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Compare players, 1979-80 season

At a glance

Rick Vaive Walt Tkaczuk

GoalsAssistsPointsShotsThe typical playerRick Vaive: Goals, 0.32 a game, 70th percentileRick Vaive: Assists, 0.22 a game, 29th percentileRick Vaive: Points, 0.54 a game, 50th percentileRick Vaive: Shots, 2.09 a game, 66th percentileWalt Tkaczuk: Goals, 0.16 a game, 28th percentileWalt Tkaczuk: Assists, 0.33 a game, 54th percentileWalt Tkaczuk: Points, 0.49 a game, 43rd percentileWalt Tkaczuk: Shots, 1.68 a game, 48th percentile
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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 1979-80 Walt Tkaczuk C, NYR
69 Games played 76
22 Goals 12
15 Assists 25
37 Points 37
0.54 Points per game 0.49
-15 Plus/minus 18
144 Shots 128
15.3 Shooting % 9.4
0 Hits 0
188 Penalty minutes 36
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.