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Compare players, 1997-98 season

At a glance

Chris Chelios Janne Niinimaa

GoalsAssistsPointsShotsHitsThe typical playerChris Chelios: Goals, 0.04 a game, 39th percentileChris Chelios: Assists, 0.48 a game, 96th percentileChris Chelios: Points, 0.52 a game, 89th percentileChris Chelios: Shots, 2.53 a game, 95th percentileChris Chelios: Hits, 1.14 a game, 52nd percentileJanne Niinimaa: Goals, 0.05 a game, 54th percentileJanne Niinimaa: Assists, 0.51 a game, 97th percentileJanne Niinimaa: Points, 0.56 a game, 90th percentileJanne Niinimaa: Shots, 1.74 a game, 80th percentileJanne Niinimaa: Hits, 0.97 a game, 39th percentile
01020304020406080Janne Niinimaa 43Chris Chelios 42

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

Chris Chelios D, ATL 1997-98 Janne Niinimaa D, MTL
81 Games played 77
3 Goals 4
39 Assists 39
42 Points 43
0.52 Points per game 0.56
-7 Plus/minus 13
205 Shots 134
1.5 Shooting % 3.0
92 Hits 75
151 Penalty minutes 62
25:21 Average ice time 20:44

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.