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Compare players, 1996-97 season

At a glance

Mark Messier Pierre Turgeon

GoalsAssistsPointsShotsThe typical playerMark Messier: Goals, 0.51 a game, 97th percentileMark Messier: Assists, 0.68 a game, 96th percentileMark Messier: Points, 1.18 a game, 98th percentileMark Messier: Shots, 3.20 a game, 92nd percentilePierre Turgeon: Goals, 0.33 a game, 85th percentilePierre Turgeon: Assists, 0.76 a game, 97th percentilePierre Turgeon: Points, 1.09 a game, 96th percentilePierre Turgeon: Shots, 2.77 a game, 86th percentile
020406080204060Pierre Turgeon 85Mark Messier 84

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 1996-97 Pierre Turgeon C, COL
71 Games played 78
36 Goals 26
48 Assists 59
84 Points 85
1.18 Points per game 1.09
12 Plus/minus 8
227 Shots 216
15.9 Shooting % 12.0
0 Hits 0
88 Penalty minutes 14
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.