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Compare players, 1969-70 season

At a glance

Gerry Desjardins Gerry Cheevers

Save %Goals againstWorkloadGamesThe typical playerGerry Desjardins: Save %, 0.892, 10th percentileGerry Desjardins: Goals against, 3.55 a game, 1st percentileGerry Desjardins: Workload, 32.8 shots a game, 70th percentileGerry Desjardins: Games, 47 games, 55th percentileGerry 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 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 Desjardins G, BUF 1969-70 Gerry Cheevers G, BOS
47 Games played 41
11 Wins 24
29 Losses 8
3 Shutouts 4
1,541 Shots against 1,337
1,374 Saves 1,229
167 Goals against 108
0.892 Save % 0.919
3.73 Goals against average 2.72

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.