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Compare players, 1971-72 season

At a glance

Al Smith Gerry Cheevers

Save %Goals againstWorkloadGamesThe typical playerAl Smith: Save %, 0.892, 29th percentileAl Smith: Goals against, 3.12 a game, 29th percentileAl Smith: Workload, 28.9 shots a game, 54th percentileAl Smith: Games, 43 games, 61st percentileGerry Cheevers: Save %, 0.920, 86th percentileGerry Cheevers: Goals against, 2.46 a game, 75th percentileGerry Cheevers: Workload, 30.8 shots a game, 79th percentileGerry Cheevers: Games, 41 games, 57th percentile

On the radar, each spoke runs from the lowest at the centre to the league leader at the rim, among the 28 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 1971-72 Gerry Cheevers G, BOS
43 Games played 41
18 Wins 27
20 Losses 5
4 Shutouts 2
1,242 Shots against 1,264
1,108 Saves 1,163
134 Goals against 101
0.892 Save % 0.920
3.22 Goals against average 2.50

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.