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Compare players, 1997-98 season

At a glance

Donald MacLean Joe Thornton

GoalsAssistsPointsShotsHitsThe typical playerDonald MacLean: Goals, 0.23 a game, 68th percentileDonald MacLean: Assists, 0.09 a game, 15th percentileDonald MacLean: Points, 0.32 a game, 40th percentileDonald MacLean: Shots, 1.14 a game, 32nd percentileDonald MacLean: Hits, 0.82 a game, 53rd percentileJoe Thornton: Goals, 0.05 a game, 14th percentileJoe Thornton: Assists, 0.07 a game, 9th percentileJoe Thornton: Points, 0.13 a game, 9th percentileJoe Thornton: Shots, 0.60 a game, 6th percentileJoe Thornton: Hits, 0.62 a game, 33rd percentile
02462040Donald MacLean 7Joe Thornton 7

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

Donald MacLean C, PHX 1997-98 Joe Thornton C, FLA
22 Games played 55
5 Goals 3
2 Assists 4
7 Points 7
0.32 Points per game 0.13
-1 Plus/minus -6
25 Shots 33
20.0 Shooting % 9.1
18 Hits 34
4 Penalty minutes 19
10:41 Average ice time 8:05

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.