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Compare players, 2007-08 season

At a glance

Tomas Plekanec Nicklas Backstrom

GoalsAssistsPointsShotsHitsThe typical playerTomas Plekanec: Goals, 0.36 a game, 90th percentileTomas Plekanec: Assists, 0.49 a game, 87th percentileTomas Plekanec: Points, 0.85 a game, 89th percentileTomas Plekanec: Shots, 2.30 a game, 75th percentileTomas Plekanec: Hits, 0.40 a game, 16th percentileNicklas Backstrom: Goals, 0.17 a game, 51st percentileNicklas Backstrom: Assists, 0.67 a game, 97th percentileNicklas Backstrom: Points, 0.84 a game, 89th percentileNicklas Backstrom: Shots, 1.87 a game, 60th percentileNicklas Backstrom: Hits, 0.41 a game, 17th percentile
020406020406080Tomas Plekanec 69Nicklas Backstrom 69

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

Tomas Plekanec C, MTL 2007-08 Nicklas Backstrom C, WSH
81 Games played 82
29 Goals 14
40 Assists 55
69 Points 69
0.85 Points per game 0.84
15 Plus/minus 13
186 Shots 153
15.6 Shooting % 9.2
32 Hits 34
42 Penalty minutes 24
18:05 Average ice time 19:00
Contract
$1.6M Cap hit $850K
$23K Cap dollars per point $12K

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.