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Compare players, 1978-79 season

At a glance

Tim Higgins Merlin Malinowski

GoalsAssistsPointsShotsThe typical playerTim Higgins: Goals, 0.19 a game, 38th percentileTim Higgins: Assists, 0.44 a game, 74th percentileTim Higgins: Points, 0.64 a game, 62nd percentileTim Higgins: Shots, 1.78 a game, 54th percentileMerlin Malinowski: Goals, 0.11 a game, 15th percentileMerlin Malinowski: Assists, 0.31 a game, 51st percentileMerlin Malinowski: Points, 0.43 a game, 31st percentileMerlin Malinowski: Shots, 1.41 a game, 34th percentile
051015202040Tim Higgins 23Merlin Malinowski 23

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

Tim Higgins R, DET 1978-79 Merlin Malinowski C, HFD
36 Games played 54
7 Goals 6
16 Assists 17
23 Points 23
0.64 Points per game 0.43
6 Plus/minus -17
64 Shots 76
10.9 Shooting % 7.9
0 Hits 0
30 Penalty minutes 10
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.