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Compare players, 1977-78 season

At a glance

Billy Smith John Davidson

Save %Goals againstWorkloadGamesThe typical playerBilly Smith: Save %, 0.909, 85th percentileBilly Smith: Goals against, 2.50 a game, 82nd percentileBilly Smith: Workload, 27.3 shots a game, 41st percentileBilly Smith: Games, 38 games, 41st percentileJohn Davidson: Save %, 0.899, 74th percentileJohn Davidson: Goals against, 2.88 a game, 56th percentileJohn Davidson: Workload, 28.5 shots a game, 50th percentileJohn Davidson: Games, 34 games, 38th percentile

On the radar, each spoke runs from the lowest at the centre to the league leader at the rim, among the 34 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

Billy Smith G, NYI 1977-78 John Davidson G, NYR
38 Games played 34
20 Wins 14
8 Losses 13
2 Shutouts 1
1,039 Shots against 968
944 Saves 870
95 Goals against 98
0.909 Save % 0.899
2.65 Goals against average 3.18

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.