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Compare players, 1988-89 season

At a glance

Bob Essensa Billy Smith

Save %Goals againstWorkloadGamesThe typical playerBob Essensa: Save %, 0.881, 58th percentileBob Essensa: Goals against, 3.40 a game, 42nd percentileBob Essensa: Workload, 28.6 shots a game, 63rd percentileBob Essensa: Games, 20 games, 5th percentileBilly Smith: Save %, 0.851, 1st percentileBilly Smith: Goals against, 3.18 a game, 58th percentileBilly Smith: Workload, 21.3 shots a game, 1st percentileBilly Smith: Games, 17 games, 1st percentile

On the radar, each spoke runs from the lowest at the centre to the league leader at the rim, among the 43 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

Bob Essensa G, BUF 1988-89 Billy Smith G, NYI
20 Games played 17
6 Wins 3
8 Losses 11
1 Shutouts 0
572 Shots against 362
504 Saves 308
68 Goals against 54
0.881 Save % 0.851
3.70 Goals against average 4.44

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.