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Compare players, 1997-98 season

At a glance

Steve Shields Bob Essensa

Save %Goals againstWorkloadGamesThe typical playerSteve Shields: Save %, 0.909, 71st percentileSteve Shields: Goals against, 2.31 a game, 52nd percentileSteve Shields: Workload, 25.5 shots a game, 52nd percentileSteve Shields: Games, 16 games, 1st percentileBob Essensa: Save %, 0.913, 76th percentileBob Essensa: Goals against, 2.19 a game, 62nd percentileBob Essensa: Workload, 25.3 shots a game, 50th percentileBob Essensa: Games, 16 games, 1st percentile

On the radar, each spoke runs from the lowest at the centre to the league leader at the rim, among the 42 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

Steve Shields G, ATL 1997-98 Bob Essensa G, BUF
16 Games played 16
3 Wins 6
6 Losses 6
0 Shutouts 0
408 Shots against 404
371 Saves 369
37 Goals against 35
0.909 Save % 0.913
2.83 Goals against average 2.54

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.