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Compare players, 1996-97 season

At a glance

Darcy Wakaluk Bob Essensa

Save %Goals againstWorkloadGamesThe typical playerDarcy Wakaluk: Save %, 0.899, 31st percentileDarcy Wakaluk: Goals against, 2.44 a game, 67th percentileDarcy Wakaluk: Workload, 24.1 shots a game, 23rd percentileDarcy Wakaluk: Games, 16 games, 1st percentileBob Essensa: Save %, 0.899, 33rd percentileBob Essensa: Goals against, 2.16 a game, 92nd percentileBob Essensa: Workload, 21.4 shots a game, 4th percentileBob Essensa: Games, 19 games, 1st 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

Darcy Wakaluk G, PHX 1996-97 Bob Essensa G, BUF
16 Games played 19
8 Wins 4
3 Losses 8
1 Shutouts 1
386 Shots against 406
347 Saves 365
39 Goals against 41
0.899 Save % 0.899
2.99 Goals against average 2.83

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.