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Compare players, 1973-74 season

At a glance

Gary Smith Ed Giacomin

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 percentileEd Giacomin: Save %, 0.891, 26th percentileEd Giacomin: Goals against, 2.98 a game, 37th percentileEd Giacomin: Workload, 27.4 shots a game, 22nd percentileEd Giacomin: Games, 55 games, 81st 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 Ed Giacomin G, DET
64 Games played 55
20 Wins 29
33 Losses 15
3 Shutouts 5
1,948 Shots against 1,507
1,743 Saves 1,343
205 Goals against 164
0.895 Save % 0.891
3.42 Goals against average 3.06

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.