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Compare players, 1974-75 season

At a glance

Gary Smith Tony Esposito

Save %Goals againstWorkloadGamesThe typical playerGary Smith: Save %, 0.895, 58th percentileGary Smith: Goals against, 2.74 a game, 70th percentileGary Smith: Workload, 26.0 shots a game, 18th percentileGary Smith: Games, 72 games, 97th percentileTony Esposito: Save %, 0.906, 76th percentileTony Esposito: Goals against, 2.72 a game, 73rd percentileTony Esposito: Workload, 28.8 shots a game, 42nd percentileTony Esposito: Games, 71 games, 94th percentile

On the radar, each spoke runs from the lowest at the centre to the league leader at the rim, among the 33 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 1974-75 Tony Esposito G, CHI
72 Games played 71
32 Wins 34
24 Losses 30
6 Shutouts 6
1,871 Shots against 2,047
1,674 Saves 1,854
197 Goals against 193
0.895 Save % 0.906
3.09 Goals against average 2.75

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.