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Compare players, 1997-98 season

At a glance

Steve Yzerman Joe Nieuwendyk

GoalsAssistsPointsShotsHitsThe typical playerSteve Yzerman: Goals, 0.32 a game, 86th percentileSteve Yzerman: Assists, 0.60 a game, 96th percentileSteve Yzerman: Points, 0.92 a game, 94th percentileSteve Yzerman: Shots, 2.51 a game, 86th percentileSteve Yzerman: Hits, 0.68 a game, 40th percentileJoe Nieuwendyk: Goals, 0.53 a game, 98th percentileJoe Nieuwendyk: Assists, 0.41 a game, 85th percentileJoe Nieuwendyk: Points, 0.95 a game, 95th percentileJoe Nieuwendyk: Shots, 2.78 a game, 92nd percentileJoe Nieuwendyk: Hits, 0.37 a game, 15th percentile
0204060204060Steve Yzerman 69Joe Nieuwendyk 69

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

Steve Yzerman C, DET 1997-98 Joe Nieuwendyk C, FLA
75 Games played 73
24 Goals 39
45 Assists 30
69 Points 69
0.92 Points per game 0.95
3 Plus/minus 16
188 Shots 203
12.8 Shooting % 19.2
51 Hits 27
46 Penalty minutes 30
20:08 Average ice time 15:59

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.