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Compare players, 2008-09 season

At a glance

Sidney Crosby Ilya Kovalchuk

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 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
050100204060Sidney Crosby 103Ilya 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

Sidney Crosby C, PIT 2008-09 Ilya Kovalchuk L, WSH
77 Games played 79
33 Goals 43
70 Assists 48
103 Points 91
1.34 Points per game 1.15
3 Plus/minus -12
238 Shots 275
13.9 Shooting % 15.6
80 Hits 43
76 Penalty minutes 50
21:57 Average ice time 21:48
Contract
$8.7M Cap hit $6.389M
$84K 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.