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Compare players, 2003-04 season

At a glance

Nicklas Lidstrom Brian Rafalski

GoalsAssistsPointsShotsHitsThe typical playerNicklas Lidstrom: Goals, 0.12 a game, 86th percentileNicklas Lidstrom: Assists, 0.35 a game, 88th percentileNicklas Lidstrom: Points, 0.47 a game, 88th percentileNicklas Lidstrom: Shots, 2.40 a game, 95th percentileNicklas Lidstrom: Hits, 0.36 a game, 6th percentileBrian Rafalski: Goals, 0.09 a game, 74th percentileBrian Rafalski: Assists, 0.43 a game, 95th percentileBrian Rafalski: Points, 0.52 a game, 92nd percentileBrian Rafalski: Shots, 1.88 a game, 84th percentileBrian Rafalski: Hits, 0.41 a game, 9th percentile
010203020406080Nicklas Lidstrom 38Brian Rafalski 36

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 2003-04 Brian Rafalski D, DET
81 Games played 69
10 Goals 6
28 Assists 30
38 Points 36
0.47 Points per game 0.52
19 Plus/minus 6
194 Shots 130
5.2 Shooting % 4.6
29 Hits 28
18 Penalty minutes 24
27:16 Average ice time 22:48

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.