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Compare players, 1996-97 season

At a glance

John Vanbiesbrouck Bill Ranford

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 percentileBill Ranford: Save %, 0.887, 4th percentileBill Ranford: Goals against, 3.11 a game, 2nd percentileBill Ranford: Workload, 27.5 shots a game, 60th percentileBill Ranford: 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 Bill Ranford G, EDM
57 Games played 55
27 Wins 20
19 Losses 23
2 Shutouts 2
1,582 Shots against 1,514
1,454 Saves 1,343
128 Goals against 171
0.919 Save % 0.887
2.29 Goals against average 3.25

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.