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Compare players, 1976-77 season

At a glance

Jim Rutherford Mike Palmateer

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 percentileMike Palmateer: Save %, 0.904, 77th percentileMike Palmateer: Goals against, 3.08 a game, 54th percentileMike Palmateer: Workload, 32.2 shots a game, 89th percentileMike Palmateer: Games, 50 games, 77th 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 Mike Palmateer G, TOR
48 Games played 50
7 Wins 23
34 Losses 18
0 Shutouts 4
1,351 Shots against 1,609
1,171 Saves 1,455
180 Goals against 154
0.867 Save % 0.904
3.95 Goals against average 3.22

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.