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Compare players, 1975-76 season

At a glance

John Davidson Gary Smith

Save %Goals againstWorkloadGamesThe typical playerJohn Davidson: Save %, 0.879, 22nd percentileJohn Davidson: Goals against, 3.79 a game, 13th percentileJohn Davidson: Workload, 31.4 shots a game, 84th percentileJohn Davidson: Games, 56 games, 81st percentileGary Smith: Save %, 0.882, 28th percentileGary Smith: Goals against, 3.27 a game, 50th percentileGary Smith: Workload, 27.8 shots a game, 38th percentileGary Smith: Games, 51 games, 66th percentile

On the radar, each spoke runs from the lowest at the centre to the league leader at the rim, among the 32 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 1975-76 Gary Smith G, WIN
56 Games played 51
22 Wins 20
28 Losses 24
3 Shutouts 2
1,757 Shots against 1,416
1,545 Saves 1,249
212 Goals against 167
0.879 Save % 0.882
3.97 Goals against average 3.51

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.