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Compare players, 2008-09 season

At a glance

Nicklas Lidstrom Dan Boyle

GoalsAssistsPointsShotsHitsThe typical playerNicklas Lidstrom: Goals, 0.21 a game, 96th percentileNicklas Lidstrom: Assists, 0.55 a game, 98th percentileNicklas Lidstrom: Points, 0.76 a game, 97th percentileNicklas Lidstrom: Shots, 2.31 a game, 94th percentileNicklas Lidstrom: Hits, 0.55 a game, 14th percentileDan Boyle: Goals, 0.21 a game, 96th percentileDan Boyle: Assists, 0.53 a game, 96th percentileDan Boyle: Points, 0.74 a game, 97th percentileDan Boyle: Shots, 2.77 a game, 97th percentileDan Boyle: Hits, 0.66 a game, 18th percentile
02040204060Nicklas Lidstrom 59Dan Boyle 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 2008-09 Dan Boyle D, NYR
78 Games played 77
16 Goals 16
43 Assists 41
59 Points 57
0.76 Points per game 0.74
31 Plus/minus 6
180 Shots 213
8.9 Shooting % 7.5
43 Hits 51
30 Penalty minutes 52
24:49 Average ice time 24:46

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.