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Compare players, 1975-76 season

At a glance

Gary Simmons Billy Smith

Save %Goals againstWorkloadGamesThe typical playerGary Simmons: Save %, 0.889, 53rd percentileGary Simmons: Goals against, 3.28 a game, 47th percentileGary Simmons: Workload, 29.5 shots a game, 59th percentileGary Simmons: Games, 40 games, 41st percentileBilly Smith: Save %, 0.908, 88th percentileBilly Smith: Goals against, 2.51 a game, 81st percentileBilly Smith: Workload, 27.4 shots a game, 28th percentileBilly Smith: Games, 39 games, 38th percentile

On the radar, each spoke runs from the lowest at the centre to the league leader at the rim, among the 32 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

Gary Simmons G, LAK 1975-76 Billy Smith G, NYI
40 Games played 39
15 Wins 19
19 Losses 10
2 Shutouts 3
1,181 Shots against 1,067
1,050 Saves 969
131 Goals against 98
0.889 Save % 0.908
3.34 Goals against average 2.62

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.