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Compare players, 1976-77 season

At a glance

Gilles Gilbert Billy Smith

Save %Goals againstWorkloadGamesThe typical playerGilles Gilbert: Save %, 0.885, 40th percentileGilles Gilbert: Goals against, 2.85 a game, 66th percentileGilles Gilbert: Workload, 24.7 shots a game, 14th percentileGilles Gilbert: Games, 34 games, 26th percentileBilly Smith: Save %, 0.916, 91st percentileBilly Smith: Goals against, 2.42 a game, 86th percentileBilly Smith: Workload, 28.7 shots a game, 54th percentileBilly Smith: Games, 36 games, 31st percentile

On the radar, each spoke runs from the lowest at the centre to the league leader at the rim, among the 35 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 1976-77 Billy Smith G, NYI
34 Games played 36
18 Wins 21
13 Losses 8
1 Shutouts 2
841 Shots against 1,032
744 Saves 945
97 Goals against 87
0.885 Save % 0.916
2.86 Goals against average 2.50

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.