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Compare players, 1997-98 season

At a glance

Andrei Nikolishin Eric Messier

GoalsAssistsPointsShotsHitsThe typical playerAndrei Nikolishin: Goals, 0.16 a game, 48th percentileAndrei Nikolishin: Assists, 0.26 a game, 57th percentileAndrei Nikolishin: Points, 0.42 a game, 53rd percentileAndrei Nikolishin: Shots, 1.05 a game, 25th percentileAndrei Nikolishin: Hits, 0.34 a game, 11th percentileEric Messier: Goals, 0.06 a game, 16th percentileEric Messier: Assists, 0.19 a game, 44th percentileEric Messier: Points, 0.26 a game, 28th percentileEric Messier: Shots, 1.06 a game, 27th percentileEric Messier: Hits, 0.58 a game, 29th percentile
051015204060Andrei Nikolishin 16Eric Messier 16

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

Andrei Nikolishin C, COL 1997-98 Eric Messier L, FLA
38 Games played 62
6 Goals 4
10 Assists 12
16 Points 16
0.42 Points per game 0.26
1 Plus/minus 4
40 Shots 66
15.0 Shooting % 6.1
13 Hits 36
14 Penalty minutes 20
14:49 Average ice time 17:33

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.