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Compare players, 1977-78 season

At a glance

Gary Smith Gerry Cheevers

Save %Goals againstWorkloadGamesThe typical playerGary Smith: Save %, 0.873, 24th percentileGary Smith: Goals against, 3.85 a game, 9th percentileGary Smith: Workload, 30.4 shots a game, 79th percentileGary Smith: Games, 20 games, 3rd percentileGerry Cheevers: Save %, 0.889, 59th percentileGerry Cheevers: Goals against, 2.29 a game, 88th percentileGerry Cheevers: Workload, 20.7 shots a game, 3rd percentileGerry Cheevers: Games, 21 games, 9th percentile

On the radar, each spoke runs from the lowest at the centre to the league leader at the rim, among the 34 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 1977-78 Gerry Cheevers G, BOS
20 Games played 21
2 Wins 10
14 Losses 5
0 Shutouts 1
607 Shots against 434
530 Saves 386
77 Goals against 48
0.873 Save % 0.889
3.99 Goals against average 2.66

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.