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Compare players, 1977-78 season

At a glance

Dave Gardner Errol Thompson

GoalsAssistsPointsShotsThe typical playerDave Gardner: Goals, 0.25 a game, 56th percentileDave Gardner: Assists, 0.33 a game, 56th percentileDave Gardner: Points, 0.58 a game, 57th percentileDave Gardner: Shots, 1.41 a game, 30th percentileErrol Thompson: Goals, 0.30 a game, 72nd percentileErrol Thompson: Assists, 0.31 a game, 53rd percentileErrol Thompson: Points, 0.61 a game, 59th percentileErrol Thompson: Shots, 2.15 a game, 72nd 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

Dave Gardner C, PHI 1977-78 Errol Thompson L, PIT
76 Games played 74
19 Goals 22
25 Assists 23
44 Points 45
0.58 Points per game 0.61
-15 Plus/minus 12
107 Shots 159
17.8 Shooting % 13.8
0 Hits 0
10 Penalty minutes 12
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.