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Compare players, 1980-81 season

At a glance

Merlin Malinowski Mark Messier

GoalsAssistsPointsShotsThe typical playerMerlin Malinowski: Goals, 0.36 a game, 73rd percentileMerlin Malinowski: Assists, 0.54 a game, 83rd percentileMerlin Malinowski: Points, 0.90 a game, 80th percentileMerlin Malinowski: Shots, 2.20 a game, 67th percentileMark Messier: Goals, 0.32 a game, 61st percentileMark Messier: Assists, 0.55 a game, 84th percentileMark Messier: Points, 0.86 a game, 77th percentileMark Messier: Shots, 2.45 a game, 77th percentile
0204060204060Mark Messier 63Merlin Malinowski 62

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 1980-81 Mark Messier C, NYR
69 Games played 73
25 Goals 23
37 Assists 40
62 Points 63
0.90 Points per game 0.86
-24 Plus/minus -12
152 Shots 179
16.4 Shooting % 12.8
0 Hits 0
61 Penalty minutes 102
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.