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Compare players, 1978-79 season

At a glance

Butch Goring Lanny McDonald

GoalsAssistsPointsShotsThe typical playerButch Goring: Goals, 0.45 a game, 90th percentileButch Goring: Assists, 0.64 a game, 92nd percentileButch Goring: Points, 1.09 a game, 94th percentileButch Goring: Shots, 2.71 a game, 87th percentileLanny McDonald: Goals, 0.54 a game, 97th percentileLanny McDonald: Assists, 0.53 a game, 82nd percentileLanny McDonald: Points, 1.08 a game, 92nd percentileLanny McDonald: Shots, 3.97 a game, 98th percentile
02040608020406080Butch Goring 87Lanny McDonald 85

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 1978-79 Lanny McDonald R, CGY
80 Games played 79
36 Goals 43
51 Assists 42
87 Points 85
1.09 Points per game 1.08
-20 Plus/minus 11
217 Shots 314
16.6 Shooting % 13.7
0 Hits 0
16 Penalty minutes 32
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.