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Compare players, 1978-79 season

At a glance

Glenn Resch Gerry Cheevers

Save %Goals againstWorkloadGamesThe typical playerGlenn Resch: Save %, 0.914, 97th percentileGlenn Resch: Goals against, 2.47 a game, 95th percentileGlenn Resch: Workload, 28.7 shots a game, 66th percentileGlenn Resch: Games, 43 games, 71st percentileGerry Cheevers: Save %, 0.865, 16th percentileGerry Cheevers: Goals against, 3.07 a game, 68th percentileGerry Cheevers: Workload, 22.8 shots a game, 3rd percentileGerry Cheevers: Games, 43 games, 71st 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

Glenn Resch G, PHI 1978-79 Gerry Cheevers G, BOS
43 Games played 43
26 Wins 23
7 Losses 9
2 Shutouts 1
1,235 Shots against 981
1,129 Saves 849
106 Goals against 132
0.914 Save % 0.865
2.50 Goals against average 3.16

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.