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Compare players, 2017-18 season

At a glance

Jason Spezza Travis Zajac

GoalsAssistsPointsShotsHitsCorsi for %CF% relOn-ice xG %RatingChances createdShot qualityFinishingThe typical playerJason Spezza: Goals, 0.10 a game, 23rd percentileJason Spezza: Assists, 0.23 a game, 50th percentileJason Spezza: Points, 0.33 a game, 36th percentileJason Spezza: Shots, 1.77 a game, 54th percentileJason Spezza: Hits, 0.21 a game, 2nd percentileJason Spezza: Corsi for %, 52.5%, 78th percentileJason Spezza: CF% rel, 1.9, 70th percentileJason Spezza: On-ice xG %, 54.0%, 84th percentileJason Spezza: Rating, +2.2 goals above replacement, 46th percentileJason Spezza: Chances created, 0.78 xG per 60, 57th percentileJason Spezza: Shot quality, 6.6% a shot, 21st percentileJason Spezza: Finishing, -6.1 goals above expected, 4th percentileTravis Zajac: Goals, 0.19 a game, 55th percentileTravis Zajac: Assists, 0.22 a game, 48th percentileTravis Zajac: Points, 0.41 a game, 49th percentileTravis Zajac: Shots, 1.44 a game, 35th percentileTravis Zajac: Hits, 1.02 a game, 52nd percentileTravis Zajac: Corsi for %, 47.2%, 20th percentileTravis Zajac: CF% rel, -3.2, 16th percentileTravis Zajac: On-ice xG %, 49.1%, 39th percentileTravis Zajac: Rating, +0.5 goals above replacement, 29th percentileTravis Zajac: Chances created, 0.61 xG per 60, 25th percentileTravis Zajac: Shot quality, 9.2% a shot, 88th percentileTravis Zajac: Finishing, +0.6 goals above expected, 57th 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

Jason Spezza
Travis Zajac

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The numbers

Jason Spezza C, TOR 2017-18 Travis Zajac C, NYI
78 Games played 63
8 Goals 12
18 Assists 14
26 Points 26
0.33 Points per game 0.41
-12 Plus/minus -8
138 Shots 91
5.8 Shooting % 13.2
16 Hits 64
12 Penalty minutes 25
13:00 Average ice time 17:54
Five-on-five, while he was on the ice
52.5 Corsi for % 47.2
+1.9 CF% relative to team -3.2
51.9 Fenwick for % 47.9
54.0 Expected goals for % 49.1
+1.6 xGF% relative to team -2.9
47.2 Goals for % 41.9
98.8 PDO 97.8
204 Shot attempts taken 120
Expected goals, all situations
13.1 Expected goals 11.4
0.78 Expected goals per 60 0.61
6.6% Chance per attempt 9.2%
-6.1 Goals above expected +0.6
Rating, in goals
+2.2 Goals above replacement +0.5
+0.4 Wins above replacement +0.1
-1.4 Even-strength offence -2.6
0.0 Even-strength defence +1.6
+0.8 Power play -0.6
0.0 Penalty kill -0.1
+0.1 Penalties -0.9
Contract
$7.5M Cap hit $5.75M
$288K Cap dollars per point $221K
$2M Worth at the going rate $948K
-$5.5M Value: worth minus cap hit -$4.8M

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