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Compare players, 1973-74 season

At a glance

Gary Smith Tony Esposito

Save %Goals againstWorkloadGamesThe typical playerGary Smith: Save %, 0.895, 37th percentileGary Smith: Goals against, 3.20 a game, 15th percentileGary Smith: Workload, 30.4 shots a game, 85th percentileGary Smith: Games, 64 games, 85th percentileTony Esposito: Save %, 0.929, 93rd percentileTony Esposito: Goals against, 2.01 a game, 93rd percentileTony Esposito: Workload, 28.2 shots a game, 48th percentileTony Esposito: Games, 70 games, 93rd 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

Gary Smith G, WIN 1973-74 Tony Esposito G, CHI
64 Games played 70
20 Wins 34
33 Losses 14
3 Shutouts 10
1,948 Shots against 1,977
1,743 Saves 1,836
205 Goals against 141
0.895 Save % 0.929
3.42 Goals against average 2.05

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.