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Compare players, 1978-79 season

At a glance

Wayne Thomas Michel Larocque

Save %Goals againstWorkloadGamesThe typical playerWayne Thomas: Save %, 0.866, 18th percentileWayne Thomas: Goals against, 3.26 a game, 53rd percentileWayne Thomas: Workload, 24.3 shots a game, 11th percentileWayne Thomas: Games, 31 games, 32nd percentileMichel Larocque: Save %, 0.888, 63rd percentileMichel Larocque: Goals against, 2.76 a game, 89th percentileMichel Larocque: Workload, 24.7 shots a game, 16th percentileMichel Larocque: Games, 34 games, 39th 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 Thomas G, NYR 1978-79 Michel Larocque G, STL
31 Games played 34
15 Wins 22
10 Losses 7
1 Shutouts 3
752 Shots against 841
651 Saves 747
101 Goals against 94
0.866 Save % 0.888
3.64 Goals against average 2.84

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.