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Compare players, 1976-77 season

At a glance

Gilles Meloche Jim Rutherford

Save %Goals againstWorkloadGamesThe typical playerGilles Meloche: Save %, 0.890, 49th percentileGilles Meloche: Goals against, 3.35 a game, 37th percentileGilles Meloche: Workload, 30.4 shots a game, 71st percentileGilles Meloche: Games, 51 games, 80th percentileJim Rutherford: Save %, 0.867, 6th percentileJim Rutherford: Goals against, 3.75 a game, 6th percentileJim Rutherford: Workload, 28.1 shots a game, 51st percentileJim Rutherford: Games, 48 games, 71st percentile

On the radar, each spoke runs from the lowest at the centre to the league leader at the rim, among the 35 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 1976-77 Jim Rutherford G, DET
51 Games played 48
19 Wins 7
24 Losses 34
2 Shutouts 0
1,548 Shots against 1,351
1,377 Saves 1,171
171 Goals against 180
0.890 Save % 0.867
3.47 Goals against average 3.95

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.