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Compare players, 1978-79 season

At a glance

Don Edwards Denis Herron

Save %Goals againstWorkloadGamesThe typical playerDon Edwards: Save %, 0.899, 82nd percentileDon Edwards: Goals against, 2.94 a game, 82nd percentileDon Edwards: Workload, 29.1 shots a game, 71st percentileDon Edwards: Games, 54 games, 87th percentileDenis Herron: Save %, 0.892, 74th percentileDenis Herron: Goals against, 3.21 a game, 61st percentileDenis Herron: Workload, 29.8 shots a game, 82nd percentileDenis Herron: Games, 56 games, 89th 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

Don Edwards G, TOR 1978-79 Denis Herron G, PIT
54 Games played 56
26 Wins 22
18 Losses 19
2 Shutouts 0
1,569 Shots against 1,667
1,410 Saves 1,487
159 Goals against 180
0.899 Save % 0.892
3.02 Goals against average 3.37

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.