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Compare players, 1973-74 season

At a glance

Tony Esposito Gary Smith

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 percentileGary Smith: Save %, 0.895, 37th percentileGary Smith: Goals against, 3.20 a game, 15th percentileGary Smith: Workload, 30.4 shots a game, 85th percentileGary Smith: Games, 64 games, 85th 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 Gary Smith G, WIN
70 Games played 64
34 Wins 20
14 Losses 33
10 Shutouts 3
1,977 Shots against 1,948
1,836 Saves 1,743
141 Goals against 205
0.929 Save % 0.895
2.05 Goals against average 3.42

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.