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Compare players, 2009-10 season

At a glance

Matt Cullen David Backes

GoalsAssistsPointsShotsHitsThe typical playerMatt Cullen: Goals, 0.20 a game, 57th percentileMatt Cullen: Assists, 0.40 a game, 79th percentileMatt Cullen: Points, 0.59 a game, 70th percentileMatt Cullen: Shots, 2.41 a game, 76th percentileMatt Cullen: Hits, 0.93 a game, 41st percentileDavid Backes: Goals, 0.22 a game, 61st percentileDavid Backes: Assists, 0.39 a game, 79th percentileDavid Backes: Points, 0.61 a game, 72nd percentileDavid Backes: Shots, 2.06 a game, 64th percentileDavid Backes: Hits, 3.37 a game, 99th percentile
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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

Matt Cullen C, PIT 2009-10 David Backes R, ANA
81 Games played 79
16 Goals 17
32 Assists 31
48 Points 48
0.59 Points per game 0.61
-7 Plus/minus -4
195 Shots 163
8.2 Shooting % 10.4
75 Hits 266
34 Penalty minutes 106
18:45 Average ice time 18:18
Contract
$2.875M Cap hit $2.5M
$60K Cap dollars per point $52K

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.