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Compare players, 1983-84 season

At a glance

Roland Melanson Denis Herron

Save %Goals againstWorkloadGamesThe typical playerRoland Melanson: Save %, 0.902, 98th percentileRoland Melanson: Goals against, 2.97 a game, 87th percentileRoland Melanson: Workload, 30.5 shots a game, 76th percentileRoland Melanson: Games, 37 games, 46th percentileDenis Herron: Save %, 0.884, 80th percentileDenis Herron: Goals against, 3.63 a game, 54th percentileDenis Herron: Workload, 31.4 shots a game, 89th percentileDenis Herron: Games, 38 games, 48th 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

Roland Melanson G, MTL 1983-84 Denis Herron G, PIT
37 Games played 38
20 Wins 8
11 Losses 24
0 Shutouts 1
1,128 Shots against 1,193
1,018 Saves 1,055
110 Goals against 138
0.902 Save % 0.884
3.27 Goals against average 4.10

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.