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Compare players, 1978-79 season

At a glance

Rick Middleton Lanny McDonald

GoalsAssistsPointsShotsThe typical playerRick Middleton: Goals, 0.53 a game, 96th percentileRick Middleton: Assists, 0.67 a game, 93rd percentileRick Middleton: Points, 1.19 a game, 95th percentileRick Middleton: Shots, 2.11 a game, 72nd percentileLanny McDonald: Goals, 0.54 a game, 97th percentileLanny McDonald: Assists, 0.53 a game, 82nd percentileLanny McDonald: Points, 1.08 a game, 92nd percentileLanny McDonald: Shots, 3.97 a game, 98th percentile
020406080204060Rick Middleton 86Lanny McDonald 85

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

Rick Middleton R, BOS 1978-79 Lanny McDonald R, CGY
72 Games played 79
38 Goals 43
48 Assists 42
86 Points 85
1.19 Points per game 1.08
32 Plus/minus 11
152 Shots 314
25.0 Shooting % 13.7
0 Hits 0
7 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.