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Compare players, 1978-79 season

At a glance

Wayne Stephenson Billy Smith

Save %Goals againstWorkloadGamesThe typical playerWayne Stephenson: Save %, 0.871, 29th percentileWayne Stephenson: Goals against, 3.05 a game, 74th percentileWayne Stephenson: Workload, 23.7 shots a game, 8th percentileWayne Stephenson: Games, 40 games, 63rd percentileBilly Smith: Save %, 0.899, 84th percentileBilly Smith: Goals against, 2.77 a game, 87th percentileBilly Smith: Workload, 27.5 shots a game, 42nd percentileBilly Smith: Games, 39 games, 53rd percentile

On the radar, each spoke runs from the lowest at the centre to the league leader at the rim, among the 38 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

Wayne Stephenson G, WSH 1978-79 Billy Smith G, NYI
40 Games played 39
20 Wins 25
10 Losses 8
2 Shutouts 1
946 Shots against 1,074
824 Saves 966
122 Goals against 108
0.871 Save % 0.899
3.36 Goals against average 2.87

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.