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Compare players, 1996-97 season

At a glance

Mike Richter Jocelyn Thibault

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 percentileJocelyn Thibault: Save %, 0.910, 73rd percentileJocelyn Thibault: Goals against, 2.69 a game, 27th percentileJocelyn Thibault: Workload, 29.8 shots a game, 77th percentileJocelyn Thibault: Games, 61 games, 77th 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 Jocelyn Thibault G, BUF
61 Games played 61
33 Wins 22
22 Losses 24
4 Shutouts 1
1,945 Shots against 1,815
1,784 Saves 1,651
161 Goals against 164
0.917 Save % 0.910
2.69 Goals against average 2.90

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.