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Compare players, 1978-79 season

At a glance

John Davidson Bill Oleschuk

Save %Goals againstWorkloadGamesThe typical playerJohn Davidson: Save %, 0.873, 32nd percentileJohn Davidson: Goals against, 3.36 a game, 34th percentileJohn Davidson: Workload, 26.4 shots a game, 29th percentileJohn Davidson: Games, 39 games, 53rd percentileBill Oleschuk: Save %, 0.874, 39th percentileBill Oleschuk: Goals against, 3.40 a game, 32nd percentileBill Oleschuk: Workload, 27.1 shots a game, 34th percentileBill Oleschuk: Games, 40 games, 63rd percentile

On the radar, each spoke runs from the lowest at the centre to the league leader at the rim, among the 38 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

John Davidson G, NYR 1978-79 Bill Oleschuk G, CLR
39 Games played 40
20 Wins 6
12 Losses 19
0 Shutouts 1
1,031 Shots against 1,082
900 Saves 946
131 Goals against 136
0.873 Save % 0.874
3.53 Goals against average 3.86

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.