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Compare players, 1997-98 season

At a glance

Nicklas Lidstrom Scott Niedermayer

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 percentileScott Niedermayer: Goals, 0.17 a game, 92nd percentileScott Niedermayer: Assists, 0.53 a game, 99th percentileScott Niedermayer: Points, 0.70 a game, 98th percentileScott Niedermayer: Shots, 2.16 a game, 90th percentileScott Niedermayer: Hits, 0.72 a game, 23rd percentile
0204020406080Nicklas Lidstrom 59Scott Niedermayer 57

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 Scott Niedermayer D, ANA
80 Games played 81
17 Goals 14
42 Assists 43
59 Points 57
0.74 Points per game 0.70
22 Plus/minus 5
205 Shots 175
8.3 Shooting % 8.0
38 Hits 58
18 Penalty minutes 27
26:08 Average ice time 24:09

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.