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Compare players, 1972-73 season

At a glance

Jacques Plante Billy Smith

Save %Goals againstWorkloadGamesThe typical playerJacques Plante: Save %, 0.911, 82nd percentileJacques Plante: Goals against, 2.58 a game, 74th percentileJacques Plante: Workload, 29.0 shots a game, 47th percentileJacques Plante: Games, 40 games, 50th percentileBilly Smith: Save %, 0.878, 18th percentileBilly Smith: Goals against, 3.97 a game, 9th percentileBilly Smith: Workload, 32.6 shots a game, 88th percentileBilly Smith: Games, 37 games, 44th percentile

On the radar, each spoke runs from the lowest at the centre to the league leader at the rim, among the 34 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 1972-73 Billy Smith G, NYI
40 Games played 37
15 Wins 7
15 Losses 24
3 Shutouts 0
1,158 Shots against 1,207
1,055 Saves 1,060
103 Goals against 147
0.911 Save % 0.878
2.82 Goals against average 4.16

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.