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Compare players, 1977-78 season

At a glance

Don Edwards Tony Esposito

Save %Goals againstWorkloadGamesThe typical playerDon Edwards: Save %, 0.906, 79th percentileDon Edwards: Goals against, 2.57 a game, 76th percentileDon Edwards: Workload, 27.4 shots a game, 44th percentileDon Edwards: Games, 72 games, 97th percentileTony Esposito: Save %, 0.914, 94th percentileTony Esposito: Goals against, 2.63 a game, 71st percentileTony Esposito: Workload, 30.7 shots a game, 85th percentileTony Esposito: Games, 64 games, 91st percentile

On the radar, each spoke runs from the lowest at the centre to the league leader at the rim, among the 34 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

Don Edwards G, TOR 1977-78 Tony Esposito G, CHI
72 Games played 64
38 Wins 28
16 Losses 22
5 Shutouts 5
1,970 Shots against 1,964
1,785 Saves 1,796
185 Goals against 168
0.906 Save % 0.914
2.64 Goals against average 2.63

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.