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Compare players, 1977-78 season

At a glance

Mike Palmateer Tony Esposito

Save %Goals againstWorkloadGamesThe typical playerMike Palmateer: Save %, 0.911, 88th percentileMike Palmateer: Goals against, 2.73 a game, 62nd percentileMike Palmateer: Workload, 30.7 shots a game, 88th percentileMike Palmateer: Games, 63 games, 88th percentileTony Esposito: Save %, 0.914, 94th percentileTony Esposito: Goals against, 2.63 a game, 71st percentileTony Esposito: Workload, 30.7 shots a game, 85th percentileTony Esposito: Games, 64 games, 91st 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

Mike Palmateer G, TOR 1977-78 Tony Esposito G, CHI
63 Games played 64
34 Wins 28
19 Losses 22
5 Shutouts 5
1,937 Shots against 1,964
1,765 Saves 1,796
172 Goals against 168
0.911 Save % 0.914
2.75 Goals against average 2.63

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.