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Compare players, 1978-79 season

At a glance

Gerry Cheevers Ken Dryden

Save %Goals againstWorkloadGamesThe typical playerGerry Cheevers: Save %, 0.865, 16th percentileGerry Cheevers: Goals against, 3.07 a game, 68th percentileGerry Cheevers: Workload, 22.8 shots a game, 3rd percentileGerry Cheevers: Games, 43 games, 71st percentileKen Dryden: Save %, 0.909, 95th percentileKen Dryden: Goals against, 2.30 a game, 97th percentileKen Dryden: Workload, 25.3 shots a game, 21st percentileKen Dryden: Games, 47 games, 76th 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

Gerry Cheevers G, BOS 1978-79 Ken Dryden G, MTL
43 Games played 47
23 Wins 30
9 Losses 10
1 Shutouts 5
981 Shots against 1,190
849 Saves 1,082
132 Goals against 108
0.865 Save % 0.909
3.16 Goals against average 2.30

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.