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Compare players, 1978-79 season

At a glance

Don Edwards Gilles Meloche

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 percentileGilles Meloche: Save %, 0.885, 61st percentileGilles Meloche: Goals against, 3.26 a game, 47th percentileGilles Meloche: Workload, 28.3 shots a game, 61st percentileGilles Meloche: Games, 53 games, 84th 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 Gilles Meloche G, PIT
54 Games played 53
26 Wins 20
18 Losses 25
2 Shutouts 2
1,569 Shots against 1,498
1,410 Saves 1,325
159 Goals against 173
0.899 Save % 0.885
3.02 Goals against average 3.33

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.