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Compare players, 1983-84 season

At a glance

Mike Palmateer Allan Bester

Save %Goals againstWorkloadGamesThe typical playerMike Palmateer: Save %, 0.848, 1st percentileMike Palmateer: Goals against, 4.38 a game, 7th percentileMike Palmateer: Workload, 28.9 shots a game, 50th percentileMike Palmateer: Games, 34 games, 39th percentileAllan Bester: Save %, 0.883, 72nd percentileAllan Bester: Goals against, 4.19 a game, 13th percentileAllan Bester: Workload, 35.7 shots a game, 98th percentileAllan Bester: Games, 32 games, 33rd percentile

On the radar, each spoke runs from the lowest at the centre to the league leader at the rim, among the 46 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

Mike Palmateer G, TOR 1983-84 Allan Bester G, DAL
34 Games played 32
9 Wins 11
17 Losses 16
0 Shutouts 0
983 Shots against 1,143
834 Saves 1,009
149 Goals against 134
0.848 Save % 0.883
4.91 Goals against average 4.36

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.