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Compare players, 1979-80 season

At a glance

Mike Palmateer Billy Smith

Save %Goals againstWorkloadGamesThe typical playerMike Palmateer: Save %, 0.873, 29th percentileMike Palmateer: Goals against, 3.29 a game, 45th percentileMike Palmateer: Workload, 26.0 shots a game, 29th percentileMike Palmateer: Games, 38 games, 50th percentileBilly Smith: Save %, 0.898, 88th percentileBilly Smith: Goals against, 2.74 a game, 86th percentileBilly Smith: Workload, 26.9 shots a game, 40th percentileBilly Smith: Games, 38 games, 50th percentile

On the radar, each spoke runs from the lowest at the centre to the league leader at the rim, among the 42 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 1979-80 Billy Smith G, NYI
38 Games played 38
16 Wins 15
14 Losses 14
2 Shutouts 2
988 Shots against 1,022
863 Saves 918
125 Goals against 104
0.873 Save % 0.898
3.69 Goals against average 2.96

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.