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Compare players, 2009-10 season

At a glance

Sidney Crosby Nicklas Backstrom

GoalsAssistsPointsShotsHitsThe typical playerSidney Crosby: Goals, 0.63 a game, 99th percentileSidney Crosby: Assists, 0.72 a game, 97th percentileSidney Crosby: Points, 1.35 a game, 99th percentileSidney Crosby: Shots, 3.68 a game, 97th percentileSidney Crosby: Hits, 0.78 a game, 33rd 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
05010020406080Sidney Crosby 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

Sidney Crosby C, PIT 2009-10 Nicklas Backstrom C, WSH
81 Games played 82
51 Goals 33
58 Assists 68
109 Points 101
1.35 Points per game 1.23
15 Plus/minus 37
298 Shots 222
17.1 Shooting % 14.9
63 Hits 90
71 Penalty minutes 50
21:57 Average ice time 20:27
Contract
$8.7M Cap hit $850K
$80K 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.