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Compare players, 1971-72 season

At a glance

Gerry Cheevers Jim Rutherford

Save %Goals againstWorkloadGamesThe typical playerGerry Cheevers: Save %, 0.920, 86th percentileGerry Cheevers: Goals against, 2.46 a game, 75th percentileGerry Cheevers: Workload, 30.8 shots a game, 79th percentileGerry Cheevers: Games, 41 games, 57th percentileJim Rutherford: Save %, 0.891, 25th percentileJim Rutherford: Goals against, 2.90 a game, 43rd percentileJim Rutherford: Workload, 26.7 shots a game, 29th percentileJim Rutherford: 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 1971-72 Jim Rutherford G, DET
41 Games played 40
27 Wins 17
5 Losses 15
2 Shutouts 1
1,264 Shots against 1,066
1,163 Saves 950
101 Goals against 116
0.920 Save % 0.891
2.50 Goals against average 3.23

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.