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Compare players, 1987-88 season

At a glance

Ken Linseman Esa Tikkanen

GoalsAssistsPointsShotsThe typical playerKen Linseman: Goals, 0.38 a game, 78th percentileKen Linseman: Assists, 0.58 a game, 87th percentileKen Linseman: Points, 0.96 a game, 82nd percentileKen Linseman: Shots, 1.95 a game, 63rd percentileEsa Tikkanen: Goals, 0.29 a game, 66th percentileEsa Tikkanen: Assists, 0.64 a game, 90th percentileEsa Tikkanen: Points, 0.93 a game, 80th percentileEsa Tikkanen: Shots, 1.78 a game, 59th percentile
020406020406080Ken Linseman 74Esa Tikkanen 74

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

Ken Linseman C, TOR 1987-88 Esa Tikkanen L, NYR
77 Games played 80
29 Goals 23
45 Assists 51
74 Points 74
0.96 Points per game 0.93
36 Plus/minus 21
150 Shots 142
19.3 Shooting % 16.2
0 Hits 0
167 Penalty minutes 153
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.