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Compare players, 1997-98 season

At a glance

Janne Niinimaa Chris Chelios

GoalsAssistsPointsShotsHitsThe typical playerJanne Niinimaa: Goals, 0.05 a game, 54th percentileJanne Niinimaa: Assists, 0.51 a game, 97th percentileJanne Niinimaa: Points, 0.56 a game, 90th percentileJanne Niinimaa: Shots, 1.74 a game, 80th percentileJanne Niinimaa: Hits, 0.97 a game, 39th percentileChris Chelios: Goals, 0.04 a game, 39th percentileChris Chelios: Assists, 0.48 a game, 96th percentileChris Chelios: Points, 0.52 a game, 89th percentileChris Chelios: Shots, 2.53 a game, 95th percentileChris Chelios: Hits, 1.14 a game, 52nd percentile
01020304020406080Janne Niinimaa 43Chris Chelios 42

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

Janne Niinimaa D, MTL 1997-98 Chris Chelios D, ATL
77 Games played 81
4 Goals 3
39 Assists 39
43 Points 42
0.56 Points per game 0.52
13 Plus/minus -7
134 Shots 205
3.0 Shooting % 1.5
75 Hits 92
62 Penalty minutes 151
20:44 Average ice time 25:21

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.