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Compare players, 1997-98 season

At a glance

Nicklas Lidstrom Larry Murphy

GoalsAssistsPointsShotsHitsThe typical playerNicklas Lidstrom: Goals, 0.21 a game, 98th percentileNicklas Lidstrom: Assists, 0.53 a game, 98th percentileNicklas Lidstrom: Points, 0.74 a game, 99th percentileNicklas Lidstrom: Shots, 2.56 a game, 97th percentileNicklas Lidstrom: Hits, 0.48 a game, 11th percentileLarry Murphy: Goals, 0.13 a game, 87th percentileLarry Murphy: Assists, 0.50 a game, 97th percentileLarry Murphy: Points, 0.63 a game, 96th percentileLarry Murphy: Shots, 1.57 a game, 76th percentileLarry Murphy: Hits, 0.32 a game, 3rd percentile
0204020406080Nicklas Lidstrom 59Larry Murphy 52

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 1997-98 Larry Murphy D, DET
80 Games played 82
17 Goals 11
42 Assists 41
59 Points 52
0.74 Points per game 0.63
22 Plus/minus 35
205 Shots 129
8.3 Shooting % 8.5
38 Hits 26
18 Penalty minutes 37
26:08 Average ice time 25:12

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.