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Compare players, 1985-86 season

At a glance

Kirk McLean Denis Herron

Save %Goals againstWorkloadGamesThe typical playerKirk McLean: Save %, 0.814, 1st percentileKirk McLean: Goals against, 5.50 a game, 1st percentileKirk McLean: Workload, 29.5 shots a game, 63rd percentileKirk McLean: Games, 2 games, 1st percentileDenis Herron: Save %, 0.844, 9th percentileDenis Herron: Goals against, 4.67 a game, 1st percentileDenis Herron: Workload, 30.0 shots a game, 76th percentileDenis Herron: Games, 3 games, 1st percentile

On the radar, each spoke runs from the lowest at the centre to the league leader at the rim, among the 46 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 1985-86 Denis Herron G, PIT
2 Games played 3
1 Wins 0
1 Losses 3
0 Shutouts 0
59 Shots against 90
48 Saves 76
11 Goals against 14
0.814 Save % 0.844
5.98 Goals against average 4.71

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.