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Compare players, 1975-76 season

At a glance

Tony Esposito Ken Dryden

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 percentileKen Dryden: Save %, 0.927, 94th percentileKen Dryden: Goals against, 1.95 a game, 97th percentileKen Dryden: Workload, 26.6 shots a game, 16th percentileKen Dryden: Games, 62 games, 84th 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 Ken Dryden G, MTL
68 Games played 62
30 Wins 42
23 Losses 10
4 Shutouts 8
2,082 Shots against 1,650
1,884 Saves 1,529
198 Goals against 121
0.905 Save % 0.927
2.98 Goals against average 2.03

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.