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Compare players, 1968-69 season

At a glance

Fern Rivard Tony Esposito

Save %Goals againstWorkloadGamesThe typical playerFern Rivard: Save %, 0.859, 1st percentileFern Rivard: Goals against, 3.69 a game, 1st percentileFern Rivard: Workload, 26.2 shots a game, 10th percentileFern Rivard: Games, 13 games, 1st percentileTony Esposito: Save %, 0.919, 80th percentileTony Esposito: Goals against, 2.62 a game, 65th percentileTony Esposito: Workload, 32.2 shots a game, 80th percentileTony Esposito: Games, 13 games, 1st percentile

On the radar, each spoke runs from the lowest at the centre to the league leader at the rim, among the 20 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

Fern Rivard G, MNS 1968-69 Tony Esposito G, CHI
13 Games played 13
0 Wins 5
6 Losses 4
0 Shutouts 2
341 Shots against 419
293 Saves 385
48 Goals against 34
0.859 Save % 0.919
4.44 Goals against average 2.75

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.