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Compare players, 1977-78 season

At a glance

Jean Potvin Phil Russell

GoalsAssistsPointsShotsThe typical playerJean Potvin: Goals, 0.05 a game, 56th percentileJean Potvin: Assists, 0.32 a game, 72nd percentileJean Potvin: Points, 0.38 a game, 69th percentileJean Potvin: Shots, 1.65 a game, 70th percentilePhil Russell: Goals, 0.11 a game, 80th percentilePhil Russell: Assists, 0.35 a game, 76th percentilePhil Russell: Points, 0.46 a game, 78th percentilePhil Russell: Shots, 2.32 a game, 87th percentile
01020204060Jean Potvin 28Phil Russell 26

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

Jean Potvin D, NYI 1977-78 Phil Russell D, BUF
74 Games played 57
4 Goals 6
24 Assists 20
28 Points 26
0.38 Points per game 0.46
6 Plus/minus 18
122 Shots 132
3.3 Shooting % 4.5
0 Hits 0
38 Penalty minutes 139
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.