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Compare players, 1970-71 season

At a glance

Gerry Cheevers Jacques Plante

Save %Goals againstWorkloadGamesThe typical playerGerry Cheevers: Save %, 0.918, 71st percentileGerry Cheevers: Goals against, 2.73 a game, 46th percentileGerry Cheevers: Workload, 33.2 shots a game, 96th percentileGerry Cheevers: Games, 40 games, 54th percentileJacques Plante: Save %, 0.944, 96th percentileJacques Plante: Goals against, 1.83 a game, 96th percentileJacques Plante: Workload, 32.4 shots a game, 89th percentileJacques Plante: Games, 40 games, 54th percentile

On the radar, each spoke runs from the lowest at the centre to the league leader at the rim, among the 28 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 1970-71 Jacques Plante G, BOS
40 Games played 40
27 Wins 24
8 Losses 11
3 Shutouts 4
1,326 Shots against 1,297
1,217 Saves 1,224
109 Goals against 73
0.918 Save % 0.944
2.73 Goals against average 1.89

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.