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Compare players, 1980-81 season

At a glance

Rick Vaive Merlin Malinowski

GoalsAssistsPointsShotsThe typical playerRick Vaive: Goals, 0.43 a game, 84th percentileRick Vaive: Assists, 0.38 a game, 54th percentileRick Vaive: Points, 0.82 a game, 71st percentileRick Vaive: Shots, 2.57 a game, 82nd percentileMerlin Malinowski: Goals, 0.36 a game, 73rd percentileMerlin Malinowski: Assists, 0.54 a game, 83rd percentileMerlin Malinowski: Points, 0.90 a game, 80th percentileMerlin Malinowski: Shots, 2.20 a game, 67th percentile
0204060204060Rick Vaive 62Merlin Malinowski 62

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

Rick Vaive R, BUF 1980-81 Merlin Malinowski C, HFD
76 Games played 69
33 Goals 25
29 Assists 37
62 Points 62
0.82 Points per game 0.90
-16 Plus/minus -24
195 Shots 152
16.9 Shooting % 16.4
0 Hits 0
229 Penalty minutes 61
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.