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Compare players, 1978-79 season

At a glance

Rogie Vachon Denis Herron

Save %Goals againstWorkloadGamesThe typical playerRogie Vachon: Save %, 0.863, 11th percentileRogie Vachon: Goals against, 3.78 a game, 11th percentileRogie Vachon: Workload, 27.6 shots a game, 45th percentileRogie Vachon: Games, 50 games, 82nd percentileDenis Herron: Save %, 0.892, 74th percentileDenis Herron: Goals against, 3.21 a game, 61st percentileDenis Herron: Workload, 29.8 shots a game, 82nd percentileDenis Herron: Games, 56 games, 89th 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

Rogie Vachon G, BOS 1978-79 Denis Herron G, PIT
50 Games played 56
10 Wins 22
27 Losses 19
0 Shutouts 0
1,378 Shots against 1,667
1,189 Saves 1,487
189 Goals against 180
0.863 Save % 0.892
3.91 Goals against average 3.37

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.