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Compare players, 1978-79 season

At a glance

Mike Palmateer Gilles Meloche

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 percentileGilles Meloche: Save %, 0.885, 61st percentileGilles Meloche: Goals against, 3.26 a game, 47th percentileGilles Meloche: Workload, 28.3 shots a game, 61st percentileGilles Meloche: Games, 53 games, 84th 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 Gilles Meloche G, PIT
58 Games played 53
26 Wins 20
21 Losses 25
4 Shutouts 2
1,838 Shots against 1,498
1,671 Saves 1,325
167 Goals against 173
0.909 Save % 0.885
2.96 Goals against average 3.33

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.