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Compare players, 2009-10 season

At a glance

Alex Ovechkin Nicklas Backstrom

GoalsAssistsPointsShotsHitsThe typical playerAlex Ovechkin: Goals, 0.69 a game, 99th percentileAlex Ovechkin: Assists, 0.82 a game, 99th percentileAlex Ovechkin: Points, 1.51 a game, 99th percentileAlex Ovechkin: Shots, 5.11 a game, 99th percentileAlex Ovechkin: Hits, 2.57 a game, 95th percentileNicklas Backstrom: Goals, 0.40 a game, 94th percentileNicklas Backstrom: Assists, 0.83 a game, 99th percentileNicklas Backstrom: Points, 1.23 a game, 99th percentileNicklas Backstrom: Shots, 2.71 a game, 86th percentileNicklas Backstrom: Hits, 1.10 a game, 52nd percentile
05010020406080Alex Ovechkin 109Nicklas Backstrom 101

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 2009-10 Nicklas Backstrom C, WSH
72 Games played 82
50 Goals 33
59 Assists 68
109 Points 101
1.51 Points per game 1.23
45 Plus/minus 37
368 Shots 222
13.6 Shooting % 14.9
185 Hits 90
89 Penalty minutes 50
21:48 Average ice time 20:27
Contract
$9.538M Cap hit $850K
$88K Cap dollars per point $8K

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.