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Compare players, 1971-72 season

At a glance

Billy Smith Gerry Desjardins

Save %Goals againstWorkloadGamesThe typical playerBilly Smith: Save %, 0.871, 7th percentileBilly Smith: Goals against, 4.60 a game, 1st percentileBilly Smith: Workload, 35.6 shots a game, 99th percentileBilly Smith: Games, 5 games, 1st percentileGerry Desjardins: Save %, 0.885, 14th percentileGerry Desjardins: Goals against, 3.50 a game, 11th percentileGerry Desjardins: Workload, 30.5 shots a game, 75th percentileGerry Desjardins: Games, 6 games, 1st 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

Billy Smith G, NYI 1971-72 Gerry Desjardins G, BUF
5 Games played 6
1 Wins 1
3 Losses 2
0 Shutouts 0
178 Shots against 183
155 Saves 162
23 Goals against 21
0.871 Save % 0.885
4.60 Goals against average 3.51

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.