Compare players, 2013-14 season

At a glance

Joe Thornton Nicklas Backstrom

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Where they shot from

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The numbers

Joe Thornton C, FLA		2013-14	Nicklas Backstrom C, WSH
	82	Games played	82
	11	Goals	18
	65	Assists	61
	76	Points	79
	0.93	Points per game	0.96
	20	Plus/minus	-20
	122	Shots	196
	9.0	Shooting %	9.2
	54	Hits	89
	32	Penalty minutes	54
	18:56	Average ice time	19:48
Five-on-five, while he was on the ice
	58.2	Corsi for %	49.3
	+6.7	CF% relative to team	+2.3
	58.1	Fenwick for %	48.2
	59.0	Expected goals for %	47.1
	+2.6	xGF% relative to team	-0.8
	59.6	Goals for %	41.8
	100.5	PDO	98.2
	142	Shot attempts taken	217
Expected goals, all situations
	13.8	Expected goals	19.9
	0.53	Expected goals per 60	0.73
	8.4%	Chance per attempt	7.4%
	-2.8	Goals above expected	-1.9
Rating, in goals
	+12.6	Goals above replacement	+5.6
	+2.1	Wins above replacement	+0.9
	+5.8	Even-strength offence	-1.2
	+1.3	Even-strength defence	-0.4
	+0.2	Power play	+3.2
	-0.1	Penalty kill	-0.1
	+1.2	Penalties	-0.4
Contract
	$7M	Cap hit	$6.7M
	$92K	Cap dollars per point	$85K
	$7.8M	Worth at the going rate	$3.7M
	+$767K	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