.88
6.3% Chance per attempt faced 5.8%
Rating, in goals
+3.2 Goals above replacement -11.1
+0.5 Wins above replacement -1.8
Contract
$600K Cap hit $3.417M

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