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Compare players, 1971-72 season

At a glance

Gerry Desjardins Billy Smith

Save %Goals againstWorkloadGamesThe typical playerGerry Desjardins: Save %, 0.885, 14th percentileGerry Desjardins: Goals against, 3.50 a game, 11th percentileGerry Desjardins: Workload, 30.5 shots a game, 75th percentileGerry Desjardins: Games, 6 games, 1st percentileBilly Smith: Save %, 0.871, 7th percentileBilly Smith: Goals against, 4.60 a game, 1st percentileBilly Smith: Workload, 35.6 shots a game, 99th percentileBilly Smith: Games, 5 games, 1st 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 Desjardins G, BUF 1971-72 Billy Smith G, NYI
6 Games played 5
1 Wins 1
2 Losses 3
0 Shutouts 0
183 Shots against 178
162 Saves 155
21 Goals against 23
0.885 Save % 0.871
3.51 Goals against average 4.60

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.