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Compare players, 2015-16 season

At a glance

Laurent Brossoit Niklas Backstrom

Save %Goals againstWorkloadGamesGoals savedThe typical playerLaurent Brossoit: Save %, 0.873, 1st percentileLaurent Brossoit: Goals against, 3.60 a game, 1st percentileLaurent Brossoit: Workload, 28.4 shots a game, 71st percentileLaurent Brossoit: Games, 5 games, 1st percentileLaurent Brossoit: Goals saved, -0.58 above expected per 60, 2nd percentileNiklas Backstrom: Save %, 0.881, 2nd percentileNiklas Backstrom: Goals against, 3.25 a game, 1st percentileNiklas Backstrom: Workload, 27.3 shots a game, 50th percentileNiklas Backstrom: Games, 4 games, 1st percentileNiklas Backstrom: Goals saved, -0.73 above expected per 60, 2nd percentile

On the radar, each spoke runs from the lowest at the centre to the league leader at the rim, among the 62 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

Laurent Brossoit G, ANA 2015-16 Niklas Backstrom G, CGY
5 Games played 4
0 Wins 2
4 Losses 2
0 Shutouts 0
142 Shots against 109
124 Saves 96
18 Goals against 13
0.873 Save % 0.881
3.61 Goals against average 3.35
Expected goals, while he was in net
15.1 Expected goals against 10.2
-2.9 Goals saved above expected -2.8
-0.58 Saved above expected per 60 -0.73
6.9% Chance per attempt faced 6.8%
Rating, in goals
-1.3 Goals above replacement -1.8
-0.2 Wins above replacement -0.3
Contract
$659K 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