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Compare players, 1971-72 season

At a glance

George Gardner Gary Smith

Save %Goals againstWorkloadGamesThe typical playerGeorge Gardner: Save %, 0.862, 4th percentileGeorge Gardner: Goals against, 3.58 a game, 7th percentileGeorge Gardner: Workload, 25.9 shots a game, 14th percentileGeorge Gardner: Games, 24 games, 11th percentileGary Smith: Save %, 0.911, 57th percentileGary Smith: Goals against, 2.21 a game, 86th percentileGary Smith: Workload, 24.8 shots a game, 4th percentileGary Smith: Games, 28 games, 18th 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

George Gardner G, VAN 1971-72 Gary Smith G, WIN
24 Games played 28
3 Wins 14
14 Losses 5
0 Shutouts 5
621 Shots against 693
535 Saves 631
86 Goals against 62
0.862 Save % 0.911
4.19 Goals against average 2.42

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.