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Compare players, 1969-70 season

At a glance

Gerry Cheevers Al Smith

Save %Goals againstWorkloadGamesThe typical playerGerry Cheevers: Save %, 0.919, 75th percentileGerry Cheevers: Goals against, 2.63 a game, 60th percentileGerry Cheevers: Workload, 32.6 shots a game, 65th percentileGerry Cheevers: Games, 41 games, 45th percentileAl Smith: Save %, 0.899, 15th percentileAl Smith: Goals against, 2.80 a game, 40th percentileAl Smith: Workload, 27.9 shots a game, 20th percentileAl Smith: Games, 46 games, 50th percentile

On the radar, each spoke runs from the lowest at the centre to the league leader at the rim, among the 20 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 1969-70 Al Smith G, CLR
41 Games played 46
24 Wins 15
8 Losses 20
4 Shutouts 2
1,337 Shots against 1,283
1,229 Saves 1,154
108 Goals against 129
0.919 Save % 0.899
2.72 Goals against average 3.03

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.