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Compare players, 1997-98 season

At a glance

Vincent Damphousse Mark Messier

GoalsAssistsPointsShotsHitsThe typical playerVincent Damphousse: Goals, 0.24 a game, 70th percentileVincent Damphousse: Assists, 0.54 a game, 94th percentileVincent Damphousse: Points, 0.78 a game, 86th percentileVincent Damphousse: Shots, 2.16 a game, 73rd percentileVincent Damphousse: Hits, 0.93 a game, 62nd percentileMark Messier: Goals, 0.27 a game, 77th percentileMark Messier: Assists, 0.46 a game, 88th percentileMark Messier: Points, 0.73 a game, 85th percentileMark Messier: Shots, 1.70 a game, 60th percentileMark Messier: Hits, 0.59 a game, 30th percentile
020406020406080Mark Messier 60Vincent Damphousse 59

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

Vincent Damphousse C, SJS 1997-98 Mark Messier C, NYR
76 Games played 82
18 Goals 22
41 Assists 38
59 Points 60
0.78 Points per game 0.73
14 Plus/minus -10
164 Shots 139
11.0 Shooting % 15.8
71 Hits 48
58 Penalty minutes 58
18:39 Average ice time 21:26

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.