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Compare players, 1976-77 season

At a glance

Ron Low Mike Palmateer

Save %Goals againstWorkloadGamesThe typical playerRon Low: Save %, 0.881, 26th percentileRon Low: Goals against, 3.48 a game, 31st percentileRon Low: Workload, 29.2 shots a game, 57th percentileRon Low: Games, 54 games, 83rd percentileMike Palmateer: Save %, 0.904, 77th percentileMike Palmateer: Goals against, 3.08 a game, 54th percentileMike Palmateer: Workload, 32.2 shots a game, 89th percentileMike Palmateer: Games, 50 games, 77th percentile

On the radar, each spoke runs from the lowest at the centre to the league leader at the rim, among the 35 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 Low G, NJD 1976-77 Mike Palmateer G, TOR
54 Games played 50
16 Wins 23
27 Losses 18
0 Shutouts 4
1,578 Shots against 1,609
1,390 Saves 1,455
188 Goals against 154
0.881 Save % 0.904
3.88 Goals against average 3.22

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.