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Compare players, 1971-72 season

At a glance

Jim Rutherford Gerry Cheevers

Save %Goals againstWorkloadGamesThe typical playerJim Rutherford: Save %, 0.891, 25th percentileJim Rutherford: Goals against, 2.90 a game, 43rd percentileJim Rutherford: Workload, 26.7 shots a game, 29th percentileJim Rutherford: Games, 40 games, 54th percentileGerry Cheevers: Save %, 0.920, 86th percentileGerry Cheevers: Goals against, 2.46 a game, 75th percentileGerry Cheevers: Workload, 30.8 shots a game, 79th percentileGerry Cheevers: Games, 41 games, 57th percentile

On the radar, each spoke runs from the lowest at the centre to the league leader at the rim, among the 28 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 1971-72 Gerry Cheevers G, BOS
40 Games played 41
17 Wins 27
15 Losses 5
1 Shutouts 2
1,066 Shots against 1,264
950 Saves 1,163
116 Goals against 101
0.891 Save % 0.920
3.23 Goals against average 2.50

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.