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Compare players, 1975-76 season

At a glance

Al Smith Gerry Cheevers

Save %Goals againstWorkloadGamesThe typical playerAl Smith: Save %, 0.881, 25th percentileAl Smith: Goals against, 3.07 a game, 63rd percentileAl Smith: Workload, 25.7 shots a game, 13th percentileAl Smith: Games, 14 games, 1st percentileGerry Cheevers: Save %, 0.900, 75th percentileGerry Cheevers: Goals against, 2.73 a game, 81st percentileGerry Cheevers: Workload, 27.5 shots a game, 31st percentileGerry Cheevers: Games, 15 games, 1st percentile

On the radar, each spoke runs from the lowest at the centre to the league leader at the rim, among the 32 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 1975-76 Gerry Cheevers G, BOS
14 Games played 15
9 Wins 8
3 Losses 2
0 Shutouts 1
360 Shots against 412
317 Saves 371
43 Goals against 41
0.881 Save % 0.900
3.07 Goals against average 2.74

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.