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Compare players, 1996-97 season

At a glance

Tommy Salo Mike Richter

Save %Goals againstWorkloadGamesThe typical playerTommy Salo: Save %, 0.904, 52nd percentileTommy Salo: Goals against, 2.60 a game, 42nd percentileTommy Salo: Workload, 27.2 shots a game, 56th percentileTommy Salo: Games, 58 games, 73rd percentileMike Richter: Save %, 0.917, 85th percentileMike Richter: Goals against, 2.64 a game, 38th percentileMike Richter: Workload, 31.9 shots a game, 92nd percentileMike Richter: Games, 61 games, 77th 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

Tommy Salo G, COL 1996-97 Mike Richter G, NYR
58 Games played 61
20 Wins 33
27 Losses 22
5 Shutouts 4
1,576 Shots against 1,945
1,425 Saves 1,784
151 Goals against 161
0.904 Save % 0.917
2.82 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.