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Compare players, 1977-78 season

At a glance

Billy Smith Wayne Thomas

Save %Goals againstWorkloadGamesThe typical playerBilly Smith: Save %, 0.909, 85th percentileBilly Smith: Goals against, 2.50 a game, 82nd percentileBilly Smith: Workload, 27.3 shots a game, 41st percentileBilly Smith: Games, 38 games, 41st percentileWayne Thomas: Save %, 0.883, 44th percentileWayne Thomas: Goals against, 3.44 a game, 38th percentileWayne Thomas: Workload, 29.5 shots a game, 68th percentileWayne Thomas: Games, 41 games, 50th percentile

On the radar, each spoke runs from the lowest at the centre to the league leader at the rim, among the 34 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 1977-78 Wayne Thomas G, NYR
38 Games played 41
20 Wins 12
8 Losses 20
2 Shutouts 4
1,039 Shots against 1,210
944 Saves 1,069
95 Goals against 141
0.909 Save % 0.883
2.65 Goals against average 3.60

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.