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Compare players, 1975-76 season

At a glance

Gerry Cheevers Al Smith

Save %Goals againstWorkloadGamesThe typical playerGerry Cheevers: Save %, 0.900, 75th percentileGerry Cheevers: Goals against, 2.73 a game, 81st percentileGerry Cheevers: Workload, 27.5 shots a game, 31st percentileGerry Cheevers: Games, 15 games, 1st percentileAl Smith: Save %, 0.881, 25th percentileAl Smith: Goals against, 3.07 a game, 63rd percentileAl Smith: Workload, 25.7 shots a game, 13th percentileAl Smith: Games, 14 games, 1st percentile

On the radar, each spoke runs from the lowest at the centre to the league leader at the rim, among the 32 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 1975-76 Al Smith G, CLR
15 Games played 14
8 Wins 9
2 Losses 3
1 Shutouts 0
412 Shots against 360
371 Saves 317
41 Goals against 43
0.900 Save % 0.881
2.74 Goals against average 3.07

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.