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Compare players, 1978-79 season

At a glance

Lanny McDonald Butch Goring

GoalsAssistsPointsShotsThe typical playerLanny McDonald: Goals, 0.54 a game, 97th percentileLanny McDonald: Assists, 0.53 a game, 82nd percentileLanny McDonald: Points, 1.08 a game, 92nd percentileLanny McDonald: Shots, 3.97 a game, 98th percentileButch Goring: Goals, 0.45 a game, 90th percentileButch Goring: Assists, 0.64 a game, 92nd percentileButch Goring: Points, 1.09 a game, 94th percentileButch Goring: Shots, 2.71 a game, 87th percentile
02040608020406080Butch Goring 87Lanny McDonald 85

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

Lanny McDonald R, CGY 1978-79 Butch Goring C, BOS
79 Games played 80
43 Goals 36
42 Assists 51
85 Points 87
1.08 Points per game 1.09
11 Plus/minus -20
314 Shots 217
13.7 Shooting % 16.6
0 Hits 0
32 Penalty minutes 16
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.