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Compare players, 1978-79 season

At a glance

Ken Dryden Gerry Cheevers

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 percentileGerry Cheevers: Save %, 0.865, 16th percentileGerry Cheevers: Goals against, 3.07 a game, 68th percentileGerry Cheevers: Workload, 22.8 shots a game, 3rd percentileGerry Cheevers: Games, 43 games, 71st 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 Gerry Cheevers G, BOS
47 Games played 43
30 Wins 23
10 Losses 9
5 Shutouts 1
1,190 Shots against 981
1,082 Saves 849
108 Goals against 132
0.909 Save % 0.865
2.30 Goals against average 3.16

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.