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Compare players, 1978-79 season

At a glance

Lanny McDonald Eric Vail

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 percentileEric Vail: Goals, 0.44 a game, 88th percentileEric Vail: Assists, 0.60 a game, 90th percentileEric Vail: Points, 1.04 a game, 91st percentileEric Vail: Shots, 2.54 a game, 84th percentile
02040608020406080Lanny McDonald 85Eric Vail 83

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 Eric Vail L, DET
79 Games played 80
43 Goals 35
42 Assists 48
85 Points 83
1.08 Points per game 1.04
11 Plus/minus 25
314 Shots 203
13.7 Shooting % 17.2
0 Hits 0
32 Penalty minutes 53
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.