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Compare players, 2017-18 season

At a glance

Rick Nash Jason Pominville

GoalsAssistsPointsShotsHitsCorsi for %CF% relOn-ice xG %RatingChances createdShot qualityFinishingThe typical playerRick Nash: Goals, 0.30 a game, 80th percentileRick Nash: Assists, 0.18 a game, 38th percentileRick Nash: Points, 0.48 a game, 60th percentileRick Nash: Shots, 3.24 a game, 96th percentileRick Nash: Hits, 0.72 a game, 35th percentileRick Nash: Corsi for %, 50.2%, 52nd percentileRick Nash: CF% rel, 3.6, 86th percentileRick Nash: On-ice xG %, 52.8%, 74th percentileRick Nash: Rating, +9.6 goals above replacement, 88th percentileRick Nash: Chances created, 1.14 xG per 60, 96th percentileRick Nash: Shot quality, 7.4% a shot, 44th percentileRick Nash: Finishing, -2.9 goals above expected, 24th percentileJason Pominville: Goals, 0.20 a game, 57th percentileJason Pominville: Assists, 0.22 a game, 48th percentileJason Pominville: Points, 0.41 a game, 49th percentileJason Pominville: Shots, 2.05 a game, 67th percentileJason Pominville: Hits, 0.48 a game, 16th percentileJason Pominville: Corsi for %, 50.9%, 60th percentileJason Pominville: CF% rel, 4.5, 91st percentileJason Pominville: On-ice xG %, 49.0%, 38th percentileJason Pominville: Rating, +2.6 goals above replacement, 51st percentileJason Pominville: Chances created, 0.62 xG per 60, 28th percentileJason Pominville: Shot quality, 5.7% a shot, 3rd percentileJason Pominville: Finishing, +3.4 goals above expected, 77th 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

Rick Nash
Jason Pominville

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The numbers

Rick Nash L, BOS 2017-18 Jason Pominville R, BUF
71 Games played 82
21 Goals 16
13 Assists 18
34 Points 34
0.48 Points per game 0.41
-12 Plus/minus -17
230 Shots 168
9.1 Shooting % 9.5
51 Hits 39
28 Penalty minutes 8
17:03 Average ice time 14:54
Five-on-five, while he was on the ice
50.2 Corsi for % 50.9
+3.6 CF% relative to team +4.5
52.1 Fenwick for % 51.2
52.8 Expected goals for % 49.0
+4.0 xGF% relative to team +4.7
43.1 Goals for % 46.9
97.0 PDO 98.0
280 Shot attempts taken 227
Expected goals, all situations
22.9 Expected goals 12.6
1.14 Expected goals per 60 0.62
7.4% Chance per attempt 5.7%
-2.9 Goals above expected +3.4
Rating, in goals
+9.6 Goals above replacement +2.6
+1.6 Wins above replacement +0.4
+2.2 Even-strength offence +1.6
+2.5 Even-strength defence -2.0
-0.2 Power play -1.0
-0.2 Penalty kill +0.0
+1.9 Penalties +0.6
Contract
$7.8M Cap hit $5.6M
$229K Cap dollars per point $165K
$6.7M Worth at the going rate $2.3M
-$1.1M Value: worth minus cap hit -$3.3M

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