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Compare players, 1983-84 season

At a glance

Denis Herron Roland Melanson

Save %Goals againstWorkloadGamesThe typical playerDenis Herron: Save %, 0.884, 80th percentileDenis Herron: Goals against, 3.63 a game, 54th percentileDenis Herron: Workload, 31.4 shots a game, 89th percentileDenis Herron: Games, 38 games, 48th percentileRoland Melanson: Save %, 0.902, 98th percentileRoland Melanson: Goals against, 2.97 a game, 87th percentileRoland Melanson: Workload, 30.5 shots a game, 76th percentileRoland Melanson: Games, 37 games, 46th percentile

On the radar, each spoke runs from the lowest at the centre to the league leader at the rim, among the 46 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 1983-84 Roland Melanson G, MTL
38 Games played 37
8 Wins 20
24 Losses 11
1 Shutouts 0
1,193 Shots against 1,128
1,055 Saves 1,018
138 Goals against 110
0.884 Save % 0.902
4.10 Goals against average 3.27

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.