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Compare players, 1975-76 season

At a glance

Denis Herron Tony Esposito

Save %Goals againstWorkloadGamesThe typical playerDenis Herron: Save %, 0.890, 63rd percentileDenis Herron: Goals against, 3.80 a game, 9th percentileDenis Herron: Workload, 34.5 shots a game, 97th percentileDenis Herron: Games, 64 games, 88th percentileTony 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 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

Denis Herron G, PIT 1975-76 Tony Esposito G, CHI
64 Games played 68
11 Wins 30
39 Losses 23
0 Shutouts 4
2,211 Shots against 2,082
1,968 Saves 1,884
243 Goals against 198
0.890 Save % 0.905
4.04 Goals against average 2.98

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.