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Compare players, 1976-77 season

At a glance

Denis Herron Gary Smith

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 percentileGary Smith: Save %, 0.881, 31st percentileGary Smith: Goals against, 3.86 a game, 3rd percentileGary Smith: Workload, 32.5 shots a game, 91st percentileGary Smith: Games, 36 games, 31st 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 Gary Smith G, WIN
34 Games played 36
15 Wins 10
11 Losses 17
1 Shutouts 1
1,058 Shots against 1,171
964 Saves 1,032
94 Goals against 139
0.911 Save % 0.881
2.94 Goals against average 4.00

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.