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Compare players, 1968-69 season

At a glance

Gerry Desjardins Gary Smith

Save %Goals againstWorkloadGamesThe typical playerGerry Desjardins: Save %, 0.898, 10th percentileGerry Desjardins: Goals against, 3.10 a game, 10th percentileGerry Desjardins: Workload, 30.2 shots a game, 50th percentileGerry Desjardins: Games, 61 games, 80th percentileGary Smith: Save %, 0.905, 35th percentileGary Smith: Goals against, 2.74 a game, 45th percentileGary Smith: Workload, 28.9 shots a game, 35th percentileGary Smith: Games, 54 games, 70th 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 1968-69 Gary Smith G, WIN
61 Games played 54
19 Wins 22
29 Losses 21
4 Shutouts 4
1,845 Shots against 1,559
1,656 Saves 1,411
189 Goals against 148
0.898 Save % 0.905
3.24 Goals against average 2.96

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.