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Compare players, 1973-74 season

At a glance

Gilles Meloche Jim Rutherford

Save %Goals againstWorkloadGamesThe typical playerGilles Meloche: Save %, 0.878, 4th percentileGilles Meloche: Goals against, 4.21 a game, 1st percentileGilles Meloche: Workload, 34.4 shots a game, 96th percentileGilles Meloche: Games, 47 games, 67th percentileJim Rutherford: Save %, 0.885, 19th percentileJim Rutherford: Goals against, 3.29 a game, 11th percentileJim Rutherford: Workload, 28.7 shots a game, 63rd percentileJim Rutherford: Games, 51 games, 70th percentile

On the radar, each spoke runs from the lowest at the centre to the league leader at the rim, among the 27 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 1973-74 Jim Rutherford G, DET
47 Games played 51
9 Wins 16
33 Losses 23
1 Shutouts 0
1,617 Shots against 1,466
1,419 Saves 1,298
198 Goals against 168
0.878 Save % 0.885
4.25 Goals against average 3.54

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.