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Compare players, 2011-12 season

At a glance

Patrick Sharp Eric Staal

GoalsAssistsPointsShotsHitsCorsi for %CF% relOn-ice xG %RatingChances createdShot qualityFinishingThe typical playerPatrick Sharp: Goals, 0.45 a game, 97th percentilePatrick Sharp: Assists, 0.49 a game, 90th percentilePatrick Sharp: Points, 0.93 a game, 95th percentilePatrick Sharp: Shots, 3.81 a game, 99th percentilePatrick Sharp: Hits, 1.08 a game, 48th percentilePatrick Sharp: Corsi for %, 57.2%, 95th percentilePatrick Sharp: CF% rel, 6.7, 96th percentilePatrick Sharp: On-ice xG %, 57.2%, 94th percentilePatrick Sharp: Rating, +13.0 goals above replacement, 94th percentilePatrick Sharp: Chances created, 1.03 xG per 60, 89th percentilePatrick Sharp: Shot quality, 6.9% a shot, 34th percentilePatrick Sharp: Finishing, +7.6 goals above expected, 94th percentileEric Staal: Goals, 0.29 a game, 81st percentileEric Staal: Assists, 0.56 a game, 95th percentileEric Staal: Points, 0.85 a game, 93rd percentileEric Staal: Shots, 3.20 a game, 95th percentileEric Staal: Hits, 0.59 a game, 21st percentileEric Staal: Corsi for %, 50.1%, 51st percentileEric Staal: CF% rel, 2.7, 74th percentileEric Staal: On-ice xG %, 48.9%, 42nd percentileEric Staal: Rating, +10.7 goals above replacement, 90th percentileEric Staal: Chances created, 0.96 xG per 60, 83rd percentileEric Staal: Shot quality, 8.0% a shot, 66th percentileEric Staal: Finishing, -6.4 goals above expected, 4th 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

Patrick Sharp
Eric Staal

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The numbers

Patrick Sharp L, CHI 2011-12 Eric Staal C, FLA
74 Games played 82
33 Goals 24
36 Assists 46
69 Points 70
0.93 Points per game 0.85
28 Plus/minus -20
282 Shots 262
11.7 Shooting % 9.2
80 Hits 48
38 Penalty minutes 48
19:54 Average ice time 21:33
Five-on-five, while he was on the ice
57.2 Corsi for % 50.1
+6.7 CF% relative to team +2.7
57.3 Fenwick for % 49.2
57.2 Expected goals for % 48.9
+8.5 xGF% relative to team +2.3
62.5 Goals for % 43.6
101.5 PDO 98.2
345 Shot attempts taken 310
Expected goals, all situations
25.4 Expected goals 28.4
1.03 Expected goals per 60 0.96
6.9% Chance per attempt 8.0%
+7.6 Goals above expected -6.4
Rating, in goals
+13.0 Goals above replacement +10.7
+2.2 Wins above replacement +1.8
+8.7 Even-strength offence +6.4
+0.7 Even-strength defence -4.1
-0.2 Power play +1.2
0.0 Penalty kill -0.2
-0.2 Penalties +2.4
Contract
$3.9M Cap hit $8.25M
$57K Cap dollars per point $118K
$6.4M Worth at the going rate $5.4M
+$2.5M Value: worth minus cap hit -$2.9M

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