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Compare players, 1978-79 season

At a glance

Gerry Cheevers Michel Plasse

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 percentileMichel Plasse: Save %, 0.873, 37th percentileMichel Plasse: Goals against, 3.71 a game, 16th percentileMichel Plasse: Workload, 29.3 shots a game, 74th percentileMichel Plasse: Games, 41 games, 68th 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 Michel Plasse G, QUE
43 Games played 41
23 Wins 9
9 Losses 29
1 Shutouts 0
981 Shots against 1,201
849 Saves 1,049
132 Goals against 152
0.865 Save % 0.873
3.16 Goals against average 3.97

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.