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Compare players, 1974-75 season

At a glance

Billy Smith Jim Rutherford

Save %Goals againstWorkloadGamesThe typical playerBilly Smith: Save %, 0.905, 70th percentileBilly Smith: Goals against, 2.69 a game, 76th percentileBilly Smith: Workload, 28.2 shots a game, 36th percentileBilly Smith: Games, 58 games, 85th percentileJim Rutherford: Save %, 0.877, 15th percentileJim Rutherford: Goals against, 3.68 a game, 24th percentileJim Rutherford: Workload, 30.0 shots a game, 55th percentileJim Rutherford: Games, 59 games, 88th percentile

On the radar, each spoke runs from the lowest at the centre to the league leader at the rim, among the 33 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 1974-75 Jim Rutherford G, DET
58 Games played 59
21 Wins 20
18 Losses 29
3 Shutouts 2
1,637 Shots against 1,770
1,481 Saves 1,553
156 Goals against 217
0.905 Save % 0.877
2.78 Goals against average 3.75

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.