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Compare players, 1996-97 season

At a glance

Patrick Lalime Arturs Irbe

Save %Goals againstWorkloadGamesThe typical playerPatrick Lalime: Save %, 0.913, 79th percentilePatrick Lalime: Goals against, 2.59 a game, 44th percentilePatrick Lalime: Workload, 29.9 shots a game, 81st percentilePatrick Lalime: Games, 39 games, 38th 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

Patrick Lalime G, BUF 1996-97 Arturs Irbe G, CAR
39 Games played 35
21 Wins 17
12 Losses 12
3 Shutouts 3
1,166 Shots against 825
1,065 Saves 737
101 Goals against 88
0.913 Save % 0.893
2.95 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.