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Compare players, 1978-79 season

At a glance

Denis Herron Gilles Meloche

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 percentileGilles Meloche: Save %, 0.885, 61st percentileGilles Meloche: Goals against, 3.26 a game, 47th percentileGilles Meloche: Workload, 28.3 shots a game, 61st percentileGilles Meloche: Games, 53 games, 84th 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 Gilles Meloche G, PIT
56 Games played 53
22 Wins 20
19 Losses 25
0 Shutouts 2
1,667 Shots against 1,498
1,487 Saves 1,325
180 Goals against 173
0.892 Save % 0.885
3.37 Goals against average 3.33

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.