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Compare players, 1997-98 season

At a glance

Alex Kovalev Steve Rucchin

GoalsAssistsPointsShotsHitsThe typical playerAlex Kovalev: Goals, 0.32 a game, 85th percentileAlex Kovalev: Assists, 0.41 a game, 85th percentileAlex Kovalev: Points, 0.73 a game, 85th percentileAlex Kovalev: Shots, 2.37 a game, 81st percentileAlex Kovalev: Hits, 0.49 a game, 24th percentileSteve Rucchin: Goals, 0.24 a game, 70th percentileSteve Rucchin: Assists, 0.50 a game, 91st percentileSteve Rucchin: Points, 0.74 a game, 85th percentileSteve Rucchin: Shots, 1.82 a game, 66th percentileSteve Rucchin: Hits, 0.53 a game, 26th percentile
02040204060Alex Kovalev 53Steve Rucchin 53

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

Alex Kovalev R, FLA 1997-98 Steve Rucchin C, ATL
73 Games played 72
23 Goals 17
30 Assists 36
53 Points 53
0.73 Points per game 0.74
-22 Plus/minus 8
173 Shots 131
13.3 Shooting % 13.0
36 Hits 38
44 Penalty minutes 13
17:28 Average ice time 20:41

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.