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Compare players, 1970-71 season

At a glance

Gary Smith Ernie Wakely

Save %Goals againstWorkloadGamesThe typical playerGary Smith: Save %, 0.885, 7th percentileGary Smith: Goals against, 3.61 a game, 4th percentileGary Smith: Workload, 31.4 shots a game, 75th percentileGary Smith: Games, 71 games, 96th percentileErnie Wakely: Save %, 0.902, 43rd percentileErnie Wakely: Goals against, 2.61 a game, 57th percentileErnie Wakely: Workload, 26.6 shots a game, 7th percentileErnie Wakely: Games, 51 games, 86th percentile

On the radar, each spoke runs from the lowest at the centre to the league leader at the rim, among the 28 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 1970-71 Ernie Wakely G, STL
71 Games played 51
19 Wins 20
48 Losses 14
2 Shutouts 3
2,226 Shots against 1,356
1,970 Saves 1,223
256 Goals against 133
0.885 Save % 0.902
3.86 Goals against average 2.79

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.