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Compare players, 1972-73 season

At a glance

Ralph Backstrom Butch Goring

GoalsAssistsPointsShotsThe typical playerRalph Backstrom: Goals, 0.33 a game, 70th percentileRalph Backstrom: Assists, 0.41 a game, 66th percentileRalph Backstrom: Points, 0.73 a game, 70th percentileRalph Backstrom: Shots, 2.13 a game, 54th percentileButch Goring: Goals, 0.42 a game, 84th percentileButch Goring: Assists, 0.46 a game, 75th percentileButch Goring: Points, 0.88 a game, 79th percentileButch Goring: Shots, 2.21 a game, 57th percentile
02040204060Butch Goring 59Ralph Backstrom 58

On the radar, each spoke runs from the lowest at the centre to the league leader at the rim, among the regulars at his position: forwards against forwards, defencemen against defencemen. 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 lines are each player's points adding up, game by game.

The numbers

Ralph Backstrom C, CHI 1972-73 Butch Goring C, BOS
79 Games played 67
26 Goals 28
32 Assists 31
58 Points 59
0.73 Points per game 0.88
-11 Plus/minus 0
168 Shots 148
15.5 Shooting % 18.9
0 Hits 0
8 Penalty minutes 2
0:00 Average ice time 0:00

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.