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Compare players, 1996-97 season

At a glance

Nicklas Lidstrom Ray Bourque

GoalsAssistsPointsShotsThe typical playerNicklas Lidstrom: Goals, 0.19 a game, 97th percentileNicklas Lidstrom: Assists, 0.53 a game, 98th percentileNicklas Lidstrom: Points, 0.72 a game, 98th percentileNicklas Lidstrom: Shots, 2.71 a game, 96th percentileRay Bourque: Goals, 0.31 a game, 99th percentileRay Bourque: Assists, 0.50 a game, 96th percentileRay Bourque: Points, 0.81 a game, 99th percentileRay Bourque: Shots, 3.71 a game, 99th percentile
02040204060Nicklas Lidstrom 57Ray Bourque 50

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

Nicklas Lidstrom D, DET 1996-97 Ray Bourque D, COL
79 Games played 62
15 Goals 19
42 Assists 31
57 Points 50
0.72 Points per game 0.81
11 Plus/minus -11
214 Shots 230
7.0 Shooting % 8.3
0 Hits 0
30 Penalty minutes 18
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.