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Compare players, 1970-71 season

At a glance

Gary Smith Tony Esposito

Save %Goals againstWorkloadGamesThe typical playerGary Smith: Save %, 0.885, 7th percentileGary Smith: Goals against, 3.61 a game, 4th percentileGary Smith: Workload, 31.4 shots a game, 75th percentileGary Smith: Games, 71 games, 96th percentileTony Esposito: Save %, 0.919, 82nd percentileTony Esposito: Goals against, 2.21 a game, 89th percentileTony Esposito: Workload, 27.3 shots a game, 18th percentileTony Esposito: Games, 57 games, 89th percentile

On the radar, each spoke runs from the lowest at the centre to the league leader at the rim, among the 28 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 1970-71 Tony Esposito G, CHI
71 Games played 57
19 Wins 35
48 Losses 14
2 Shutouts 6
2,226 Shots against 1,554
1,970 Saves 1,428
256 Goals against 126
0.885 Save % 0.919
3.86 Goals against average 2.27

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.