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Compare players, 1978-79 season

At a glance

Bernie Parent Billy Smith

Save %Goals againstWorkloadGamesThe typical playerBernie Parent: Save %, 0.893, 76th percentileBernie Parent: Goals against, 2.47 a game, 92nd percentileBernie Parent: Workload, 23.2 shots a game, 5th percentileBernie Parent: Games, 36 games, 45th percentileBilly Smith: Save %, 0.899, 84th percentileBilly Smith: Goals against, 2.77 a game, 87th percentileBilly Smith: Workload, 27.5 shots a game, 42nd percentileBilly Smith: Games, 39 games, 53rd 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

Bernie Parent G, PHI 1978-79 Billy Smith G, NYI
36 Games played 39
16 Wins 25
12 Losses 8
4 Shutouts 1
834 Shots against 1,074
745 Saves 966
89 Goals against 108
0.893 Save % 0.899
2.71 Goals against average 2.87

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.