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Compare players, 1975-76 season

At a glance

Tony Esposito Wayne Thomas

Save %Goals againstWorkloadGamesThe typical playerTony Esposito: Save %, 0.905, 78th percentileTony Esposito: Goals against, 2.91 a game, 72nd percentileTony Esposito: Workload, 30.6 shots a game, 72nd percentileTony Esposito: Games, 68 games, 97th percentileWayne Thomas: Save %, 0.900, 72nd percentileWayne Thomas: Goals against, 3.06 a game, 63rd percentileWayne Thomas: Workload, 30.8 shots a game, 75th percentileWayne Thomas: Games, 64 games, 88th percentile

On the radar, each spoke runs from the lowest at the centre to the league leader at the rim, among the 32 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 1975-76 Wayne Thomas G, NYR
68 Games played 64
30 Wins 28
23 Losses 24
4 Shutouts 2
2,082 Shots against 1,969
1,884 Saves 1,773
198 Goals against 196
0.905 Save % 0.900
2.98 Goals against average 3.20

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.