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Compare players, 2008-09 season

At a glance

Alex Ovechkin Sidney Crosby

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 percentileSidney Crosby: Goals, 0.43 a game, 95th percentileSidney Crosby: Assists, 0.91 a game, 99th percentileSidney Crosby: Points, 1.34 a game, 99th percentileSidney Crosby: Shots, 3.09 a game, 92nd percentileSidney Crosby: Hits, 1.04 a game, 53rd percentile
050100204060Alex Ovechkin 110Sidney Crosby 103

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 Sidney Crosby C, PIT
79 Games played 77
56 Goals 33
54 Assists 70
110 Points 103
1.39 Points per game 1.34
8 Plus/minus 3
528 Shots 238
10.6 Shooting % 13.9
243 Hits 80
72 Penalty minutes 76
23:00 Average ice time 21:57
Contract
$9.538M Cap hit $8.7M
$87K Cap dollars per point $84K

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.