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Compare players, 1997-98 season

At a glance

Kelly Buchberger Kirk Maltby

GoalsAssistsPointsShotsHitsThe typical playerKelly Buchberger: Goals, 0.07 a game, 20th percentileKelly Buchberger: Assists, 0.21 a game, 47th percentileKelly Buchberger: Points, 0.28 a game, 33rd percentileKelly Buchberger: Shots, 1.05 a game, 24th percentileKelly Buchberger: Hits, 1.62 a game, 92nd percentileKirk Maltby: Goals, 0.22 a game, 67th percentileKirk Maltby: Assists, 0.14 a game, 27th percentileKirk Maltby: Points, 0.35 a game, 45th percentileKirk Maltby: Shots, 1.63 a game, 57th percentileKirk Maltby: Hits, 2.69 a game, 99th percentile
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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

Kelly Buchberger R, PIT 1997-98 Kirk Maltby L, DET
82 Games played 65
6 Goals 14
17 Assists 9
23 Points 23
0.28 Points per game 0.35
-10 Plus/minus 11
86 Shots 106
7.0 Shooting % 13.2
133 Hits 175
122 Penalty minutes 89
15:43 Average ice time 14:06

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.