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Compare players, 1996-97 season

At a glance

Ron Hextall Tommy Salo

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 percentileTommy Salo: Save %, 0.904, 52nd percentileTommy Salo: Goals against, 2.60 a game, 42nd percentileTommy Salo: Workload, 27.2 shots a game, 56th percentileTommy Salo: Games, 58 games, 73rd 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 Tommy Salo G, COL
55 Games played 58
31 Wins 20
16 Losses 27
5 Shutouts 5
1,285 Shots against 1,576
1,153 Saves 1,425
132 Goals against 151
0.897 Save % 0.904
2.56 Goals against average 2.82

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.