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Compare players, 1976-77 season

At a glance

Ed Giacomin Gary Smith

Save %Goals againstWorkloadGamesThe typical playerEd Giacomin: Save %, 0.872, 14th percentileEd Giacomin: Goals against, 3.24 a game, 43rd percentileEd Giacomin: Workload, 25.2 shots a game, 17th percentileEd Giacomin: Games, 33 games, 20th percentileGary Smith: Save %, 0.881, 31st percentileGary Smith: Goals against, 3.86 a game, 3rd percentileGary Smith: Workload, 32.5 shots a game, 91st percentileGary Smith: Games, 36 games, 31st 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

Ed Giacomin G, DET 1976-77 Gary Smith G, WIN
33 Games played 36
8 Wins 10
18 Losses 17
3 Shutouts 1
833 Shots against 1,171
726 Saves 1,032
107 Goals against 139
0.872 Save % 0.881
3.59 Goals against average 4.00

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.