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Compare players, 1978-79 season

At a glance

Gerry Cheevers Glenn Resch

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 percentileGlenn Resch: Save %, 0.914, 97th percentileGlenn Resch: Goals against, 2.47 a game, 95th percentileGlenn Resch: Workload, 28.7 shots a game, 66th percentileGlenn Resch: Games, 43 games, 71st 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 Glenn Resch G, PHI
43 Games played 43
23 Wins 26
9 Losses 7
1 Shutouts 2
981 Shots against 1,235
849 Saves 1,129
132 Goals against 106
0.865 Save % 0.914
3.16 Goals against average 2.50

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.