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Compare players, 1971-72 season

At a glance

Tony Esposito Al Smith

Save %Goals againstWorkloadGamesThe typical playerTony Esposito: Save %, 0.934, 96th percentileTony Esposito: Goals against, 1.71 a game, 96th percentileTony Esposito: Workload, 25.9 shots a game, 11th percentileTony Esposito: Games, 48 games, 79th percentileAl Smith: Save %, 0.892, 29th percentileAl Smith: Goals against, 3.12 a game, 29th percentileAl Smith: Workload, 28.9 shots a game, 54th percentileAl Smith: Games, 43 games, 61st 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 1971-72 Al Smith G, CLR
48 Games played 43
31 Wins 18
10 Losses 20
9 Shutouts 4
1,241 Shots against 1,242
1,159 Saves 1,108
82 Goals against 134
0.934 Save % 0.892
1.77 Goals against average 3.22

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.