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Compare players, 1986-87 season

At a glance

Rick Vaive John MacLean

GoalsAssistsPointsShotsThe typical playerRick Vaive: Goals, 0.44 a game, 88th percentileRick Vaive: Assists, 0.47 a game, 76th percentileRick Vaive: Points, 0.90 a game, 81st percentileRick Vaive: Shots, 2.92 a game, 92nd percentileJohn MacLean: Goals, 0.39 a game, 82nd percentileJohn MacLean: Assists, 0.45 a game, 72nd percentileJohn MacLean: Points, 0.84 a game, 76th percentileJohn MacLean: Shots, 2.46 a game, 83rd percentile
020406020406080John MacLean 67Rick Vaive 66

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 1986-87 John MacLean R, DAL
73 Games played 80
32 Goals 31
34 Assists 36
66 Points 67
0.90 Points per game 0.84
11 Plus/minus -23
213 Shots 197
15.0 Shooting % 15.7
0 Hits 0
61 Penalty minutes 120
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.