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Compare players, 2008-09 season

At a glance

Alex Ovechkin Ilya Kovalchuk

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 percentileIlya Kovalchuk: Goals, 0.54 a game, 99th percentileIlya Kovalchuk: Assists, 0.61 a game, 95th percentileIlya Kovalchuk: Points, 1.15 a game, 99th percentileIlya Kovalchuk: Shots, 3.48 a game, 97th percentileIlya Kovalchuk: Hits, 0.54 a game, 22nd percentile
050100204060Alex Ovechkin 110Ilya Kovalchuk 91

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 Ilya Kovalchuk L, WSH
79 Games played 79
56 Goals 43
54 Assists 48
110 Points 91
1.39 Points per game 1.15
8 Plus/minus -12
528 Shots 275
10.6 Shooting % 15.6
243 Hits 43
72 Penalty minutes 50
23:00 Average ice time 21:48
Contract
$9.538M Cap hit $6.389M
$87K Cap dollars per point $70K

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.