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Compare players, 1976-77 season

At a glance

Gerry Desjardins Gilles Meloche

Save %Goals againstWorkloadGamesThe typical playerGerry Desjardins: Save %, 0.900, 69th percentileGerry Desjardins: Goals against, 2.57 a game, 80th percentileGerry Desjardins: Workload, 25.7 shots a game, 29th percentileGerry Desjardins: Games, 49 games, 74th percentileGilles Meloche: Save %, 0.890, 49th percentileGilles Meloche: Goals against, 3.35 a game, 37th percentileGilles Meloche: Workload, 30.4 shots a game, 71st percentileGilles Meloche: Games, 51 games, 80th percentile

On the radar, each spoke runs from the lowest at the centre to the league leader at the rim, among the 35 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 Desjardins G, BUF 1976-77 Gilles Meloche G, PIT
49 Games played 51
31 Wins 19
12 Losses 24
3 Shutouts 2
1,258 Shots against 1,548
1,132 Saves 1,377
126 Goals against 171
0.900 Save % 0.890
2.64 Goals against average 3.47

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.