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Compare players, 1978-79 season

At a glance

Gilles Meloche Denis Herron

Save %Goals againstWorkloadGamesThe typical playerGilles Meloche: Save %, 0.885, 61st percentileGilles Meloche: Goals against, 3.26 a game, 47th percentileGilles Meloche: Workload, 28.3 shots a game, 61st percentileGilles Meloche: Games, 53 games, 84th percentileDenis Herron: Save %, 0.892, 74th percentileDenis Herron: Goals against, 3.21 a game, 61st percentileDenis Herron: Workload, 29.8 shots a game, 82nd percentileDenis Herron: Games, 56 games, 89th percentile

On the radar, each spoke runs from the lowest at the centre to the league leader at the rim, among the 38 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 1978-79 Denis Herron G, PIT
53 Games played 56
20 Wins 22
25 Losses 19
2 Shutouts 0
1,498 Shots against 1,667
1,325 Saves 1,487
173 Goals against 180
0.885 Save % 0.892
3.33 Goals against average 3.37

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.