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Compare players, 1973-74 season

At a glance

Ed Giacomin Gary Smith

Save %Goals againstWorkloadGamesThe typical playerEd Giacomin: Save %, 0.891, 26th percentileEd Giacomin: Goals against, 2.98 a game, 37th percentileEd Giacomin: Workload, 27.4 shots a game, 22nd percentileEd Giacomin: Games, 55 games, 81st percentileGary Smith: Save %, 0.895, 37th percentileGary Smith: Goals against, 3.20 a game, 15th percentileGary Smith: Workload, 30.4 shots a game, 85th percentileGary Smith: Games, 64 games, 85th percentile

On the radar, each spoke runs from the lowest at the centre to the league leader at the rim, among the 27 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

Ed Giacomin G, DET 1973-74 Gary Smith G, WIN
55 Games played 64
29 Wins 20
15 Losses 33
5 Shutouts 3
1,507 Shots against 1,948
1,343 Saves 1,743
164 Goals against 205
0.891 Save % 0.895
3.06 Goals against average 3.42

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.