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Compare players, 1996-97 season

At a glance

John Vanbiesbrouck Jim Carey

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 percentileJim Carey: Save %, 0.886, 2nd percentileJim Carey: Goals against, 2.86 a game, 17th percentileJim Carey: Workload, 25.1 shots a game, 33rd percentileJim Carey: Games, 59 games, 75th 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 Jim Carey G, STL
57 Games played 59
27 Wins 22
19 Losses 31
2 Shutouts 1
1,582 Shots against 1,480
1,454 Saves 1,311
128 Goals against 169
0.919 Save % 0.886
2.29 Goals against average 3.08

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.