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Compare players, 1978-79 season

At a glance

Wayne Merrick Walt Tkaczuk

GoalsAssistsPointsShotsThe typical playerWayne Merrick: Goals, 0.27 a game, 61st percentileWayne Merrick: Assists, 0.28 a game, 45th percentileWayne Merrick: Points, 0.55 a game, 50th percentileWayne Merrick: Shots, 1.71 a game, 48th percentileWalt Tkaczuk: Goals, 0.19 a game, 39th percentileWalt Tkaczuk: Assists, 0.35 a game, 58th percentileWalt Tkaczuk: Points, 0.55 a game, 50th percentileWalt Tkaczuk: Shots, 1.81 a game, 56th percentile
010203040204060Walt Tkaczuk 42Wayne Merrick 41

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 1978-79 Walt Tkaczuk C, NYR
75 Games played 77
20 Goals 15
21 Assists 27
41 Points 42
0.55 Points per game 0.55
13 Plus/minus 19
128 Shots 139
15.6 Shooting % 10.8
0 Hits 0
24 Penalty minutes 38
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.