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Compare players, 2008-09 season

At a glance

Keith Ballard Matt Niskanen

GoalsAssistsPointsShotsHitsThe typical playerKeith Ballard: Goals, 0.07 a game, 64th percentileKeith Ballard: Assists, 0.34 a game, 79th percentileKeith Ballard: Points, 0.41 a game, 74th percentileKeith Ballard: Shots, 1.29 a game, 60th percentileKeith Ballard: Hits, 2.10 a game, 88th percentileMatt Niskanen: Goals, 0.08 a game, 69th percentileMatt Niskanen: Assists, 0.36 a game, 83rd percentileMatt Niskanen: Points, 0.44 a game, 77th percentileMatt Niskanen: Shots, 1.39 a game, 66th percentileMatt Niskanen: Hits, 1.09 a game, 51st percentile
010203020406080Matt Niskanen 35Keith Ballard 34

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

Keith Ballard D, MIN 2008-09 Matt Niskanen D, PHI
82 Games played 80
6 Goals 6
28 Assists 29
34 Points 35
0.41 Points per game 0.44
14 Plus/minus -11
106 Shots 111
5.7 Shooting % 5.4
172 Hits 87
72 Penalty minutes 52
22:23 Average ice time 19:58

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.