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Compare players, 1976-77 season

At a glance

Billy Smith Gary Smith

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 percentileGary Smith: Save %, 0.881, 31st percentileGary Smith: Goals against, 3.86 a game, 3rd percentileGary Smith: Workload, 32.5 shots a game, 91st percentileGary Smith: Games, 36 games, 31st 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 Gary Smith G, WIN
36 Games played 36
21 Wins 10
8 Losses 17
2 Shutouts 1
1,032 Shots against 1,171
945 Saves 1,032
87 Goals against 139
0.916 Save % 0.881
2.50 Goals against average 4.00

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.