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Compare players, 1996-97 season

At a glance

Mike Richter Tommy Salo

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 percentileTommy Salo: Save %, 0.904, 52nd percentileTommy Salo: Goals against, 2.60 a game, 42nd percentileTommy Salo: Workload, 27.2 shots a game, 56th percentileTommy Salo: Games, 58 games, 73rd 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 Tommy Salo G, COL
61 Games played 58
33 Wins 20
22 Losses 27
4 Shutouts 5
1,945 Shots against 1,576
1,784 Saves 1,425
161 Goals against 151
0.917 Save % 0.904
2.69 Goals against average 2.82

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.