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Compare players, 2008-09 season

At a glance

Brian Rafalski Nicklas Lidstrom

GoalsAssistsPointsShotsHitsThe typical playerBrian Rafalski: Goals, 0.13 a game, 84th percentileBrian Rafalski: Assists, 0.63 a game, 99th percentileBrian Rafalski: Points, 0.76 a game, 97th percentileBrian Rafalski: Shots, 1.81 a game, 81st percentileBrian Rafalski: Hits, 0.42 a game, 6th percentileNicklas Lidstrom: Goals, 0.21 a game, 96th percentileNicklas Lidstrom: Assists, 0.55 a game, 98th percentileNicklas Lidstrom: Points, 0.76 a game, 97th percentileNicklas Lidstrom: Shots, 2.31 a game, 94th percentileNicklas Lidstrom: Hits, 0.55 a game, 14th percentile
02040204060Brian Rafalski 59Nicklas Lidstrom 59

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

Brian Rafalski D, DET 2008-09 Nicklas Lidstrom D, DET
78 Games played 78
10 Goals 16
49 Assists 43
59 Points 59
0.76 Points per game 0.76
17 Plus/minus 31
141 Shots 180
7.1 Shooting % 8.9
33 Hits 43
20 Penalty minutes 30
23:10 Average ice time 24:49

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.