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Compare players, 1985-86 season

At a glance

John Vanbiesbrouck Brian Hayward

Save %Goals againstWorkloadGamesThe typical playerJohn Vanbiesbrouck: Save %, 0.887, 76th percentileJohn Vanbiesbrouck: Goals against, 3.02 a game, 85th percentileJohn Vanbiesbrouck: Workload, 26.6 shots a game, 37th percentileJohn Vanbiesbrouck: Games, 61 games, 96th percentileBrian Hayward: Save %, 0.843, 7th percentileBrian Hayward: Goals against, 4.17 a game, 17th percentileBrian Hayward: Workload, 26.5 shots a game, 35th percentileBrian Hayward: Games, 52 games, 85th percentile

On the radar, each spoke runs from the lowest at the centre to the league leader at the rim, among the 46 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 1985-86 Brian Hayward G, SJS
61 Games played 52
31 Wins 13
21 Losses 28
3 Shutouts 0
1,623 Shots against 1,379
1,439 Saves 1,162
184 Goals against 217
0.887 Save % 0.843
3.33 Goals against average 4.80

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.