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Compare players, 1976-77 season

At a glance

Denis Herron Ed Giacomin

Save %Goals againstWorkloadGamesThe typical playerDenis Herron: Save %, 0.911, 86th percentileDenis Herron: Goals against, 2.76 a game, 71st percentileDenis Herron: Workload, 31.1 shots a game, 80th percentileDenis Herron: Games, 34 games, 26th percentileEd Giacomin: Save %, 0.872, 14th percentileEd Giacomin: Goals against, 3.24 a game, 43rd percentileEd Giacomin: Workload, 25.2 shots a game, 17th percentileEd Giacomin: Games, 33 games, 20th 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

Denis Herron G, PIT 1976-77 Ed Giacomin G, DET
34 Games played 33
15 Wins 8
11 Losses 18
1 Shutouts 3
1,058 Shots against 833
964 Saves 726
94 Goals against 107
0.911 Save % 0.872
2.94 Goals against average 3.59

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.