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Compare players, 2015-16 season

At a glance

Joe Pavelski Joe Thornton

GoalsAssistsPointsShotsHitsCorsi for %CF% relOn-ice xG %RatingChances createdShot qualityFinishingThe typical playerJoe Pavelski: Goals, 0.46 a game, 98th percentileJoe Pavelski: Assists, 0.49 a game, 92nd percentileJoe Pavelski: Points, 0.95 a game, 97th percentileJoe Pavelski: Shots, 2.73 a game, 90th percentileJoe Pavelski: Hits, 1.79 a game, 78th percentileJoe Pavelski: Corsi for %, 55.3%, 93rd percentileJoe Pavelski: CF% rel, 5.3, 92nd percentileJoe Pavelski: On-ice xG %, 58.6%, 98th percentileJoe Pavelski: Rating, +15.7 goals above replacement, 99th percentileJoe Pavelski: Chances created, 0.97 xG per 60, 88th percentileJoe Pavelski: Shot quality, 8.5% a shot, 78th percentileJoe Pavelski: Finishing, +7.7 goals above expected, 93rd percentileJoe Thornton: Goals, 0.23 a game, 70th percentileJoe Thornton: Assists, 0.77 a game, 99th percentileJoe Thornton: Points, 1.00 a game, 98th percentileJoe Thornton: Shots, 1.48 a game, 43rd percentileJoe Thornton: Hits, 0.59 a game, 22nd percentileJoe Thornton: Corsi for %, 56.3%, 96th percentileJoe Thornton: CF% rel, 6.5, 97th percentileJoe Thornton: On-ice xG %, 60.7%, 99th percentileJoe Thornton: Rating, +14.7 goals above replacement, 98th percentileJoe Thornton: Chances created, 0.49 xG per 60, 13th percentileJoe Thornton: Shot quality, 7.4% a shot, 48th percentileJoe Thornton: Finishing, +4.6 goals above expected, 86th 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

Joe Pavelski
Joe Thornton

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The numbers

Joe Pavelski C, DAL 2015-16 Joe Thornton C, FLA
82 Games played 82
38 Goals 19
40 Assists 63
78 Points 82
0.95 Points per game 1.00
25 Plus/minus 25
224 Shots 121
17.0 Shooting % 15.7
147 Hits 48
30 Penalty minutes 54
19:49 Average ice time 18:22
Five-on-five, while he was on the ice
55.3 Corsi for % 56.3
+5.3 CF% relative to team +6.5
56.7 Fenwick for % 58.0
58.6 Expected goals for % 60.7
+4.3 xGF% relative to team +7.1
67.7 Goals for % 70.7
103.7 PDO 104.4
259 Shot attempts taken 127
Expected goals, all situations
26.3 Expected goals 12.4
0.97 Expected goals per 60 0.49
8.5% Chance per attempt 7.4%
+7.7 Goals above expected +4.6
Rating, in goals
+15.7 Goals above replacement +14.7
+2.6 Wins above replacement +2.5
+5.0 Even-strength offence +4.3
+3.0 Even-strength defence +3.6
+2.7 Power play +2.8
-0.1 Penalty kill +0.1
+0.7 Penalties -0.2
Contract
$6M Cap hit $6.75M
$77K Cap dollars per point $82K
$10.5M Worth at the going rate $9.9M
+$4.5M Value: worth minus cap hit +$3.1M

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