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Compare players, 1987-88 season

At a glance

John Vanbiesbrouck Clint Malarchuk

Save %Goals againstWorkloadGamesThe typical playerJohn Vanbiesbrouck: Save %, 0.890, 74th percentileJohn Vanbiesbrouck: Goals against, 3.34 a game, 47th percentileJohn Vanbiesbrouck: Workload, 30.3 shots a game, 84th percentileJohn Vanbiesbrouck: Games, 56 games, 84th percentileClint Malarchuk: Save %, 0.885, 65th percentileClint Malarchuk: Goals against, 2.85 a game, 88th percentileClint Malarchuk: Workload, 24.8 shots a game, 12th percentileClint Malarchuk: Games, 54 games, 77th percentile

On the radar, each spoke runs from the lowest at the centre to the league leader at the rim, among the 43 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 1987-88 Clint Malarchuk G, BUF
56 Games played 54
27 Wins 24
22 Losses 20
2 Shutouts 4
1,697 Shots against 1,338
1,510 Saves 1,184
187 Goals against 154
0.890 Save % 0.885
3.38 Goals against average 3.16

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.