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Compare players, 2015-16 season

At a glance

Rick Nash Benoit Pouliot

GoalsAssistsPointsShotsHitsCorsi for %CF% relOn-ice xG %RatingChances createdShot qualityFinishingThe typical playerRick Nash: Goals, 0.25 a game, 75th percentileRick Nash: Assists, 0.35 a game, 78th percentileRick Nash: Points, 0.60 a game, 75th percentileRick Nash: Shots, 3.05 a game, 94th percentileRick Nash: Hits, 1.15 a game, 51st percentileRick Nash: Corsi for %, 47.1%, 23rd percentileRick Nash: CF% rel, -0.6, 40th percentileRick Nash: On-ice xG %, 46.5%, 23rd percentileRick Nash: Rating, +5.1 goals above replacement, 69th percentileRick Nash: Chances created, 1.03 xG per 60, 92nd percentileRick Nash: Shot quality, 7.0% a shot, 31st percentileRick Nash: Finishing, -5.5 goals above expected, 8th percentileBenoit Pouliot: Goals, 0.25 a game, 75th percentileBenoit Pouliot: Assists, 0.40 a game, 83rd percentileBenoit Pouliot: Points, 0.65 a game, 81st percentileBenoit Pouliot: Shots, 1.98 a game, 68th percentileBenoit Pouliot: Hits, 0.64 a game, 23rd percentileBenoit Pouliot: Corsi for %, 51.0%, 59th percentileBenoit Pouliot: CF% rel, 2.6, 74th percentileBenoit Pouliot: On-ice xG %, 49.2%, 43rd percentileBenoit Pouliot: Rating, +5.2 goals above replacement, 69th percentileBenoit Pouliot: Chances created, 0.90 xG per 60, 81st percentileBenoit Pouliot: Shot quality, 8.9% a shot, 86th percentileBenoit Pouliot: Finishing, +0.7 goals above expected, 64th 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
Benoit Pouliot

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The numbers

Rick Nash L, BOS 2015-16 Benoit Pouliot L, BUF
60 Games played 55
15 Goals 14
21 Assists 22
36 Points 36
0.60 Points per game 0.65
8 Plus/minus -6
183 Shots 109
8.2 Shooting % 12.8
69 Hits 35
30 Penalty minutes 30
16:56 Average ice time 16:03
Five-on-five, while he was on the ice
47.1 Corsi for % 51.0
-0.6 CF% relative to team +2.6
47.6 Fenwick for % 50.4
46.5 Expected goals for % 49.2
-0.7 xGF% relative to team +2.2
57.4 Goals for % 44.8
103.5 PDO 98.4
245 Shot attempts taken 121
Expected goals, all situations
17.5 Expected goals 13.3
1.03 Expected goals per 60 0.90
7.0% Chance per attempt 8.9%
-5.5 Goals above expected +0.7
Rating, in goals
+5.1 Goals above replacement +5.2
+0.8 Wins above replacement +0.9
+2.0 Even-strength offence +2.8
-0.8 Even-strength defence -0.2
-0.3 Power play +0.1
+0.3 Penalty kill +0.1
+1.1 Penalties -0.1
Contract
$7.8M Cap hit $4M
$217K Cap dollars per point $111K
$3.8M Worth at the going rate $3.8M
-$4M Value: worth minus cap hit -$176K

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