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Compare players, 1976-77 season

At a glance

Gerry Desjardins Jim Rutherford

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 percentileJim Rutherford: Save %, 0.867, 6th percentileJim Rutherford: Goals against, 3.75 a game, 6th percentileJim Rutherford: Workload, 28.1 shots a game, 51st percentileJim Rutherford: Games, 48 games, 71st 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 Jim Rutherford G, DET
49 Games played 48
31 Wins 7
12 Losses 34
3 Shutouts 0
1,258 Shots against 1,351
1,132 Saves 1,171
126 Goals against 180
0.900 Save % 0.867
2.64 Goals against average 3.95

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.