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Compare players, 1985-86 season

At a glance

Joe Paterson Colin Patterson

GoalsAssistsPointsShotsThe typical playerJoe Paterson: Goals, 0.17 a game, 28th percentileJoe Paterson: Assists, 0.35 a game, 49th percentileJoe Paterson: Points, 0.52 a game, 38th percentileJoe Paterson: Shots, 1.52 a game, 36th percentileColin Patterson: Goals, 0.23 a game, 42nd percentileColin Patterson: Assists, 0.21 a game, 22nd percentileColin Patterson: Points, 0.44 a game, 29th percentileColin Patterson: Shots, 1.38 a game, 30th percentile
01020204060Joe Paterson 27Colin Patterson 27

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 Paterson L, NYR 1985-86 Colin Patterson R, BUF
52 Games played 61
9 Goals 14
18 Assists 13
27 Points 27
0.52 Points per game 0.44
-4 Plus/minus 8
79 Shots 84
11.4 Shooting % 16.7
0 Hits 0
165 Penalty minutes 22
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.