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Compare players, 2005-06 season

At a glance

Joe Thornton Alex Ovechkin

GoalsAssistsPointsShotsHitsThe typical playerJoe Thornton: Goals, 0.36 a game, 85th percentileJoe Thornton: Assists, 1.19 a game, 99th percentileJoe Thornton: Points, 1.54 a game, 99th percentileJoe Thornton: Shots, 2.41 a game, 78th percentileJoe Thornton: Hits, 0.41 a game, 25th percentileAlex Ovechkin: Goals, 0.64 a game, 99th percentileAlex Ovechkin: Assists, 0.67 a game, 94th percentileAlex Ovechkin: Points, 1.31 a game, 99th percentileAlex Ovechkin: Shots, 5.25 a game, 99th percentileAlex Ovechkin: Hits, 2.12 a game, 97th percentile
05010020406080Joe Thornton 125Alex Ovechkin 106

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

Joe Thornton C, FLA 2005-06 Alex Ovechkin L, WSH
81 Games played 81
29 Goals 52
96 Assists 54
125 Points 106
1.54 Points per game 1.31
31 Plus/minus 2
195 Shots 425
14.9 Shooting % 12.2
33 Hits 172
61 Penalty minutes 52
21:20 Average ice time 21:37
Contract
$6.667M Cap hit $984K
$53K Cap dollars per point $9K

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.