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Compare players, 1996-97 season

At a glance

Mike Richter Patrick Roy

Save %Goals againstWorkloadGamesThe typical playerMike Richter: Save %, 0.917, 85th percentileMike Richter: Goals against, 2.64 a game, 38th percentileMike Richter: Workload, 31.9 shots a game, 92nd percentileMike Richter: Games, 61 games, 77th percentilePatrick Roy: Save %, 0.923, 92nd percentilePatrick Roy: Goals against, 2.31 a game, 73rd percentilePatrick Roy: Workload, 30.0 shots a game, 83rd percentilePatrick Roy: Games, 62 games, 81st percentile

On the radar, each spoke runs from the lowest at the centre to the league leader at the rim, among the 48 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 Richter G, NYR 1996-97 Patrick Roy G, COL
61 Games played 62
33 Wins 38
22 Losses 15
4 Shutouts 7
1,945 Shots against 1,861
1,784 Saves 1,718
161 Goals against 143
0.917 Save % 0.923
2.69 Goals against average 2.32

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.