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Compare players, 1974-75 season

At a glance

Tony Esposito Billy Smith

Save %Goals againstWorkloadGamesThe typical playerTony Esposito: Save %, 0.906, 76th percentileTony Esposito: Goals against, 2.72 a game, 73rd percentileTony Esposito: Workload, 28.8 shots a game, 42nd percentileTony Esposito: Games, 71 games, 94th percentileBilly Smith: Save %, 0.905, 70th percentileBilly Smith: Goals against, 2.69 a game, 76th percentileBilly Smith: Workload, 28.2 shots a game, 36th percentileBilly Smith: Games, 58 games, 85th percentile

On the radar, each spoke runs from the lowest at the centre to the league leader at the rim, among the 33 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 1974-75 Billy Smith G, NYI
71 Games played 58
34 Wins 21
30 Losses 18
6 Shutouts 3
2,047 Shots against 1,637
1,854 Saves 1,481
193 Goals against 156
0.906 Save % 0.905
2.75 Goals against average 2.78

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.