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Compare players, 1978-79 season

At a glance

Denis Herron Mike Palmateer

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 percentileMike Palmateer: Save %, 0.909, 92nd percentileMike Palmateer: Goals against, 2.88 a game, 84th percentileMike Palmateer: Workload, 31.7 shots a game, 92nd percentileMike Palmateer: Games, 58 games, 92nd 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 Mike Palmateer G, TOR
56 Games played 58
22 Wins 26
19 Losses 21
0 Shutouts 4
1,667 Shots against 1,838
1,487 Saves 1,671
180 Goals against 167
0.892 Save % 0.909
3.37 Goals against average 2.96

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.