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Compare players, 1978-79 season

At a glance

Phil Esposito Steve Shutt

GoalsAssistsPointsShotsThe typical playerPhil Esposito: Goals, 0.53 a game, 95th percentilePhil Esposito: Assists, 0.45 a game, 75th percentilePhil Esposito: Points, 0.98 a game, 89th percentilePhil Esposito: Shots, 2.69 a game, 87th percentileSteve Shutt: Goals, 0.51 a game, 94th percentileSteve Shutt: Assists, 0.56 a game, 87th percentileSteve Shutt: Points, 1.07 a game, 92nd percentileSteve Shutt: Shots, 2.64 a game, 85th percentile
020406020406080Phil Esposito 78Steve Shutt 77

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

Phil Esposito C, NYR 1978-79 Steve Shutt L, LAK
80 Games played 72
42 Goals 37
36 Assists 40
78 Points 77
0.98 Points per game 1.07
-1 Plus/minus 38
215 Shots 190
19.5 Shooting % 19.5
0 Hits 0
37 Penalty minutes 31
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.