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Compare players, 1977-78 season

At a glance

Eric Vail Bobby Nystrom

GoalsAssistsPointsShotsThe typical playerEric Vail: Goals, 0.28 a game, 67th percentileEric Vail: Assists, 0.46 a game, 79th percentileEric Vail: Points, 0.73 a game, 72nd percentileEric Vail: Shots, 2.25 a game, 77th percentileBobby Nystrom: Goals, 0.38 a game, 82nd percentileBobby Nystrom: Assists, 0.36 a game, 64th percentileBobby Nystrom: Points, 0.74 a game, 73rd percentileBobby Nystrom: Shots, 2.23 a game, 75th percentile
0204020406080Bobby Nystrom 59Eric Vail 58

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 1977-78 Bobby Nystrom R, NYI
79 Games played 80
22 Goals 30
36 Assists 29
58 Points 59
0.73 Points per game 0.74
2 Plus/minus 18
178 Shots 178
12.4 Shooting % 16.9
0 Hits 0
16 Penalty minutes 94
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.