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Compare players, 1979-80 season

At a glance

Phil Esposito Stan Smyl

GoalsAssistsPointsShotsThe typical playerPhil Esposito: Goals, 0.43 a game, 86th percentilePhil Esposito: Assists, 0.55 a game, 84th percentilePhil Esposito: Points, 0.98 a game, 86th percentilePhil Esposito: Shots, 3.06 a game, 93rd percentileStan Smyl: Goals, 0.40 a game, 82nd percentileStan Smyl: Assists, 0.61 a game, 90th percentileStan Smyl: Points, 1.01 a game, 90th percentileStan Smyl: Shots, 2.36 a game, 78th percentile
020406020406080Phil Esposito 78Stan Smyl 78

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 1979-80 Stan Smyl R, VAN
80 Games played 77
34 Goals 31
44 Assists 47
78 Points 78
0.98 Points per game 1.01
-14 Plus/minus 27
245 Shots 182
13.9 Shooting % 17.0
0 Hits 0
73 Penalty minutes 204
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.