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Compare players, 2015-16 season

At a glance

Anton Forsberg Niklas Backstrom

Save %Goals againstWorkloadGamesGoals savedThe typical playerAnton Forsberg: Save %, 0.907, 23rd percentileAnton Forsberg: Goals against, 2.25 a game, 65th percentileAnton Forsberg: Workload, 24.3 shots a game, 8th percentileAnton Forsberg: Games, 4 games, 1st percentileAnton Forsberg: Goals saved, +0.37 above expected per 60, 96th 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

Anton Forsberg G, LAK 2015-16 Niklas Backstrom G, CGY
4 Games played 4
1 Wins 2
3 Losses 2
0 Shutouts 0
97 Shots against 109
88 Saves 96
9 Goals against 13
0.907 Save % 0.881
3.03 Goals against average 3.35
Expected goals, while he was in net
10.1 Expected goals against 10.2
+1.1 Goals saved above expected -2.8
+0.37 Saved above expected per 60 -0.73
7.8% Chance per attempt faced 6.8%
Rating, in goals
+2.1 Goals above replacement -1.8
+0.4 Wins above replacement -0.3
Contract
$655K 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