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Compare players, 1985-86 season

At a glance

Roland Melanson Mark Laforest

Save %Goals againstWorkloadGamesThe typical playerRoland Melanson: Save %, 0.865, 39th percentileRoland Melanson: Goals against, 3.96 a game, 24th percentileRoland Melanson: Workload, 29.3 shots a game, 57th percentileRoland Melanson: Games, 28 games, 24th percentileMark Laforest: Save %, 0.845, 9th percentileMark Laforest: Goals against, 4.07 a game, 20th percentileMark Laforest: Workload, 26.3 shots a game, 28th percentileMark Laforest: Games, 28 games, 24th 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 1985-86 Mark Laforest G, OTT
28 Games played 28
6 Wins 4
17 Losses 21
0 Shutouts 1
821 Shots against 737
710 Saves 623
111 Goals against 114
0.865 Save % 0.845
4.26 Goals against average 4.96

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.