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Compare players, 1976-77 season

At a glance

Jim Rutherford Gerry Desjardins

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 percentileGerry Desjardins: Save %, 0.900, 69th percentileGerry Desjardins: Goals against, 2.57 a game, 80th percentileGerry Desjardins: Workload, 25.7 shots a game, 29th percentileGerry Desjardins: Games, 49 games, 74th 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 Gerry Desjardins G, BUF
48 Games played 49
7 Wins 31
34 Losses 12
0 Shutouts 3
1,351 Shots against 1,258
1,171 Saves 1,132
180 Goals against 126
0.867 Save % 0.900
3.95 Goals against average 2.64

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.