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Compare players, 1969-70 season

At a glance

Al Smith Gerry Cheevers

Save %Goals againstWorkloadGamesThe typical playerAl Smith: Save %, 0.899, 15th percentileAl Smith: Goals against, 2.80 a game, 40th percentileAl Smith: Workload, 27.9 shots a game, 20th percentileAl Smith: Games, 46 games, 50th percentileGerry Cheevers: Save %, 0.919, 75th percentileGerry Cheevers: Goals against, 2.63 a game, 60th percentileGerry Cheevers: Workload, 32.6 shots a game, 65th percentileGerry Cheevers: Games, 41 games, 45th percentile

On the radar, each spoke runs from the lowest at the centre to the league leader at the rim, among the 20 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 1969-70 Gerry Cheevers G, BOS
46 Games played 41
15 Wins 24
20 Losses 8
2 Shutouts 4
1,283 Shots against 1,337
1,154 Saves 1,229
129 Goals against 108
0.899 Save % 0.919
3.03 Goals against average 2.72

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.