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Compare players, 1989-90 season

At a glance

Mark Messier Bernie Nicholls

GoalsAssistsPointsShotsThe typical playerMark Messier: Goals, 0.57 a game, 95th percentileMark Messier: Assists, 1.06 a game, 99th percentileMark Messier: Points, 1.63 a game, 99th percentileMark Messier: Shots, 2.67 a game, 85th percentileBernie Nicholls: Goals, 0.49 a game, 92nd percentileBernie Nicholls: Assists, 0.92 a game, 98th percentileBernie Nicholls: Points, 1.42 a game, 98th percentileBernie Nicholls: Shots, 3.63 a game, 96th percentile
050100204060Mark Messier 129Bernie Nicholls 112

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 1989-90 Bernie Nicholls C, SJS
79 Games played 79
45 Goals 39
84 Assists 73
129 Points 112
1.63 Points per game 1.42
19 Plus/minus -9
211 Shots 287
21.3 Shooting % 13.6
0 Hits 0
79 Penalty minutes 86
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.