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Compare players, 1997-98 season

At a glance

Joe Nieuwendyk Steve Yzerman

GoalsAssistsPointsShotsHitsThe typical playerJoe Nieuwendyk: Goals, 0.53 a game, 98th percentileJoe Nieuwendyk: Assists, 0.41 a game, 85th percentileJoe Nieuwendyk: Points, 0.95 a game, 95th percentileJoe Nieuwendyk: Shots, 2.78 a game, 92nd percentileJoe Nieuwendyk: Hits, 0.37 a game, 15th percentileSteve Yzerman: Goals, 0.32 a game, 86th percentileSteve Yzerman: Assists, 0.60 a game, 96th percentileSteve Yzerman: Points, 0.92 a game, 94th percentileSteve Yzerman: Shots, 2.51 a game, 86th percentileSteve Yzerman: Hits, 0.68 a game, 40th percentile
0204060204060Joe Nieuwendyk 69Steve Yzerman 69

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

Joe Nieuwendyk C, FLA 1997-98 Steve Yzerman C, DET
73 Games played 75
39 Goals 24
30 Assists 45
69 Points 69
0.95 Points per game 0.92
16 Plus/minus 3
203 Shots 188
19.2 Shooting % 12.8
27 Hits 51
30 Penalty minutes 46
15:59 Average ice time 20:08

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.