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Compare players, 1955-56 season

At a glance

Terry Sawchuk Jacques Plante

Save %Goals againstWorkloadGamesThe typical playerTerry 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 percentileJacques 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 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

Terry Sawchuk G, NYR 1955-56 Jacques Plante G, BOS
68 Games played 64
22 Wins 42
33 Losses 12
9 Shutouts 7
2,098 Shots against 1,714
1,921 Saves 1,595
177 Goals against 119
0.916 Save % 0.931
2.60 Goals against average 1.86

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.