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Compare players, 1971-72 season

At a glance

Tony Esposito Gary Edwards

Save %Goals againstWorkloadGamesThe typical playerTony Esposito: Save %, 0.934, 96th percentileTony Esposito: Goals against, 1.71 a game, 96th percentileTony Esposito: Workload, 25.9 shots a game, 11th percentileTony Esposito: Games, 48 games, 79th percentileGary Edwards: Save %, 0.898, 43rd percentileGary Edwards: Goals against, 3.41 a game, 11th percentileGary Edwards: Workload, 33.3 shots a game, 93rd percentileGary Edwards: Games, 44 games, 68th percentile

On the radar, each spoke runs from the lowest at the centre to the league leader at the rim, among the 28 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 1971-72 Gary Edwards G, PIT
48 Games played 44
31 Wins 13
10 Losses 23
9 Shutouts 2
1,241 Shots against 1,465
1,159 Saves 1,315
82 Goals against 150
0.934 Save % 0.898
1.77 Goals against average 3.60

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.