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Compare players, 1978-79 season

At a glance

Eric Vail Lanny McDonald

GoalsAssistsPointsShotsThe typical playerEric Vail: Goals, 0.44 a game, 88th percentileEric Vail: Assists, 0.60 a game, 90th percentileEric Vail: Points, 1.04 a game, 91st percentileEric Vail: Shots, 2.54 a game, 84th percentileLanny McDonald: Goals, 0.54 a game, 97th percentileLanny McDonald: Assists, 0.53 a game, 82nd percentileLanny McDonald: Points, 1.08 a game, 92nd percentileLanny McDonald: Shots, 3.97 a game, 98th percentile
02040608020406080Lanny McDonald 85Eric Vail 83

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

Eric Vail L, DET 1978-79 Lanny McDonald R, CGY
80 Games played 79
35 Goals 43
48 Assists 42
83 Points 85
1.04 Points per game 1.08
25 Plus/minus 11
203 Shots 314
17.2 Shooting % 13.7
0 Hits 0
53 Penalty minutes 32
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.