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Compare players, 1976-77 season

At a glance

Al Smith Gordon Laxton

Save %Goals againstWorkloadGamesThe typical playerAl Smith: Save %, 0.836, 1st percentileAl Smith: Goals against, 2.71 a game, 74th percentileAl Smith: Workload, 16.6 shots a game, 1st percentileAl Smith: Games, 7 games, 1st percentileGordon Laxton: Save %, 0.835, 1st percentileGordon Laxton: Goals against, 4.33 a game, 1st percentileGordon Laxton: Workload, 26.3 shots a game, 37th percentileGordon Laxton: Games, 6 games, 1st 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

Al Smith G, CLR 1976-77 Gordon Laxton G, PIT
7 Games played 6
0 Wins 1
3 Losses 3
0 Shutouts 0
116 Shots against 158
97 Saves 132
19 Goals against 26
0.836 Save % 0.835
4.33 Goals against average 6.17

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.