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Compare players, 1996-97 season

At a glance

Mike Vernon Arturs Irbe

Save %Goals againstWorkloadGamesThe typical playerMike Vernon: Save %, 0.899, 31st percentileMike Vernon: Goals against, 2.39 a game, 69th percentileMike Vernon: Workload, 23.7 shots a game, 19th percentileMike Vernon: Games, 33 games, 27th percentileArturs Irbe: Save %, 0.893, 17th percentileArturs Irbe: Goals against, 2.51 a game, 56th percentileArturs Irbe: Workload, 23.6 shots a game, 17th percentileArturs Irbe: Games, 35 games, 31st 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

Mike Vernon G, CGY 1996-97 Arturs Irbe G, CAR
33 Games played 35
13 Wins 17
11 Losses 12
0 Shutouts 3
782 Shots against 825
703 Saves 737
79 Goals against 88
0.899 Save % 0.893
2.43 Goals against average 2.69

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.