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Compare players, 1976-77 season

At a glance

Tony Esposito Ken Dryden

Save %Goals againstWorkloadGamesThe typical playerTony Esposito: Save %, 0.901, 71st percentileTony Esposito: Goals against, 3.39 a game, 34th percentileTony Esposito: Workload, 34.1 shots a game, 97th percentileTony Esposito: Games, 69 games, 97th percentileKen Dryden: Save %, 0.920, 97th percentileKen Dryden: Goals against, 2.09 a game, 91st percentileKen Dryden: Workload, 26.0 shots a game, 34th percentileKen Dryden: Games, 56 games, 89th percentile

On the radar, each spoke runs from the lowest at the centre to the league leader at the rim, among the 35 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 1976-77 Ken Dryden G, MTL
69 Games played 56
25 Wins 41
36 Losses 6
2 Shutouts 10
2,353 Shots against 1,457
2,119 Saves 1,340
234 Goals against 117
0.901 Save % 0.920
3.46 Goals against average 2.14

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.