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Compare players, 1996-97 season

At a glance

Janne Niinimaa Eric Desjardins

GoalsAssistsPointsShotsThe typical playerJanne Niinimaa: Goals, 0.05 a game, 49th percentileJanne Niinimaa: Assists, 0.52 a game, 97th percentileJanne Niinimaa: Points, 0.57 a game, 92nd percentileJanne Niinimaa: Shots, 1.83 a game, 80th percentileEric Desjardins: Goals, 0.15 a game, 91st percentileEric Desjardins: Assists, 0.41 a game, 91st percentileEric Desjardins: Points, 0.56 a game, 92nd percentileEric Desjardins: Shots, 2.23 a game, 89th percentile
01020304020406080Eric Desjardins 46Janne Niinimaa 44

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 1996-97 Eric Desjardins D, PHI
77 Games played 82
4 Goals 12
40 Assists 34
44 Points 46
0.57 Points per game 0.56
12 Plus/minus 25
141 Shots 183
2.8 Shooting % 6.6
0 Hits 0
58 Penalty minutes 50
0:00 Average ice time 0:00

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.