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Compare players, 1978-79 season

At a glance

Jim Rutherford Wayne Thomas

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 percentileWayne Thomas: Save %, 0.866, 18th percentileWayne Thomas: Goals against, 3.26 a game, 53rd percentileWayne Thomas: Workload, 24.3 shots a game, 11th percentileWayne Thomas: Games, 31 games, 32nd 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 Wayne Thomas G, NYR
32 Games played 31
13 Wins 15
14 Losses 10
1 Shutouts 1
885 Shots against 752
782 Saves 651
103 Goals against 101
0.884 Save % 0.866
3.27 Goals against average 3.64

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.