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Compare players, 1997-98 season

At a glance

John Vanbiesbrouck Ed Belfour

Save %Goals againstWorkloadGamesThe typical playerJohn Vanbiesbrouck: Save %, 0.899, 24th percentileJohn Vanbiesbrouck: Goals against, 2.75 a game, 12th percentileJohn Vanbiesbrouck: Workload, 27.3 shots a game, 86th percentileJohn Vanbiesbrouck: Games, 60 games, 62nd percentileEd Belfour: Save %, 0.916, 79th percentileEd Belfour: Goals against, 1.84 a game, 98th percentileEd Belfour: Workload, 21.9 shots a game, 14th percentileEd Belfour: Games, 61 games, 67th percentile

On the radar, each spoke runs from the lowest at the centre to the league leader at the rim, among the 42 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

John Vanbiesbrouck G, NJD 1997-98 Ed Belfour G, FLA
60 Games played 61
18 Wins 37
29 Losses 12
4 Shutouts 9
1,638 Shots against 1,335
1,473 Saves 1,223
165 Goals against 112
0.899 Save % 0.916
2.87 Goals against average 1.88

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.