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Compare players, 1978-79 season

At a glance

Mario Lessard Ken Dryden

Save %Goals againstWorkloadGamesThe typical playerMario Lessard: Save %, 0.892, 71st percentileMario Lessard: Goals against, 3.02 a game, 79th percentileMario Lessard: Workload, 27.9 shots a game, 55th percentileMario Lessard: Games, 49 games, 79th percentileKen Dryden: Save %, 0.909, 95th percentileKen Dryden: Goals against, 2.30 a game, 97th percentileKen Dryden: Workload, 25.3 shots a game, 21st percentileKen Dryden: Games, 47 games, 76th 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

Mario Lessard G, LAK 1978-79 Ken Dryden G, MTL
49 Games played 47
23 Wins 30
15 Losses 10
4 Shutouts 5
1,368 Shots against 1,190
1,220 Saves 1,082
148 Goals against 108
0.892 Save % 0.909
3.11 Goals against average 2.30

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.