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Compare players, 1976-77 season

At a glance

Gary Smith Denis Herron

Save %Goals againstWorkloadGamesThe typical playerGary Smith: Save %, 0.881, 31st percentileGary Smith: Goals against, 3.86 a game, 3rd percentileGary Smith: Workload, 32.5 shots a game, 91st percentileGary Smith: Games, 36 games, 31st percentileDenis Herron: Save %, 0.911, 86th percentileDenis Herron: Goals against, 2.76 a game, 71st percentileDenis Herron: Workload, 31.1 shots a game, 80th percentileDenis Herron: Games, 34 games, 26th percentile

On the radar, each spoke runs from the lowest at the centre to the league leader at the rim, among the 35 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 1976-77 Denis Herron G, PIT
36 Games played 34
10 Wins 15
17 Losses 11
1 Shutouts 1
1,171 Shots against 1,058
1,032 Saves 964
139 Goals against 94
0.881 Save % 0.911
4.00 Goals against average 2.94

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.