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Compare players, 1996-97 season

At a glance

John Vanbiesbrouck Ron Hextall

Save %Goals againstWorkloadGamesThe typical playerJohn Vanbiesbrouck: Save %, 0.919, 88th percentileJohn Vanbiesbrouck: Goals against, 2.25 a game, 83rd percentileJohn Vanbiesbrouck: Workload, 27.8 shots a game, 63rd percentileJohn Vanbiesbrouck: Games, 57 games, 71st percentileRon Hextall: Save %, 0.897, 25th percentileRon Hextall: Goals against, 2.40 a game, 67th percentileRon Hextall: Workload, 23.4 shots a game, 15th percentileRon Hextall: Games, 55 games, 65th percentile

On the radar, each spoke runs from the lowest at the centre to the league leader at the rim, among the 48 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 1996-97 Ron Hextall G, PHI
57 Games played 55
27 Wins 31
19 Losses 16
2 Shutouts 5
1,582 Shots against 1,285
1,454 Saves 1,153
128 Goals against 132
0.919 Save % 0.897
2.29 Goals against average 2.56

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.