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Compare players, 1970-71 season

At a glance

Tony Esposito Al Smith

Save %Goals againstWorkloadGamesThe typical playerTony Esposito: Save %, 0.919, 82nd percentileTony Esposito: Goals against, 2.21 a game, 89th percentileTony Esposito: Workload, 27.3 shots a game, 18th percentileTony Esposito: Games, 57 games, 89th percentileAl Smith: Save %, 0.898, 32nd percentileAl Smith: Goals against, 2.84 a game, 43rd percentileAl Smith: Workload, 27.9 shots a game, 25th percentileAl Smith: Games, 45 games, 71st 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 1970-71 Al Smith G, CLR
57 Games played 45
35 Wins 9
14 Losses 22
6 Shutouts 2
1,554 Shots against 1,256
1,428 Saves 1,128
126 Goals against 128
0.919 Save % 0.898
2.27 Goals against average 3.11

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.