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Compare players, 1986-87 season

At a glance

Larry Melnyk Tom Laidlaw

GoalsAssistsPointsShotsThe typical playerLarry Melnyk: Goals, 0.04 a game, 31st percentileLarry Melnyk: Assists, 0.16 a game, 33rd percentileLarry Melnyk: Points, 0.21 a game, 32nd percentileLarry Melnyk: Shots, 0.73 a game, 23rd percentileTom Laidlaw: Goals, 0.01 a game, 9th percentileTom Laidlaw: Assists, 0.18 a game, 35th percentileTom Laidlaw: Points, 0.19 a game, 26th percentileTom Laidlaw: Shots, 0.55 a game, 11th percentile
051015204060Larry Melnyk 15Tom Laidlaw 14

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

Larry Melnyk D, VAN 1986-87 Tom Laidlaw D, LAK
73 Games played 74
3 Goals 1
12 Assists 13
15 Points 14
0.21 Points per game 0.19
-9 Plus/minus -14
53 Shots 41
5.7 Shooting % 2.4
0 Hits 0
182 Penalty minutes 69
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.