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Compare players, 1978-79 season

At a glance

Tony Esposito Denis Herron

Save %Goals againstWorkloadGamesThe typical playerTony Esposito: Save %, 0.902, 87th percentileTony Esposito: Goals against, 3.27 a game, 45th percentileTony Esposito: Workload, 33.3 shots a game, 95th percentileTony Esposito: Games, 63 games, 95th percentileDenis Herron: Save %, 0.892, 74th percentileDenis Herron: Goals against, 3.21 a game, 61st percentileDenis Herron: Workload, 29.8 shots a game, 82nd percentileDenis Herron: 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 38 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 1978-79 Denis Herron G, PIT
63 Games played 56
24 Wins 22
28 Losses 19
4 Shutouts 0
2,099 Shots against 1,667
1,893 Saves 1,487
206 Goals against 180
0.902 Save % 0.892
3.28 Goals against average 3.37

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.