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Compare players, 1971-72 season

At a glance

Bernie Parent Tony Esposito

Save %Goals againstWorkloadGamesThe typical playerBernie Parent: Save %, 0.915, 71st percentileBernie Parent: Goals against, 2.47 a game, 68th percentileBernie Parent: Workload, 29.0 shots a game, 61st percentileBernie Parent: Games, 47 games, 75th percentileTony Esposito: Save %, 0.934, 96th percentileTony Esposito: Goals against, 1.71 a game, 96th percentileTony Esposito: Workload, 25.9 shots a game, 11th percentileTony Esposito: Games, 48 games, 79th percentile

On the radar, each spoke runs from the lowest at the centre to the league leader at the rim, among the 28 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

Bernie Parent G, PHI 1971-72 Tony Esposito G, CHI
47 Games played 48
17 Wins 31
18 Losses 10
3 Shutouts 9
1,363 Shots against 1,241
1,247 Saves 1,159
116 Goals against 82
0.915 Save % 0.934
2.57 Goals against average 1.77

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.