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Compare players, 1987-88 season

At a glance

Pat LaFontaine Bobby Smith

GoalsAssistsPointsShotsThe typical playerPat LaFontaine: Goals, 0.63 a game, 97th percentilePat LaFontaine: Assists, 0.60 a game, 88th percentilePat LaFontaine: Points, 1.23 a game, 95th percentilePat LaFontaine: Shots, 3.23 a game, 93rd percentileBobby Smith: Goals, 0.35 a game, 76th percentileBobby Smith: Assists, 0.85 a game, 97th percentileBobby Smith: Points, 1.19 a game, 94th percentileBobby Smith: Shots, 2.54 a game, 83rd percentile
020406080204060Bobby Smith 93Pat LaFontaine 92

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

Pat LaFontaine C, NYR 1987-88 Bobby Smith C, MNS
75 Games played 78
47 Goals 27
45 Assists 66
92 Points 93
1.23 Points per game 1.19
12 Plus/minus 13
242 Shots 198
19.4 Shooting % 13.6
0 Hits 0
52 Penalty minutes 78
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.