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Compare players, 1978-79 season

At a glance

Denis Potvin Reed Larson

GoalsAssistsPointsShotsThe typical playerDenis Potvin: Goals, 0.42 a game, 99th percentileDenis Potvin: Assists, 0.96 a game, 99th percentileDenis Potvin: Points, 1.38 a game, 99th percentileDenis Potvin: Shots, 3.25 a game, 98th percentileReed Larson: Goals, 0.23 a game, 94th percentileReed Larson: Assists, 0.62 a game, 94th percentileReed Larson: Points, 0.85 a game, 95th percentileReed Larson: Shots, 3.43 a game, 99th percentile
050100204060Denis Potvin 101Reed Larson 67

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

Denis Potvin D, NYI 1978-79 Reed Larson D, BUF
73 Games played 79
31 Goals 18
70 Assists 49
101 Points 67
1.38 Points per game 0.85
71 Plus/minus -22
237 Shots 271
13.1 Shooting % 6.6
0 Hits 0
58 Penalty minutes 169
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.