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Compare players, 1987-88 season

At a glance

Craig Simpson Joe Nieuwendyk

GoalsAssistsPointsShotsThe typical playerCraig Simpson: Goals, 0.70 a game, 99th percentileCraig Simpson: Assists, 0.43 a game, 69th percentileCraig Simpson: Points, 1.13 a game, 92nd percentileCraig Simpson: Shots, 2.21 a game, 73rd percentileJoe Nieuwendyk: Goals, 0.68 a game, 98th percentileJoe Nieuwendyk: Assists, 0.55 a game, 83rd percentileJoe Nieuwendyk: Points, 1.23 a game, 95th percentileJoe Nieuwendyk: Shots, 2.83 a game, 89th percentile
02040608020406080Joe Nieuwendyk 92Craig Simpson 90

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

Craig Simpson L, BUF 1987-88 Joe Nieuwendyk C, FLA
80 Games played 75
56 Goals 51
34 Assists 41
90 Points 92
1.13 Points per game 1.23
20 Plus/minus 20
177 Shots 212
31.6 Shooting % 24.1
0 Hits 0
77 Penalty minutes 23
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.