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Compare players, 1997-98 season

At a glance

Joel Otto Joe Thornton

GoalsAssistsPointsShotsHitsThe typical playerJoel Otto: Goals, 0.04 a game, 10th percentileJoel Otto: Assists, 0.06 a game, 7th percentileJoel Otto: Points, 0.10 a game, 6th percentileJoel Otto: Shots, 0.78 a game, 13th percentileJoel Otto: Hits, 0.41 a game, 18th percentileJoe Thornton: Goals, 0.05 a game, 14th percentileJoe Thornton: Assists, 0.07 a game, 9th percentileJoe Thornton: Points, 0.13 a game, 9th percentileJoe Thornton: Shots, 0.60 a game, 6th percentileJoe Thornton: Hits, 0.62 a game, 33rd percentile
0246204060Joel Otto 7Joe Thornton 7

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

Joel Otto C, PHI 1997-98 Joe Thornton C, FLA
68 Games played 55
3 Goals 3
4 Assists 4
7 Points 7
0.10 Points per game 0.13
-2 Plus/minus -6
53 Shots 33
5.7 Shooting % 9.1
28 Hits 34
78 Penalty minutes 19
10:51 Average ice time 8:05

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.