Hockey Terminal
Be a GM

Compare players, 1974-75 season

At a glance

Tony Esposito Gary 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 percentileGary Smith: Save %, 0.895, 58th percentileGary Smith: Goals against, 2.74 a game, 70th percentileGary Smith: Workload, 26.0 shots a game, 18th percentileGary Smith: Games, 72 games, 97th 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 Gary Smith G, WIN
71 Games played 72
34 Wins 32
30 Losses 24
6 Shutouts 6
2,047 Shots against 1,871
1,854 Saves 1,674
193 Goals against 197
0.906 Save % 0.895
2.75 Goals against average 3.09

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.