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Compare players, 1970-71 season

At a glance

Ernie Wakely Tony Esposito

Save %Goals againstWorkloadGamesThe typical playerErnie Wakely: Save %, 0.902, 43rd percentileErnie Wakely: Goals against, 2.61 a game, 57th percentileErnie Wakely: Workload, 26.6 shots a game, 7th percentileErnie Wakely: Games, 51 games, 86th percentileTony Esposito: Save %, 0.919, 82nd percentileTony Esposito: Goals against, 2.21 a game, 89th percentileTony Esposito: Workload, 27.3 shots a game, 18th percentileTony Esposito: Games, 57 games, 89th percentile

On the radar, each spoke runs from the lowest at the centre to the league leader at the rim, among the 28 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

Ernie Wakely G, STL 1970-71 Tony Esposito G, CHI
51 Games played 57
20 Wins 35
14 Losses 14
3 Shutouts 6
1,356 Shots against 1,554
1,223 Saves 1,428
133 Goals against 126
0.902 Save % 0.919
2.79 Goals against average 2.27

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.