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Compare players, 1978-79 season

At a glance

Mike Palmateer Denis Herron

Save %Goals againstWorkloadGamesThe typical playerMike Palmateer: Save %, 0.909, 92nd percentileMike Palmateer: Goals against, 2.88 a game, 84th percentileMike Palmateer: Workload, 31.7 shots a game, 92nd percentileMike Palmateer: Games, 58 games, 92nd percentileDenis Herron: Save %, 0.892, 74th percentileDenis Herron: Goals against, 3.21 a game, 61st percentileDenis Herron: Workload, 29.8 shots a game, 82nd percentileDenis Herron: Games, 56 games, 89th percentile

On the radar, each spoke runs from the lowest at the centre to the league leader at the rim, among the 38 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 1978-79 Denis Herron G, PIT
58 Games played 56
26 Wins 22
21 Losses 19
4 Shutouts 0
1,838 Shots against 1,667
1,671 Saves 1,487
167 Goals against 180
0.909 Save % 0.892
2.96 Goals against average 3.37

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.