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Compare players, 1971-72 season

At a glance

Jacques Caron Ernie Wakely

Save %Goals againstWorkloadGamesThe typical playerJacques Caron: Save %, 0.912, 64th percentileJacques Caron: Goals against, 2.46 a game, 71st percentileJacques Caron: Workload, 28.0 shots a game, 43rd percentileJacques Caron: Games, 28 games, 18th percentileErnie Wakely: Save %, 0.894, 39th percentileErnie Wakely: Goals against, 3.03 a game, 36th percentileErnie Wakely: Workload, 28.5 shots a game, 46th percentileErnie Wakely: Games, 30 games, 32nd percentile

On the radar, each spoke runs from the lowest at the centre to the league leader at the rim, among the 28 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

Jacques Caron G, VAN 1971-72 Ernie Wakely G, STL
28 Games played 30
14 Wins 8
8 Losses 18
1 Shutouts 1
784 Shots against 856
715 Saves 765
69 Goals against 91
0.912 Save % 0.894
2.56 Goals against average 3.40

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.