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Compare players, 2020-21 season

At a glance

Joe Thornton Travis Zajac

GoalsAssistsPointsShotsHitsCorsi for %CF% relOn-ice xG %RatingChances createdShot qualityFinishingThe typical playerJoe Thornton: Goals, 0.11 a game, 28th percentileJoe Thornton: Assists, 0.34 a game, 73rd percentileJoe Thornton: Points, 0.45 a game, 56th percentileJoe Thornton: Shots, 0.95 a game, 11th percentileJoe Thornton: Hits, 0.73 a game, 29th percentileJoe Thornton: Corsi for %, 55.6%, 89th percentileJoe Thornton: CF% rel, 5.0, 90th percentileJoe Thornton: On-ice xG %, 54.7%, 80th percentileJoe Thornton: Rating, -0.2 goals above replacement, 19th percentileJoe Thornton: Chances created, 0.38 xG per 60, 2nd percentileJoe Thornton: Shot quality, 7.2% a shot, 24th percentileJoe Thornton: Finishing, +0.2 goals above expected, 50th percentileTravis Zajac: Goals, 0.17 a game, 48th percentileTravis Zajac: Assists, 0.26 a game, 60th percentileTravis Zajac: Points, 0.43 a game, 55th percentileTravis Zajac: Shots, 1.09 a game, 19th percentileTravis Zajac: Hits, 1.11 a game, 53rd percentileTravis Zajac: Corsi for %, 49.7%, 50th percentileTravis Zajac: CF% rel, -1.1, 39th percentileTravis Zajac: On-ice xG %, 45.7%, 23rd percentileTravis Zajac: Rating, +0.0 goals above replacement, 24th percentileTravis Zajac: Chances created, 0.49 xG per 60, 9th percentileTravis Zajac: Shot quality, 8.9% a shot, 73rd percentileTravis Zajac: Finishing, +1.8 goals above expected, 70th 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
Travis Zajac

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The numbers

Joe Thornton C, FLA 2020-21 Travis Zajac C, NYI
44 Games played 46
5 Goals 8
15 Assists 12
20 Points 20
0.45 Points per game 0.43
6 Plus/minus -1
42 Shots 50
11.9 Shooting % 16.0
32 Hits 51
14 Penalty minutes 6
13:43 Average ice time 16:25
Five-on-five, while he was on the ice
55.6 Corsi for % 49.7
+5.0 CF% relative to team -1.1
55.8 Fenwick for % 47.5
54.7 Expected goals for % 45.7
-2.7 xGF% relative to team -3.8
58.1 Goals for % 53.7
100.7 PDO 102.1
47 Shot attempts taken 79
Expected goals, all situations
3.8 Expected goals 6.2
0.38 Expected goals per 60 0.49
7.2% Chance per attempt 8.9%
+0.2 Goals above expected +1.8
Rating, in goals
-0.2 Goals above replacement +0.0
0.0 Wins above replacement +0.0
-1.5 Even-strength offence -0.6
-0.3 Even-strength defence -0.9
+0.0 Power play -0.3
+0.0 Penalty kill -0.8
-0.1 Penalties +0.6
Contract
$700K Cap hit $5.75M
$35K Cap dollars per point $288K
$487K Worth at the going rate $730K
-$213K Value: worth minus cap hit -$5M

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