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Compare players, 2007-08 season

At a glance

Alex Ovechkin Joe Thornton

GoalsAssistsPointsShotsHitsThe typical playerAlex Ovechkin: Goals, 0.79 a game, 99th percentileAlex Ovechkin: Assists, 0.57 a game, 92nd percentileAlex Ovechkin: Points, 1.37 a game, 99th percentileAlex Ovechkin: Shots, 5.44 a game, 99th percentileAlex Ovechkin: Hits, 2.68 a game, 98th percentileJoe Thornton: Goals, 0.35 a game, 88th percentileJoe Thornton: Assists, 0.82 a game, 99th percentileJoe Thornton: Points, 1.17 a game, 98th percentileJoe Thornton: Shots, 2.17 a game, 70th percentileJoe Thornton: Hits, 0.73 a game, 40th percentile
05010020406080Alex Ovechkin 112Joe Thornton 96

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

Alex Ovechkin L, WSH 2007-08 Joe Thornton C, FLA
82 Games played 82
65 Goals 29
47 Assists 67
112 Points 96
1.37 Points per game 1.17
28 Plus/minus 18
446 Shots 178
14.6 Shooting % 16.3
220 Hits 60
40 Penalty minutes 59
22:55 Average ice time 21:12
Contract
$984K Cap hit $6.667M
$9K Cap dollars per point $69K

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.