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Compare players, 1988-89 season

At a glance

John MacLean Pat LaFontaine

GoalsAssistsPointsShotsThe typical playerJohn MacLean: Goals, 0.57 a game, 95th percentileJohn MacLean: Assists, 0.61 a game, 88th percentileJohn MacLean: Points, 1.18 a game, 94th percentileJohn MacLean: Shots, 3.59 a game, 97th percentilePat LaFontaine: Goals, 0.57 a game, 95th percentilePat LaFontaine: Assists, 0.54 a game, 81st percentilePat LaFontaine: Points, 1.11 a game, 91st percentilePat LaFontaine: Shots, 3.65 a game, 98th percentile
020406080204060Pat LaFontaine 88John MacLean 87

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

John MacLean R, DAL 1988-89 Pat LaFontaine C, NYR
74 Games played 79
42 Goals 45
45 Assists 43
87 Points 88
1.18 Points per game 1.11
26 Plus/minus -8
266 Shots 288
15.8 Shooting % 15.6
0 Hits 0
122 Penalty minutes 26
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.