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Compare players, 1969-70 season

At a glance

Tony Esposito Gary Smith

Save %Goals againstWorkloadGamesThe typical playerTony Esposito: Save %, 0.932, 95th percentileTony Esposito: Goals against, 2.16 a game, 85th percentileTony Esposito: Workload, 31.7 shots a game, 60th percentileTony Esposito: Games, 63 games, 80th percentileGary Smith: Save %, 0.913, 45th percentileGary Smith: Goals against, 3.00 a game, 20th percentileGary Smith: Workload, 34.3 shots a game, 80th percentileGary Smith: Games, 65 games, 90th percentile

On the radar, each spoke runs from the lowest at the centre to the league leader at the rim, among the 20 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 1969-70 Gary Smith G, WIN
63 Games played 65
38 Wins 19
17 Losses 34
15 Shutouts 2
1,995 Shots against 2,230
1,859 Saves 2,035
136 Goals against 195
0.932 Save % 0.913
2.17 Goals against average 3.12

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.