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Compare players, 1980-81 season

At a glance

Eric Vail Derek Smith

GoalsAssistsPointsShotsThe typical playerEric Vail: Goals, 0.44 a game, 84th percentileEric Vail: Assists, 0.56 a game, 86th percentileEric Vail: Points, 1.00 a game, 87th percentileEric Vail: Shots, 2.56 a game, 81st percentileDerek Smith: Goals, 0.30 a game, 58th percentileDerek Smith: Assists, 0.62 a game, 90th percentileDerek Smith: Points, 0.93 a game, 84th percentileDerek Smith: Shots, 2.41 a game, 76th percentile
0204060204060Eric Vail 64Derek Smith 64

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 1980-81 Derek Smith C, DET
64 Games played 69
28 Goals 21
36 Assists 43
64 Points 64
1.00 Points per game 0.93
8 Plus/minus 14
164 Shots 166
17.1 Shooting % 12.7
0 Hits 0
23 Penalty minutes 12
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.