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Compare players, 2002-03 season

At a glance

Janne Niinimaa Eric Desjardins

GoalsAssistsPointsShotsHitsThe typical playerJanne Niinimaa: Goals, 0.07 a game, 64th percentileJanne Niinimaa: Assists, 0.38 a game, 89th percentileJanne Niinimaa: Points, 0.45 a game, 85th percentileJanne Niinimaa: Shots, 1.33 a game, 62nd percentileJanne Niinimaa: Hits, 0.71 a game, 79th percentileEric Desjardins: Goals, 0.10 a game, 81st percentileEric Desjardins: Assists, 0.30 a game, 82nd percentileEric Desjardins: Points, 0.41 a game, 83rd percentileEric Desjardins: Shots, 2.49 a game, 96th percentileEric Desjardins: Hits, 0.05 a game, 3rd percentile
0102030204060Janne Niinimaa 34Eric Desjardins 32

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 2002-03 Eric Desjardins D, PHI
76 Games played 79
5 Goals 8
29 Assists 24
34 Points 32
0.45 Points per game 0.41
-9 Plus/minus 30
101 Shots 197
5.0 Shooting % 4.1
54 Hits 4
80 Penalty minutes 35
25:39 Average ice time 22:55

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.