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Compare players, 1973-74 season

At a glance

Billy Smith Wayne Thomas

Save %Goals againstWorkloadGamesThe typical playerBilly Smith: Save %, 0.897, 41st percentileBilly Smith: Goals against, 2.91 a game, 52nd percentileBilly Smith: Workload, 28.3 shots a game, 52nd percentileBilly Smith: Games, 46 games, 59th percentileWayne Thomas: Save %, 0.905, 74th percentileWayne Thomas: Goals against, 2.64 a game, 78th percentileWayne Thomas: Workload, 27.7 shots a game, 37th percentileWayne Thomas: Games, 42 games, 56th percentile

On the radar, each spoke runs from the lowest at the centre to the league leader at the rim, among the 27 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 1973-74 Wayne Thomas G, NYR
46 Games played 42
9 Wins 23
23 Losses 12
0 Shutouts 1
1,300 Shots against 1,163
1,166 Saves 1,052
134 Goals against 111
0.897 Save % 0.905
3.08 Goals against average 2.77

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.