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Compare players, 1978-79 season

At a glance

Merlin Malinowski Mark Lofthouse

GoalsAssistsPointsShotsThe typical playerMerlin 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 percentileMark Lofthouse: Goals, 0.25 a game, 53rd percentileMark Lofthouse: Assists, 0.19 a game, 21st percentileMark Lofthouse: Points, 0.43 a game, 33rd percentileMark Lofthouse: Shots, 1.42 a game, 35th percentile
051015202040Merlin Malinowski 23Mark Lofthouse 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

Merlin Malinowski C, HFD 1978-79 Mark Lofthouse R, DET
54 Games played 53
6 Goals 13
17 Assists 10
23 Points 23
0.43 Points per game 0.43
-17 Plus/minus -12
76 Shots 75
7.9 Shooting % 17.3
0 Hits 0
10 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.