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Compare players, 1970-71 season

At a glance

Al Smith Ed Giacomin

Save %Goals againstWorkloadGamesThe typical playerAl Smith: Save %, 0.898, 32nd percentileAl Smith: Goals against, 2.84 a game, 43rd percentileAl Smith: Workload, 27.9 shots a game, 25th percentileAl Smith: Games, 45 games, 71st percentileEd Giacomin: Save %, 0.922, 93rd percentileEd Giacomin: Goals against, 2.11 a game, 93rd percentileEd Giacomin: Workload, 27.0 shots a game, 11th percentileEd Giacomin: Games, 45 games, 71st 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 1970-71 Ed Giacomin G, DET
45 Games played 45
9 Wins 27
22 Losses 10
2 Shutouts 8
1,256 Shots against 1,215
1,128 Saves 1,120
128 Goals against 95
0.898 Save % 0.922
3.11 Goals against average 2.16

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.