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Compare players, 2008-09 season

At a glance

Joe Thornton Nicklas Backstrom

GoalsAssistsPointsShotsHitsThe typical playerJoe Thornton: Goals, 0.30 a game, 80th percentileJoe Thornton: Assists, 0.74 a game, 98th percentileJoe Thornton: Points, 1.05 a game, 97th percentileJoe Thornton: Shots, 1.70 a game, 47th percentileJoe Thornton: Hits, 0.99 a game, 50th percentileNicklas Backstrom: Goals, 0.27 a game, 72nd percentileNicklas Backstrom: Assists, 0.80 a game, 99th percentileNicklas Backstrom: Points, 1.07 a game, 97th percentileNicklas Backstrom: Shots, 2.12 a game, 68th percentileNicklas Backstrom: Hits, 0.63 a game, 28th percentile
02040608020406080Nicklas Backstrom 88Joe Thornton 86

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 2008-09 Nicklas Backstrom C, WSH
82 Games played 82
25 Goals 22
61 Assists 66
86 Points 88
1.05 Points per game 1.07
16 Plus/minus 16
139 Shots 174
18.0 Shooting % 12.6
81 Hits 52
56 Penalty minutes 46
19:28 Average ice time 19:57
Contract
$7.2M Cap hit $850K
$84K Cap dollars per point $10K

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.