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Compare players, 1978-79 season

At a glance

Bob Sauve Jim Rutherford

Save %Goals againstWorkloadGamesThe typical playerBob Sauve: Save %, 0.876, 45th percentileBob Sauve: Goals against, 3.45 a game, 26th percentileBob Sauve: Workload, 27.8 shots a game, 53rd percentileBob Sauve: Games, 29 games, 26th percentileJim 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 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

Bob Sauve G, NJD 1978-79 Jim Rutherford G, DET
29 Games played 32
10 Wins 13
10 Losses 14
0 Shutouts 1
805 Shots against 885
705 Saves 782
100 Goals against 103
0.876 Save % 0.884
3.73 Goals against average 3.27

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.