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Compare players, 1978-79 season

At a glance

Michel Larocque Jim Rutherford

Save %Goals againstWorkloadGamesThe typical playerMichel Larocque: Save %, 0.888, 63rd percentileMichel Larocque: Goals against, 2.76 a game, 89th percentileMichel Larocque: Workload, 24.7 shots a game, 16th percentileMichel Larocque: Games, 34 games, 39th percentileJim Rutherford: Save %, 0.884, 58th percentileJim Rutherford: Goals against, 3.22 a game, 55th percentileJim Rutherford: Workload, 27.7 shots a game, 50th percentileJim Rutherford: Games, 32 games, 37th 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

Michel Larocque G, STL 1978-79 Jim Rutherford G, DET
34 Games played 32
22 Wins 13
7 Losses 14
3 Shutouts 1
841 Shots against 885
747 Saves 782
94 Goals against 103
0.888 Save % 0.884
2.84 Goals against average 3.27

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.