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Compare players, 1968-69 season

At a glance

Gary Smith Gerry Cheevers

Save %Goals againstWorkloadGamesThe typical playerGary Smith: Save %, 0.905, 35th percentileGary Smith: Goals against, 2.74 a game, 45th percentileGary Smith: Workload, 28.9 shots a game, 35th percentileGary Smith: Games, 54 games, 70th percentileGerry Cheevers: Save %, 0.911, 65th percentileGerry Cheevers: Goals against, 2.79 a game, 40th percentileGerry Cheevers: Workload, 31.5 shots a game, 60th percentileGerry Cheevers: Games, 52 games, 60th 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 1968-69 Gerry Cheevers G, BOS
54 Games played 52
22 Wins 27
21 Losses 12
4 Shutouts 3
1,559 Shots against 1,638
1,411 Saves 1,493
148 Goals against 145
0.905 Save % 0.911
2.96 Goals against average 2.80

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.