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Compare players, 1996-97 season

At a glance

Eric Fichaud Arturs Irbe

Save %Goals againstWorkloadGamesThe typical playerEric Fichaud: Save %, 0.899, 29th percentileEric Fichaud: Goals against, 2.68 a game, 31st percentileEric Fichaud: Workload, 26.4 shots a game, 52nd percentileEric Fichaud: Games, 34 games, 29th 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

Eric Fichaud G, MTL 1996-97 Arturs Irbe G, CAR
34 Games played 35
9 Wins 17
14 Losses 12
0 Shutouts 3
897 Shots against 825
806 Saves 737
91 Goals against 88
0.899 Save % 0.893
3.10 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.