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Compare players, 1997-98 season

At a glance

Joe Sakic Pat LaFontaine

GoalsAssistsPointsShotsHitsThe typical playerJoe Sakic: Goals, 0.42 a game, 96th percentileJoe Sakic: Assists, 0.56 a game, 95th percentileJoe Sakic: Points, 0.98 a game, 96th percentileJoe Sakic: Shots, 3.97 a game, 99th percentileJoe Sakic: Hits, 0.38 a game, 15th percentilePat LaFontaine: Goals, 0.34 a game, 88th percentilePat LaFontaine: Assists, 0.58 a game, 95th percentilePat LaFontaine: Points, 0.93 a game, 94th percentilePat LaFontaine: Shots, 2.39 a game, 83rd percentilePat LaFontaine: Hits, 0.49 a game, 24th percentile
0204060204060Joe Sakic 63Pat LaFontaine 62

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 Sakic C, COL 1997-98 Pat LaFontaine C, NYR
64 Games played 67
27 Goals 23
36 Assists 39
63 Points 62
0.98 Points per game 0.93
0 Plus/minus -16
254 Shots 160
10.6 Shooting % 14.4
24 Hits 33
50 Penalty minutes 36
23:05 Average ice time 18:02

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.