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Compare players, 2009-10 season

At a glance

Alex Kovalev David Backes

GoalsAssistsPointsShotsHitsThe typical playerAlex Kovalev: Goals, 0.23 a game, 66th percentileAlex Kovalev: Assists, 0.40 a game, 81st percentileAlex Kovalev: Points, 0.64 a game, 74th percentileAlex Kovalev: Shots, 2.14 a game, 66th percentileAlex Kovalev: Hits, 0.44 a game, 11th percentileDavid Backes: Goals, 0.22 a game, 61st percentileDavid Backes: Assists, 0.39 a game, 79th percentileDavid Backes: Points, 0.61 a game, 72nd percentileDavid Backes: Shots, 2.06 a game, 64th percentileDavid Backes: Hits, 3.37 a game, 99th percentile
010203040204060Alex Kovalev 49David Backes 48

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 2009-10 David Backes R, ANA
77 Games played 79
18 Goals 17
31 Assists 31
49 Points 48
0.64 Points per game 0.61
-8 Plus/minus -4
165 Shots 163
10.9 Shooting % 10.4
34 Hits 266
54 Penalty minutes 106
18:10 Average ice time 18:18

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.