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Compare players, 1998-99 season

At a glance

Bob Essensa Steve Shields

Save %Goals againstWorkloadGamesThe typical playerBob Essensa: Save %, 0.901, 31st percentileBob Essensa: Goals against, 2.46 a game, 31st percentileBob Essensa: Workload, 25.0 shots a game, 41st percentileBob Essensa: Games, 39 games, 45th percentileSteve Shields: Save %, 0.921, 84th percentileSteve Shields: Goals against, 2.16 a game, 82nd percentileSteve Shields: Workload, 27.3 shots a game, 73rd percentileSteve Shields: Games, 37 games, 37th percentile

On the radar, each spoke runs from the lowest at the centre to the league leader at the rim, among the 49 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 1998-99 Steve Shields G, ATL
39 Games played 37
12 Wins 15
14 Losses 11
0 Shutouts 4
974 Shots against 1,011
878 Saves 931
96 Goals against 80
0.901 Save % 0.921
2.75 Goals against average 2.22

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.