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Compare players, 1987-88 season

At a glance

Kirk McLean Billy Smith

Save %Goals againstWorkloadGamesThe typical playerKirk McLean: Save %, 0.875, 40th percentileKirk McLean: Goals against, 3.59 a game, 23rd percentileKirk McLean: Workload, 28.6 shots a game, 63rd percentileKirk McLean: Games, 41 games, 51st percentileBilly Smith: Save %, 0.893, 81st percentileBilly Smith: Goals against, 2.97 a game, 81st percentileBilly Smith: Workload, 27.9 shots a game, 56th percentileBilly Smith: Games, 38 games, 47th percentile

On the radar, each spoke runs from the lowest at the centre to the league leader at the rim, among the 43 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 1987-88 Billy Smith G, NYI
41 Games played 38
11 Wins 17
27 Losses 14
1 Shutouts 2
1,174 Shots against 1,061
1,027 Saves 948
147 Goals against 113
0.875 Save % 0.893
3.78 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.