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Compare players, 1977-78 season

At a glance

Wayne Merrick Bill Fairbairn

GoalsAssistsPointsShotsThe typical playerWayne Merrick: Goals, 0.22 a game, 44th percentileWayne Merrick: Assists, 0.35 a game, 59th percentileWayne Merrick: Points, 0.56 a game, 54th percentileWayne Merrick: Shots, 1.85 a game, 61st percentileBill Fairbairn: Goals, 0.21 a game, 41st percentileBill Fairbairn: Assists, 0.26 a game, 40th percentileBill Fairbairn: Points, 0.47 a game, 38th percentileBill Fairbairn: Shots, 1.35 a game, 25th percentile
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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

Wayne Merrick C, NYI 1977-78 Bill Fairbairn R, STL
55 Games played 66
12 Goals 14
19 Assists 17
31 Points 31
0.56 Points per game 0.47
-8 Plus/minus -24
102 Shots 89
11.8 Shooting % 15.7
0 Hits 0
16 Penalty minutes 10
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.