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Compare players, 2008-09 season

At a glance

Alex Ovechkin Pavel Datsyuk

GoalsAssistsPointsShotsHitsThe typical playerAlex Ovechkin: Goals, 0.71 a game, 99th percentileAlex Ovechkin: Assists, 0.68 a game, 98th percentileAlex Ovechkin: Points, 1.39 a game, 99th percentileAlex Ovechkin: Shots, 6.68 a game, 99th percentileAlex Ovechkin: Hits, 3.08 a game, 98th percentilePavel Datsyuk: Goals, 0.40 a game, 93rd percentilePavel Datsyuk: Assists, 0.80 a game, 99th percentilePavel Datsyuk: Points, 1.20 a game, 99th percentilePavel Datsyuk: Shots, 3.06 a game, 92nd percentilePavel Datsyuk: Hits, 0.94 a game, 45th percentile
05010020406080Alex Ovechkin 110Pavel Datsyuk 97

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 2008-09 Pavel Datsyuk C, DET
79 Games played 81
56 Goals 32
54 Assists 65
110 Points 97
1.39 Points per game 1.20
8 Plus/minus 34
528 Shots 248
10.6 Shooting % 12.9
243 Hits 76
72 Penalty minutes 22
23:00 Average ice time 19:13
Contract
$9.538M Cap hit $6.7M
$87K 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.