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Compare players, 1976-77 season

At a glance

Wayne Thomas Billy Smith

Save %Goals againstWorkloadGamesThe typical playerWayne Thomas: Save %, 0.890, 51st percentileWayne Thomas: Goals against, 3.52 a game, 23rd percentileWayne Thomas: Workload, 32.0 shots a game, 86th percentileWayne Thomas: Games, 33 games, 20th percentileBilly Smith: Save %, 0.916, 91st percentileBilly Smith: Goals against, 2.42 a game, 86th percentileBilly Smith: Workload, 28.7 shots a game, 54th percentileBilly Smith: Games, 36 games, 31st percentile

On the radar, each spoke runs from the lowest at the centre to the league leader at the rim, among the 35 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 1976-77 Billy Smith G, NYI
33 Games played 36
10 Wins 21
13 Losses 8
1 Shutouts 2
1,055 Shots against 1,032
939 Saves 945
116 Goals against 87
0.890 Save % 0.916
3.87 Goals against average 2.50

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.