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Compare players, 1978-79 season

At a glance

Dennis Polonich Merlin Malinowski

GoalsAssistsPointsShotsThe typical playerDennis Polonich: Goals, 0.16 a game, 26th percentileDennis Polonich: Assists, 0.19 a game, 23rd percentileDennis Polonich: Points, 0.35 a game, 22nd percentileDennis Polonich: Shots, 1.29 a game, 27th percentileMerlin Malinowski: Goals, 0.11 a game, 15th percentileMerlin Malinowski: Assists, 0.31 a game, 51st percentileMerlin Malinowski: Points, 0.43 a game, 31st percentileMerlin Malinowski: Shots, 1.41 a game, 34th percentile
05101520204060Merlin Malinowski 23Dennis Polonich 22

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

Dennis Polonich C, DET 1978-79 Merlin Malinowski C, HFD
62 Games played 54
10 Goals 6
12 Assists 17
22 Points 23
0.35 Points per game 0.43
-10 Plus/minus -17
80 Shots 76
12.5 Shooting % 7.9
0 Hits 0
208 Penalty minutes 10
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.