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Compare players, 1978-79 season

At a glance

Rogie Vachon Gilles Meloche

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 percentileGilles Meloche: Save %, 0.885, 61st percentileGilles Meloche: Goals against, 3.26 a game, 47th percentileGilles Meloche: Workload, 28.3 shots a game, 61st percentileGilles Meloche: Games, 53 games, 84th 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 Gilles Meloche G, PIT
50 Games played 53
10 Wins 20
27 Losses 25
0 Shutouts 2
1,378 Shots against 1,498
1,189 Saves 1,325
189 Goals against 173
0.863 Save % 0.885
3.91 Goals against average 3.33

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.