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Compare players, 1975-76 season

At a glance

Tony Esposito Denis Herron

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 percentileDenis Herron: Save %, 0.890, 63rd percentileDenis Herron: Goals against, 3.80 a game, 9th percentileDenis Herron: Workload, 34.5 shots a game, 97th percentileDenis Herron: Games, 64 games, 88th 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 Denis Herron G, PIT
68 Games played 64
30 Wins 11
23 Losses 39
4 Shutouts 0
2,082 Shots against 2,211
1,884 Saves 1,968
198 Goals against 243
0.905 Save % 0.890
2.98 Goals against average 4.04

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.