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Compare players, 1971-72 season

At a glance

Ken Dryden Tony Esposito

Save %Goals againstWorkloadGamesThe typical playerKen Dryden: Save %, 0.930, 89th percentileKen Dryden: Goals against, 2.22 a game, 82nd percentileKen Dryden: Workload, 31.7 shots a game, 82nd percentileKen Dryden: Games, 64 games, 96th percentileTony Esposito: Save %, 0.934, 96th percentileTony Esposito: Goals against, 1.71 a game, 96th percentileTony Esposito: Workload, 25.9 shots a game, 11th percentileTony Esposito: Games, 48 games, 79th 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

Ken Dryden G, MTL 1971-72 Tony Esposito G, CHI
64 Games played 48
39 Wins 31
8 Losses 10
8 Shutouts 9
2,030 Shots against 1,241
1,888 Saves 1,159
142 Goals against 82
0.930 Save % 0.934
2.24 Goals against average 1.77

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.