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Compare players, 1987-88 season

At a glance

Esa Tikkanen Ken Linseman

GoalsAssistsPointsShotsThe typical playerEsa Tikkanen: Goals, 0.29 a game, 66th percentileEsa Tikkanen: Assists, 0.64 a game, 90th percentileEsa Tikkanen: Points, 0.93 a game, 80th percentileEsa Tikkanen: Shots, 1.78 a game, 59th percentileKen Linseman: Goals, 0.38 a game, 78th percentileKen Linseman: Assists, 0.58 a game, 87th percentileKen Linseman: Points, 0.96 a game, 82nd percentileKen Linseman: Shots, 1.95 a game, 63rd percentile
020406020406080Esa Tikkanen 74Ken Linseman 74

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

Esa Tikkanen L, NYR 1987-88 Ken Linseman C, TOR
80 Games played 77
23 Goals 29
51 Assists 45
74 Points 74
0.93 Points per game 0.96
21 Plus/minus 36
142 Shots 150
16.2 Shooting % 19.3
0 Hits 0
153 Penalty minutes 167
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.