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Compare players, 1978-79 season

At a glance

Randy Ireland Gordon Laxton

Save %Goals againstWorkloadGamesThe typical playerRandy Ireland: Save %, 0.857, 5th percentileRandy Ireland: Goals against, 1.50 a game, 99th percentileRandy Ireland: Workload, 10.5 shots a game, 1st percentileRandy Ireland: Games, 2 games, 1st percentileGordon Laxton: Save %, 0.704, 1st percentileGordon Laxton: Goals against, 8.00 a game, 1st percentileGordon Laxton: Workload, 27.0 shots a game, 32nd percentileGordon Laxton: Games, 1 games, 1st 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

Randy Ireland G, BUF 1978-79 Gordon Laxton G, PIT
2 Games played 1
0 Wins 0
0 Losses 1
0 Shutouts 0
21 Shots against 27
18 Saves 19
3 Goals against 8
0.857 Save % 0.704
6.02 Goals against average 8.00

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.