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Compare players, 1997-98 season

At a glance

Geoff Courtnall Pat LaFontaine

GoalsAssistsPointsShotsHitsThe typical playerGeoff Courtnall: Goals, 0.39 a game, 93rd percentileGeoff Courtnall: Assists, 0.39 a game, 83rd percentileGeoff Courtnall: Points, 0.78 a game, 88th percentileGeoff Courtnall: Shots, 2.39 a game, 83rd percentileGeoff Courtnall: Hits, 1.06 a game, 72nd percentilePat LaFontaine: Goals, 0.34 a game, 88th percentilePat LaFontaine: Assists, 0.58 a game, 95th percentilePat LaFontaine: Points, 0.93 a game, 94th percentilePat LaFontaine: Shots, 2.39 a game, 83rd percentilePat LaFontaine: Hits, 0.49 a game, 24th percentile
0204060204060Geoff Courtnall 62Pat LaFontaine 62

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

Geoff Courtnall L, STL 1997-98 Pat LaFontaine C, NYR
79 Games played 67
31 Goals 23
31 Assists 39
62 Points 62
0.78 Points per game 0.93
12 Plus/minus -16
189 Shots 160
16.4 Shooting % 14.4
84 Hits 33
94 Penalty minutes 36
15:39 Average ice time 18:02

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.