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Compare players, 1978-79 season

At a glance

Tony Esposito Gilles Meloche

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 percentileGilles Meloche: Save %, 0.885, 61st percentileGilles Meloche: Goals against, 3.26 a game, 47th percentileGilles Meloche: Workload, 28.3 shots a game, 61st percentileGilles Meloche: Games, 53 games, 84th 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 Gilles Meloche G, PIT
63 Games played 53
24 Wins 20
28 Losses 25
4 Shutouts 2
2,099 Shots against 1,498
1,893 Saves 1,325
206 Goals against 173
0.902 Save % 0.885
3.28 Goals against average 3.33

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.