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Compare players, 1979-80 season

At a glance

Butch Goring Phil Esposito

GoalsAssistsPointsShotsThe typical playerButch Goring: Goals, 0.32 a game, 71st percentileButch Goring: Assists, 0.65 a game, 93rd percentileButch Goring: Points, 0.98 a game, 86th percentileButch Goring: Shots, 2.22 a game, 74th percentilePhil 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 percentile
020406020406080Butch Goring 79Phil Esposito 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

Butch Goring C, BOS 1979-80 Phil Esposito C, NYR
81 Games played 80
26 Goals 34
53 Assists 44
79 Points 78
0.98 Points per game 0.98
-13 Plus/minus -14
180 Shots 245
14.4 Shooting % 13.9
0 Hits 0
14 Penalty minutes 73
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.