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Compare players, 1997-98 season

At a glance

Joe Sakic Sami Kapanen

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 percentileSami Kapanen: Goals, 0.32 a game, 86th percentileSami Kapanen: Assists, 0.46 a game, 88th percentileSami Kapanen: Points, 0.78 a game, 87th percentileSami Kapanen: Shots, 2.35 a game, 80th percentileSami Kapanen: Hits, 0.44 a game, 21st percentile
020406020406080Joe Sakic 63Sami Kapanen 63

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 Sami Kapanen R, PHI
64 Games played 81
27 Goals 26
36 Assists 37
63 Points 63
0.98 Points per game 0.78
0 Plus/minus 9
254 Shots 190
10.6 Shooting % 13.7
24 Hits 36
50 Penalty minutes 16
23:05 Average ice time 18:16

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.