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Compare players, 1977-78 season

At a glance

Bobby Nystrom Rick Middleton

GoalsAssistsPointsShotsThe typical playerBobby Nystrom: Goals, 0.38 a game, 82nd percentileBobby Nystrom: Assists, 0.36 a game, 64th percentileBobby Nystrom: Points, 0.74 a game, 73rd percentileBobby Nystrom: Shots, 2.23 a game, 75th percentileRick Middleton: Goals, 0.32 a game, 75th percentileRick Middleton: Assists, 0.44 a game, 77th percentileRick Middleton: Points, 0.76 a game, 76th percentileRick Middleton: Shots, 2.16 a game, 73rd percentile
020406020406080Rick Middleton 60Bobby Nystrom 59

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

Bobby Nystrom R, NYI 1977-78 Rick Middleton R, BOS
80 Games played 79
30 Goals 25
29 Assists 35
59 Points 60
0.74 Points per game 0.76
18 Plus/minus 41
178 Shots 171
16.9 Shooting % 14.6
0 Hits 0
94 Penalty minutes 8
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.