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Compare players, 1973-74 season

At a glance

Dave Dryden Ed Giacomin

Save %Goals againstWorkloadGamesThe typical playerDave Dryden: Save %, 0.894, 30th percentileDave Dryden: Goals against, 2.79 a game, 67th percentileDave Dryden: Workload, 26.2 shots a game, 7th percentileDave Dryden: Games, 53 games, 74th percentileEd Giacomin: Save %, 0.891, 26th percentileEd Giacomin: Goals against, 2.98 a game, 37th percentileEd Giacomin: Workload, 27.4 shots a game, 22nd percentileEd Giacomin: Games, 55 games, 81st percentile

On the radar, each spoke runs from the lowest at the centre to the league leader at the rim, among the 27 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

Dave Dryden G, EDM 1973-74 Ed Giacomin G, DET
53 Games played 55
23 Wins 29
20 Losses 15
1 Shutouts 5
1,390 Shots against 1,507
1,242 Saves 1,343
148 Goals against 164
0.894 Save % 0.891
2.98 Goals against average 3.06

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.