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Compare players, 1971-72 season

At a glance

Eddie Johnston Gerry Cheevers

Save %Goals againstWorkloadGamesThe typical playerEddie Johnston: Save %, 0.899, 46th percentileEddie Johnston: Goals against, 2.68 a game, 50th percentileEddie Johnston: Workload, 26.5 shots a game, 21st percentileEddie Johnston: Games, 38 games, 50th percentileGerry Cheevers: Save %, 0.920, 86th percentileGerry Cheevers: Goals against, 2.46 a game, 75th percentileGerry Cheevers: Workload, 30.8 shots a game, 79th percentileGerry Cheevers: Games, 41 games, 57th 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

Eddie Johnston G, CHI 1971-72 Gerry Cheevers G, BOS
38 Games played 41
27 Wins 27
8 Losses 5
2 Shutouts 2
1,006 Shots against 1,264
904 Saves 1,163
102 Goals against 101
0.899 Save % 0.920
2.71 Goals against average 2.50

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.