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Compare players, 1979-80 season

At a glance

Mark Messier Mark Lofthouse

GoalsAssistsPointsShotsThe typical playerMark Messier: Goals, 0.16 a game, 29th percentileMark Messier: Assists, 0.28 a game, 41st percentileMark Messier: Points, 0.44 a game, 35th percentileMark Messier: Shots, 1.51 a game, 41st percentileMark Lofthouse: Goals, 0.22 a game, 49th percentileMark Lofthouse: Assists, 0.26 a game, 38th percentileMark Lofthouse: Points, 0.49 a game, 42nd percentileMark Lofthouse: Shots, 2.03 a game, 64th 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

Mark Messier C, NYR 1979-80 Mark Lofthouse R, DET
75 Games played 68
12 Goals 15
21 Assists 18
33 Points 33
0.44 Points per game 0.49
-9 Plus/minus -8
113 Shots 138
10.6 Shooting % 10.9
0 Hits 0
120 Penalty minutes 20
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.