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Compare players, 1969-70 season

At a glance

Gary Smith Tony Esposito

Save %Goals againstWorkloadGamesThe typical playerGary Smith: Save %, 0.913, 45th percentileGary Smith: Goals against, 3.00 a game, 20th percentileGary Smith: Workload, 34.3 shots a game, 80th percentileGary Smith: Games, 65 games, 90th percentileTony Esposito: Save %, 0.932, 95th percentileTony Esposito: Goals against, 2.16 a game, 85th percentileTony Esposito: Workload, 31.7 shots a game, 60th percentileTony Esposito: Games, 63 games, 80th percentile

On the radar, each spoke runs from the lowest at the centre to the league leader at the rim, among the 20 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

Gary Smith G, WIN 1969-70 Tony Esposito G, CHI
65 Games played 63
19 Wins 38
34 Losses 17
2 Shutouts 15
2,230 Shots against 1,995
2,035 Saves 1,859
195 Goals against 136
0.913 Save % 0.932
3.12 Goals against average 2.17

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.