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Compare players, 1996-97 season

At a glance

Ron Hextall John Vanbiesbrouck

Save %Goals againstWorkloadGamesThe typical playerRon Hextall: Save %, 0.897, 25th percentileRon Hextall: Goals against, 2.40 a game, 67th percentileRon Hextall: Workload, 23.4 shots a game, 15th percentileRon Hextall: Games, 55 games, 65th percentileJohn Vanbiesbrouck: Save %, 0.919, 88th percentileJohn Vanbiesbrouck: Goals against, 2.25 a game, 83rd percentileJohn Vanbiesbrouck: Workload, 27.8 shots a game, 63rd percentileJohn Vanbiesbrouck: Games, 57 games, 71st percentile

On the radar, each spoke runs from the lowest at the centre to the league leader at the rim, among the 48 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

Ron Hextall G, PHI 1996-97 John Vanbiesbrouck G, NJD
55 Games played 57
31 Wins 27
16 Losses 19
5 Shutouts 2
1,285 Shots against 1,582
1,153 Saves 1,454
132 Goals against 128
0.897 Save % 0.919
2.56 Goals against average 2.29

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.