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Compare players, 1978-79 season

At a glance

Gilles Gilbert Jim Pettie

Save %Goals againstWorkloadGamesThe typical playerGilles Gilbert: Save %, 0.869, 26th percentileGilles Gilbert: Goals against, 3.22 a game, 58th percentileGilles Gilbert: Workload, 24.7 shots a game, 13th percentileGilles Gilbert: Games, 23 games, 16th percentileJim Pettie: Save %, 0.856, 3rd percentileJim Pettie: Goals against, 3.26 a game, 50th percentileJim Pettie: Workload, 22.7 shots a game, 1st percentileJim Pettie: Games, 19 games, 13th percentile

On the radar, each spoke runs from the lowest at the centre to the league leader at the rim, among the 38 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

Gilles Gilbert G, DET 1978-79 Jim Pettie G, BOS
23 Games played 19
12 Wins 8
8 Losses 6
0 Shutouts 1
567 Shots against 432
493 Saves 370
74 Goals against 62
0.869 Save % 0.856
3.54 Goals against average 3.59

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.