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Compare players, 1975-76 season

At a glance

Gilles Meloche Billy Smith

Save %Goals againstWorkloadGamesThe typical playerGilles Meloche: Save %, 0.888, 50th percentileGilles Meloche: Goals against, 3.41 a game, 38th percentileGilles Meloche: Workload, 30.6 shots a game, 69th percentileGilles Meloche: Games, 41 games, 47th percentileBilly Smith: Save %, 0.908, 88th percentileBilly Smith: Goals against, 2.51 a game, 81st percentileBilly Smith: Workload, 27.4 shots a game, 28th percentileBilly Smith: Games, 39 games, 38th percentile

On the radar, each spoke runs from the lowest at the centre to the league leader at the rim, among the 32 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 1975-76 Billy Smith G, NYI
41 Games played 39
12 Wins 19
23 Losses 10
1 Shutouts 3
1,253 Shots against 1,067
1,113 Saves 969
140 Goals against 98
0.888 Save % 0.908
3.45 Goals against average 2.62

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.