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Compare players, 1962-63 season

At a glance

Jacques Plante Johnny Bower

Save %Goals againstWorkloadGamesThe typical playerJacques Plante: Save %, 0.912, 44th percentileJacques Plante: Goals against, 2.46 a game, 56th percentileJacques Plante: Workload, 28.0 shots a game, 22nd percentileJacques Plante: Games, 56 games, 67th percentileJohnny Bower: Save %, 0.912, 67th percentileJohnny Bower: Goals against, 2.60 a game, 44th percentileJohnny Bower: Workload, 29.5 shots a game, 33rd percentileJohnny Bower: Games, 42 games, 33rd percentile

On the radar, each spoke runs from the lowest at the centre to the league leader at the rim, among the 9 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

Jacques Plante G, BOS 1962-63 Johnny Bower G, TOR
56 Games played 42
22 Wins 20
14 Losses 15
5 Shutouts 1
1,566 Shots against 1,239
1,428 Saves 1,130
138 Goals against 109
0.912 Save % 0.912
2.49 Goals against average 2.60

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.