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Compare players, 1976-77 season

At a glance

Billy Smith Denis Herron

Save %Goals againstWorkloadGamesThe typical playerBilly Smith: Save %, 0.916, 91st percentileBilly Smith: Goals against, 2.42 a game, 86th percentileBilly Smith: Workload, 28.7 shots a game, 54th percentileBilly Smith: Games, 36 games, 31st percentileDenis Herron: Save %, 0.911, 86th percentileDenis Herron: Goals against, 2.76 a game, 71st percentileDenis Herron: Workload, 31.1 shots a game, 80th percentileDenis Herron: Games, 34 games, 26th percentile

On the radar, each spoke runs from the lowest at the centre to the league leader at the rim, among the 35 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 1976-77 Denis Herron G, PIT
36 Games played 34
21 Wins 15
8 Losses 11
2 Shutouts 1
1,032 Shots against 1,058
945 Saves 964
87 Goals against 94
0.916 Save % 0.911
2.50 Goals against average 2.94

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.