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Compare players, 2008-09 season

At a glance

Sidney Crosby Pavel Datsyuk

GoalsAssistsPointsShotsHitsThe typical playerSidney 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 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
05010020406080Sidney Crosby 103Pavel 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

Sidney Crosby C, PIT 2008-09 Pavel Datsyuk C, DET
77 Games played 81
33 Goals 32
70 Assists 65
103 Points 97
1.34 Points per game 1.20
3 Plus/minus 34
238 Shots 248
13.9 Shooting % 12.9
80 Hits 76
76 Penalty minutes 22
21:57 Average ice time 19:13
Contract
$8.7M Cap hit $6.7M
$84K 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.