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Compare players, 1976-77 season

At a glance

Jim Rutherford Gilles Meloche

Save %Goals againstWorkloadGamesThe typical playerJim Rutherford: Save %, 0.867, 6th percentileJim Rutherford: Goals against, 3.75 a game, 6th percentileJim Rutherford: Workload, 28.1 shots a game, 51st percentileJim Rutherford: Games, 48 games, 71st percentileGilles Meloche: Save %, 0.890, 49th percentileGilles Meloche: Goals against, 3.35 a game, 37th percentileGilles Meloche: Workload, 30.4 shots a game, 71st percentileGilles Meloche: Games, 51 games, 80th percentile

On the radar, each spoke runs from the lowest at the centre to the league leader at the rim, among the 35 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 1976-77 Gilles Meloche G, PIT
48 Games played 51
7 Wins 19
34 Losses 24
0 Shutouts 2
1,351 Shots against 1,548
1,171 Saves 1,377
180 Goals against 171
0.867 Save % 0.890
3.95 Goals against average 3.47

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.