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Compare players, 1971-72 season

At a glance

Gerry Cheevers Al Smith

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 percentileAl Smith: Save %, 0.892, 29th percentileAl Smith: Goals against, 3.12 a game, 29th percentileAl Smith: Workload, 28.9 shots a game, 54th percentileAl Smith: Games, 43 games, 61st 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 Al Smith G, CLR
41 Games played 43
27 Wins 18
5 Losses 20
2 Shutouts 4
1,264 Shots against 1,242
1,163 Saves 1,108
101 Goals against 134
0.920 Save % 0.892
2.50 Goals against average 3.22

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.