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Compare players, 1978-79 season

At a glance

Rick Middleton Eric Vail

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 percentileEric Vail: Goals, 0.44 a game, 88th percentileEric Vail: Assists, 0.60 a game, 90th percentileEric Vail: Points, 1.04 a game, 91st percentileEric Vail: Shots, 2.54 a game, 84th percentile
02040608020406080Rick Middleton 86Eric Vail 83

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 Eric Vail L, DET
72 Games played 80
38 Goals 35
48 Assists 48
86 Points 83
1.19 Points per game 1.04
32 Plus/minus 25
152 Shots 203
25.0 Shooting % 17.2
0 Hits 0
7 Penalty minutes 53
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.