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Compare players, 1978-79 season

At a glance

Denis Herron Tony Esposito

Save %Goals againstWorkloadGamesThe typical playerDenis Herron: Save %, 0.892, 74th percentileDenis Herron: Goals against, 3.21 a game, 61st percentileDenis Herron: Workload, 29.8 shots a game, 82nd percentileDenis Herron: Games, 56 games, 89th percentileTony Esposito: Save %, 0.902, 87th percentileTony Esposito: Goals against, 3.27 a game, 45th percentileTony Esposito: Workload, 33.3 shots a game, 95th percentileTony Esposito: Games, 63 games, 95th 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

Denis Herron G, PIT 1978-79 Tony Esposito G, CHI
56 Games played 63
22 Wins 24
19 Losses 28
0 Shutouts 4
1,667 Shots against 2,099
1,487 Saves 1,893
180 Goals against 206
0.892 Save % 0.902
3.37 Goals against average 3.28

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.