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Compare players, 1984-85 season

At a glance

Mark Messier Pat LaFontaine

GoalsAssistsPointsShotsThe typical playerMark Messier: Goals, 0.42 a game, 85th percentileMark Messier: Assists, 0.56 a game, 85th percentileMark Messier: Points, 0.98 a game, 87th percentileMark Messier: Shots, 2.51 a game, 86th percentilePat LaFontaine: Goals, 0.28 a game, 59th percentilePat LaFontaine: Assists, 0.52 a game, 81st percentilePat LaFontaine: Points, 0.81 a game, 73rd percentilePat LaFontaine: Shots, 2.57 a game, 87th percentile
02040204060Mark Messier 54Pat LaFontaine 54

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

Mark Messier C, NYR 1984-85 Pat LaFontaine C, NYR
55 Games played 67
23 Goals 19
31 Assists 35
54 Points 54
0.98 Points per game 0.81
10 Plus/minus 7
138 Shots 172
16.7 Shooting % 11.0
0 Hits 0
57 Penalty minutes 32
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.