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Compare players, 1978-79 season

At a glance

Ken Dryden Mario Lessard

Save %Goals againstWorkloadGamesThe typical playerKen Dryden: Save %, 0.909, 95th percentileKen Dryden: Goals against, 2.30 a game, 97th percentileKen Dryden: Workload, 25.3 shots a game, 21st percentileKen Dryden: Games, 47 games, 76th percentileMario Lessard: Save %, 0.892, 71st percentileMario Lessard: Goals against, 3.02 a game, 79th percentileMario Lessard: Workload, 27.9 shots a game, 55th percentileMario Lessard: Games, 49 games, 79th 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

Ken Dryden G, MTL 1978-79 Mario Lessard G, LAK
47 Games played 49
30 Wins 23
10 Losses 15
5 Shutouts 4
1,190 Shots against 1,368
1,082 Saves 1,220
108 Goals against 148
0.909 Save % 0.892
2.30 Goals against average 3.11

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.