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Compare players, 1997-98 season

At a glance

Eric Messier Andrei Nikolishin

GoalsAssistsPointsShotsHitsThe typical playerEric 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 percentileAndrei 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 percentile
051015204060Eric Messier 16Andrei Nikolishin 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

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

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.