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Compare players, 1975-76 season

At a glance

Tony Esposito John Davidson

Save %Goals againstWorkloadGamesThe typical playerTony Esposito: Save %, 0.905, 78th percentileTony Esposito: Goals against, 2.91 a game, 72nd percentileTony Esposito: Workload, 30.6 shots a game, 72nd percentileTony Esposito: Games, 68 games, 97th percentileJohn Davidson: Save %, 0.879, 22nd percentileJohn Davidson: Goals against, 3.79 a game, 13th percentileJohn Davidson: Workload, 31.4 shots a game, 84th percentileJohn Davidson: Games, 56 games, 81st percentile

On the radar, each spoke runs from the lowest at the centre to the league leader at the rim, among the 32 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

Tony Esposito G, CHI 1975-76 John Davidson G, NYR
68 Games played 56
30 Wins 22
23 Losses 28
4 Shutouts 3
2,082 Shots against 1,757
1,884 Saves 1,545
198 Goals against 212
0.905 Save % 0.879
2.98 Goals against average 3.97

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.