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Compare players, 2008-09 season

At a glance

Ilya Kovalchuk Nicklas Backstrom

GoalsAssistsPointsShotsHitsThe typical playerIlya Kovalchuk: Goals, 0.54 a game, 99th percentileIlya Kovalchuk: Assists, 0.61 a game, 95th percentileIlya Kovalchuk: Points, 1.15 a game, 99th percentileIlya Kovalchuk: Shots, 3.48 a game, 97th percentileIlya Kovalchuk: Hits, 0.54 a game, 22nd 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
02040608020406080Ilya Kovalchuk 91Nicklas Backstrom 88

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

Ilya Kovalchuk L, WSH 2008-09 Nicklas Backstrom C, WSH
79 Games played 82
43 Goals 22
48 Assists 66
91 Points 88
1.15 Points per game 1.07
-12 Plus/minus 16
275 Shots 174
15.6 Shooting % 12.6
43 Hits 52
50 Penalty minutes 46
21:48 Average ice time 19:57
Contract
$6.389M Cap hit $850K
$70K 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.