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Compare players, 1978-79 season

At a glance

Bob Sauve Wayne Thomas

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 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

Bob Sauve G, NJD 1978-79 Wayne Thomas G, NYR
29 Games played 31
10 Wins 15
10 Losses 10
0 Shutouts 1
805 Shots against 752
705 Saves 651
100 Goals against 101
0.876 Save % 0.866
3.73 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.