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Compare players, 1971-72 season

At a glance

Gilles Meloche Tony Esposito

Save %Goals againstWorkloadGamesThe typical playerGilles Meloche: Save %, 0.893, 36th percentileGilles Meloche: Goals against, 3.09 a game, 32nd percentileGilles Meloche: Workload, 29.0 shots a game, 57th percentileGilles Meloche: Games, 56 games, 89th percentileTony Esposito: Save %, 0.934, 96th percentileTony Esposito: Goals against, 1.71 a game, 96th percentileTony Esposito: Workload, 25.9 shots a game, 11th percentileTony Esposito: Games, 48 games, 79th percentile

On the radar, each spoke runs from the lowest at the centre to the league leader at the rim, among the 28 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

Gilles Meloche G, PIT 1971-72 Tony Esposito G, CHI
56 Games played 48
16 Wins 31
25 Losses 10
4 Shutouts 9
1,623 Shots against 1,241
1,450 Saves 1,159
173 Goals against 82
0.893 Save % 0.934
3.33 Goals against average 1.77

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.