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Compare players, 1978-79 season

At a glance

Brian Sutter Phil Esposito

GoalsAssistsPointsShotsThe typical playerBrian Sutter: Goals, 0.53 a game, 96th percentileBrian Sutter: Assists, 0.51 a game, 79th percentileBrian Sutter: Points, 1.04 a game, 91st percentileBrian Sutter: Shots, 2.30 a game, 77th percentilePhil Esposito: Goals, 0.53 a game, 95th percentilePhil Esposito: Assists, 0.45 a game, 75th percentilePhil Esposito: Points, 0.98 a game, 89th percentilePhil Esposito: Shots, 2.69 a game, 87th percentile
02040608020406080Brian Sutter 80Phil Esposito 78

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

Brian Sutter L, STL 1978-79 Phil Esposito C, NYR
77 Games played 80
41 Goals 42
39 Assists 36
80 Points 78
1.04 Points per game 0.98
-2 Plus/minus -1
177 Shots 215
23.2 Shooting % 19.5
0 Hits 0
165 Penalty minutes 37
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.