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Compare players, 1973-74 season

At a glance

Tony Esposito Ed Giacomin

Save %Goals againstWorkloadGamesThe typical playerTony Esposito: Save %, 0.929, 93rd percentileTony Esposito: Goals against, 2.01 a game, 93rd percentileTony Esposito: Workload, 28.2 shots a game, 48th percentileTony Esposito: Games, 70 games, 93rd percentileEd Giacomin: Save %, 0.891, 26th percentileEd Giacomin: Goals against, 2.98 a game, 37th percentileEd Giacomin: Workload, 27.4 shots a game, 22nd percentileEd Giacomin: Games, 55 games, 81st percentile

On the radar, each spoke runs from the lowest at the centre to the league leader at the rim, among the 27 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 1973-74 Ed Giacomin G, DET
70 Games played 55
34 Wins 29
14 Losses 15
10 Shutouts 5
1,977 Shots against 1,507
1,836 Saves 1,343
141 Goals against 164
0.929 Save % 0.891
2.05 Goals against average 3.06

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.