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Compare players, 1982-83 season

At a glance

Kent Nilsson Mark Messier

GoalsAssistsPointsShotsThe typical playerKent Nilsson: Goals, 0.58 a game, 95th percentileKent Nilsson: Assists, 0.73 a game, 95th percentileKent Nilsson: Points, 1.30 a game, 96th percentileKent Nilsson: Shots, 2.71 a game, 90th percentileMark Messier: Goals, 0.62 a game, 96th percentileMark Messier: Assists, 0.75 a game, 97th percentileMark Messier: Points, 1.38 a game, 98th percentileMark Messier: Shots, 3.08 a game, 95th percentile
05010020406080Mark Messier 106Kent Nilsson 104

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

Kent Nilsson C, EDM 1982-83 Mark Messier C, NYR
80 Games played 77
46 Goals 48
58 Assists 58
104 Points 106
1.30 Points per game 1.38
3 Plus/minus 18
217 Shots 237
21.2 Shooting % 20.3
0 Hits 0
10 Penalty minutes 72
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.