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Compare players, 2011-12 season

At a glance

Jason Spezza James Neal

GoalsAssistsPointsShotsHitsCorsi for %CF% relOn-ice xG %RatingChances createdShot qualityFinishingThe typical playerJason Spezza: Goals, 0.43 a game, 96th percentileJason Spezza: Assists, 0.63 a game, 97th percentileJason Spezza: Points, 1.05 a game, 99th percentileJason Spezza: Shots, 2.90 a game, 90th percentileJason Spezza: Hits, 0.35 a game, 7th percentileJason Spezza: Corsi for %, 53.3%, 78th percentileJason Spezza: CF% rel, 1.6, 63rd percentileJason Spezza: On-ice xG %, 48.3%, 35th percentileJason Spezza: Rating, +7.6 goals above replacement, 81st percentileJason Spezza: Chances created, 0.84 xG per 60, 70th percentileJason Spezza: Shot quality, 6.6% a shot, 23rd percentileJason Spezza: Finishing, +9.8 goals above expected, 97th percentileJames Neal: Goals, 0.50 a game, 99th percentileJames Neal: Assists, 0.51 a game, 91st percentileJames Neal: Points, 1.01 a game, 98th percentileJames Neal: Shots, 4.11 a game, 99th percentileJames Neal: Hits, 1.35 a game, 63rd percentileJames Neal: Corsi for %, 56.5%, 94th percentileJames Neal: CF% rel, 3.3, 77th percentileJames Neal: On-ice xG %, 55.3%, 90th percentileJames Neal: Rating, +10.6 goals above replacement, 90th percentileJames Neal: Chances created, 1.29 xG per 60, 98th percentileJames Neal: Shot quality, 7.3% a shot, 46th percentileJames Neal: Finishing, +7.2 goals above expected, 92nd 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
James Neal

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The numbers

Jason Spezza C, TOR 2011-12 James Neal L, STL
80 Games played 80
34 Goals 40
50 Assists 41
84 Points 81
1.05 Points per game 1.01
11 Plus/minus 6
232 Shots 329
14.7 Shooting % 12.2
28 Hits 108
36 Penalty minutes 87
19:55 Average ice time 19:08
Five-on-five, while he was on the ice
53.3 Corsi for % 56.5
+1.6 CF% relative to team +3.3
51.4 Fenwick for % 57.3
48.3 Expected goals for % 55.3
-0.9 xGF% relative to team +1.7
54.3 Goals for % 57.1
101.4 PDO 99.5
301 Shot attempts taken 385
Expected goals, all situations
22.2 Expected goals 32.8
0.84 Expected goals per 60 1.29
6.6% Chance per attempt 7.3%
+9.8 Goals above expected +7.2
Rating, in goals
+7.6 Goals above replacement +10.6
+1.3 Wins above replacement +1.8
+7.8 Even-strength offence +7.7
-4.2 Even-strength defence -4.2
+0.7 Power play +3.7
-0.5 Penalty kill 0.0
-0.6 Penalties -0.8
Contract
$7M Cap hit $2.875M
$83K Cap dollars per point $35K
$3.9M Worth at the going rate $5.3M
-$3.1M Value: worth minus cap hit +$2.4M

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