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Compare players, 1978-79 season

At a glance

Phil Myre Billy Smith

Save %Goals againstWorkloadGamesThe typical playerPhil Myre: Save %, 0.864, 13th percentilePhil Myre: Goals against, 4.18 a game, 3rd percentilePhil Myre: Workload, 30.8 shots a game, 89th percentilePhil Myre: Games, 39 games, 53rd percentileBilly Smith: Save %, 0.899, 84th percentileBilly Smith: Goals against, 2.77 a game, 87th percentileBilly Smith: Workload, 27.5 shots a game, 42nd percentileBilly Smith: Games, 39 games, 53rd 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

Phil Myre G, BUF 1978-79 Billy Smith G, NYI
39 Games played 39
9 Wins 25
22 Losses 8
1 Shutouts 1
1,201 Shots against 1,074
1,038 Saves 966
163 Goals against 108
0.864 Save % 0.899
4.34 Goals against average 2.87

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.