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Compare players, 2007-08 season

At a glance

Rick Nash Nicklas Backstrom

GoalsAssistsPointsShotsHitsThe typical playerRick Nash: Goals, 0.48 a game, 98th percentileRick Nash: Assists, 0.39 a game, 76th percentileRick Nash: Points, 0.86 a game, 89th percentileRick Nash: Shots, 4.11 a game, 99th percentileRick Nash: Hits, 0.84 a game, 47th 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
020406020406080Rick Nash 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

Rick Nash L, BOS 2007-08 Nicklas Backstrom C, WSH
80 Games played 82
38 Goals 14
31 Assists 55
69 Points 69
0.86 Points per game 0.84
2 Plus/minus 13
329 Shots 153
11.6 Shooting % 9.2
67 Hits 34
95 Penalty minutes 24
20:29 Average ice time 19:00
Contract
$5.4M Cap hit $850K
$78K 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.