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Compare players, 1996-97 season

At a glance

Kirk McLean Ed Belfour

Save %Goals againstWorkloadGamesThe typical playerKirk McLean: Save %, 0.889, 13th percentileKirk McLean: Goals against, 3.14 a game, 1st percentileKirk McLean: Workload, 28.3 shots a game, 67th percentileKirk McLean: Games, 44 games, 46th percentileEd Belfour: Save %, 0.901, 40th percentileEd Belfour: Goals against, 2.85 a game, 19th percentileEd Belfour: Workload, 28.6 shots a game, 69th percentileEd Belfour: Games, 46 games, 50th 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

Kirk McLean G, NYR 1996-97 Ed Belfour G, FLA
44 Games played 46
21 Wins 14
18 Losses 24
0 Shutouts 2
1,247 Shots against 1,317
1,109 Saves 1,186
138 Goals against 131
0.889 Save % 0.901
3.21 Goals against average 2.89

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.