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Compare players, 2002-03 season

At a glance

Dan Blackburn Robert Esche

Save %Goals againstWorkloadGamesThe typical playerDan Blackburn: Save %, 0.890, 6th percentileDan Blackburn: Goals against, 2.91 a game, 10th percentileDan Blackburn: Workload, 26.3 shots a game, 48th percentileDan Blackburn: Games, 32 games, 29th percentileRobert Esche: Save %, 0.907, 44th percentileRobert Esche: Goals against, 2.00 a game, 88th percentileRobert Esche: Workload, 21.6 shots a game, 2nd percentileRobert Esche: Games, 30 games, 23rd percentile

On the radar, each spoke runs from the lowest at the centre to the league leader at the rim, among the 52 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

Dan Blackburn G, NYR 2002-03 Robert Esche G, PHI
32 Games played 30
8 Wins 12
16 Losses 9
1 Shutouts 2
842 Shots against 647
749 Saves 587
93 Goals against 60
0.890 Save % 0.907
3.17 Goals against average 2.20

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.