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Compare players, 2015-16 season

At a glance

Joe Thornton Blake Wheeler

GoalsAssistsPointsShotsHitsCorsi for %CF% relOn-ice xG %RatingChances createdShot qualityFinishingThe typical playerJoe Thornton: Goals, 0.23 a game, 70th percentileJoe Thornton: Assists, 0.77 a game, 99th percentileJoe Thornton: Points, 1.00 a game, 98th percentileJoe Thornton: Shots, 1.48 a game, 43rd percentileJoe Thornton: Hits, 0.59 a game, 22nd percentileJoe Thornton: Corsi for %, 56.3%, 96th percentileJoe Thornton: CF% rel, 6.5, 97th percentileJoe Thornton: On-ice xG %, 60.7%, 99th percentileJoe Thornton: Rating, +14.7 goals above replacement, 98th percentileJoe Thornton: Chances created, 0.49 xG per 60, 13th percentileJoe Thornton: Shot quality, 7.4% a shot, 48th percentileJoe Thornton: Finishing, +4.6 goals above expected, 86th percentileBlake Wheeler: Goals, 0.32 a game, 87th percentileBlake Wheeler: Assists, 0.63 a game, 98th percentileBlake Wheeler: Points, 0.95 a game, 97th percentileBlake Wheeler: Shots, 3.12 a game, 95th percentileBlake Wheeler: Hits, 1.12 a game, 50th percentileBlake Wheeler: Corsi for %, 55.0%, 91st percentileBlake Wheeler: CF% rel, 5.3, 93rd percentileBlake Wheeler: On-ice xG %, 52.5%, 69th percentileBlake Wheeler: Rating, +12.7 goals above replacement, 97th percentileBlake Wheeler: Chances created, 0.83 xG per 60, 72nd percentileBlake Wheeler: Shot quality, 6.2% a shot, 13th percentileBlake Wheeler: Finishing, +0.6 goals above expected, 63rd 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.

Where they shot from

Joe Thornton
Blake Wheeler

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The numbers

Joe Thornton C, FLA 2015-16 Blake Wheeler R, NYR
82 Games played 82
19 Goals 26
63 Assists 52
82 Points 78
1.00 Points per game 0.95
25 Plus/minus 8
121 Shots 256
15.7 Shooting % 10.2
48 Hits 92
54 Penalty minutes 49
18:22 Average ice time 19:47
Five-on-five, while he was on the ice
56.3 Corsi for % 55.0
+6.5 CF% relative to team +5.3
58.0 Fenwick for % 54.8
60.7 Expected goals for % 52.5
+7.1 xGF% relative to team +3.6
70.7 Goals for % 57.7
104.4 PDO 101.4
127 Shot attempts taken 324
Expected goals, all situations
12.4 Expected goals 22.4
0.49 Expected goals per 60 0.83
7.4% Chance per attempt 6.2%
+4.6 Goals above expected +0.6
Rating, in goals
+14.7 Goals above replacement +12.7
+2.5 Wins above replacement +2.1
+4.3 Even-strength offence +10.1
+3.6 Even-strength defence -2.2
+2.8 Power play -0.3
+0.1 Penalty kill -0.6
-0.2 Penalties +1.1
Contract
$6.75M Cap hit $5.6M
$82K Cap dollars per point $72K
$9.9M Worth at the going rate $8.6M
+$3.1M Value: worth minus cap hit +$3M

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. What the advanced numbers mean