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Compare players, 1978-79 season

At a glance

Jim Rutherford Michel Larocque

Save %Goals againstWorkloadGamesThe typical playerJim Rutherford: Save %, 0.884, 58th percentileJim Rutherford: Goals against, 3.22 a game, 55th percentileJim Rutherford: Workload, 27.7 shots a game, 50th percentileJim Rutherford: Games, 32 games, 37th percentileMichel Larocque: Save %, 0.888, 63rd percentileMichel Larocque: Goals against, 2.76 a game, 89th percentileMichel Larocque: Workload, 24.7 shots a game, 16th percentileMichel Larocque: Games, 34 games, 39th 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

Jim Rutherford G, DET 1978-79 Michel Larocque G, STL
32 Games played 34
13 Wins 22
14 Losses 7
1 Shutouts 3
885 Shots against 841
782 Saves 747
103 Goals against 94
0.884 Save % 0.888
3.27 Goals against average 2.84

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.