Compare players, 2017-18 season

At a glance

Frans Nielsen Valtteri Filppula

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Where they shot from

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The numbers

Frans Nielsen C, DET		2017-18	Valtteri Filppula C, DET
	79	Games played	81
	16	Goals	11
	17	Assists	22
	33	Points	33
	0.42	Points per game	0.41
	1	Plus/minus	-7
	134	Shots	70
	11.9	Shooting %	15.7
	49	Hits	25
	14	Penalty minutes	20
	15:50	Average ice time	16:29
Five-on-five, while he was on the ice
	48.8	Corsi for %	44.5
	0.0	CF% relative to team	-7.2
	49.0	Fenwick for %	45.0
	47.5	Expected goals for %	43.6
	-1.2	xGF% relative to team	-8.2
	48.4	Goals for %	42.3
	100.4	PDO	98.8
	195	Shot attempts taken	90
Expected goals, all situations
	11.8	Expected goals	9.1
	0.57	Expected goals per 60	0.41
	6.3%	Chance per attempt	9.4%
	+3.2	Goals above expected	-0.1
Rating, in goals
	+4.4	Goals above replacement	-3.8
	+0.7	Wins above replacement	-0.6
	-4.0	Even-strength offence	-5.8
	+3.1	Even-strength defence	-0.9
	+0.4	Power play	-0.7
	-0.3	Penalty kill	-0.4
	+1.8	Penalties	+0.3
Contract
	$5.25M	Cap hit	$5M
	$159K	Cap dollars per point	$152K
	$3.4M	Worth at the going rate	-$1.8M
	-$1.9M	Value: worth minus cap hit	-$6.8M

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