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Compare players, 1979-80 season

At a glance

Bob Gainey Mark Messier

GoalsAssistsPointsShotsThe typical playerBob Gainey: Goals, 0.22 a game, 48th percentileBob Gainey: Assists, 0.30 a game, 46th percentileBob Gainey: Points, 0.52 a game, 46th percentileBob Gainey: Shots, 2.39 a game, 78th percentileMark Messier: Goals, 0.16 a game, 29th percentileMark Messier: Assists, 0.28 a game, 41st percentileMark Messier: Points, 0.44 a game, 35th percentileMark Messier: Shots, 1.51 a game, 41st percentile
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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

Bob Gainey L, MTL 1979-80 Mark Messier C, NYR
64 Games played 75
14 Goals 12
19 Assists 21
33 Points 33
0.52 Points per game 0.44
-1 Plus/minus -9
153 Shots 113
9.2 Shooting % 10.6
0 Hits 0
32 Penalty minutes 120
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.