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Compare players, 1955-56 season

At a glance

Jacques Plante Terry Sawchuk

Save %Goals againstWorkloadGamesThe typical playerJacques Plante: Save %, 0.931, 83rd percentileJacques Plante: Goals against, 1.86 a game, 83rd percentileJacques Plante: Workload, 26.8 shots a game, 1st percentileJacques Plante: Games, 64 games, 33rd percentileTerry Sawchuk: Save %, 0.916, 17th percentileTerry Sawchuk: Goals against, 2.60 a game, 50th percentileTerry Sawchuk: Workload, 30.9 shots a game, 50th percentileTerry Sawchuk: Games, 68 games, 50th percentile

On the radar, each spoke runs from the lowest at the centre to the league leader at the rim, among the 6 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 1955-56 Terry Sawchuk G, NYR
64 Games played 68
42 Wins 22
12 Losses 33
7 Shutouts 9
1,714 Shots against 2,098
1,595 Saves 1,921
119 Goals against 177
0.931 Save % 0.916
1.86 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.