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Compare players, 1983-84 season

At a glance

Bob Sauve Billy Smith

Save %Goals againstWorkloadGamesThe typical playerBob Sauve: Save %, 0.868, 41st percentileBob Sauve: Goals against, 3.45 a game, 61st percentileBob Sauve: Workload, 26.2 shots a game, 26th percentileBob Sauve: Games, 40 games, 52nd percentileBilly Smith: Save %, 0.896, 96th percentileBilly Smith: Goals against, 3.10 a game, 80th percentileBilly Smith: Workload, 29.8 shots a game, 67th percentileBilly Smith: Games, 42 games, 61st percentile

On the radar, each spoke runs from the lowest at the centre to the league leader at the rim, among the 46 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 1983-84 Billy Smith G, NYI
40 Games played 42
22 Wins 23
13 Losses 13
0 Shutouts 2
1,049 Shots against 1,253
911 Saves 1,123
138 Goals against 130
0.868 Save % 0.896
3.49 Goals against average 3.43

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.