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Compare players, 2014-15 season

At a glance

Benoit Pouliot Patrik Elias

GoalsAssistsPointsShotsHitsCorsi for %CF% relOn-ice xG %RatingChances createdShot qualityFinishingThe typical playerBenoit Pouliot: Goals, 0.33 a game, 90th percentileBenoit Pouliot: Assists, 0.26 a game, 55th percentileBenoit Pouliot: Points, 0.59 a game, 75th percentileBenoit Pouliot: Shots, 1.81 a game, 57th percentileBenoit Pouliot: Hits, 1.22 a game, 51st percentileBenoit Pouliot: Corsi for %, 50.4%, 48th percentileBenoit Pouliot: CF% rel, 2.9, 78th percentileBenoit Pouliot: On-ice xG %, 44.4%, 15th percentileBenoit Pouliot: Rating, +3.5 goals above replacement, 54th percentileBenoit Pouliot: Chances created, 0.77 xG per 60, 60th percentileBenoit Pouliot: Shot quality, 8.0% a shot, 70th percentileBenoit Pouliot: Finishing, +6.7 goals above expected, 92nd percentilePatrik Elias: Goals, 0.19 a game, 57th percentilePatrik Elias: Assists, 0.30 a game, 65th percentilePatrik Elias: Points, 0.49 a game, 62nd percentilePatrik Elias: Shots, 1.65 a game, 48th percentilePatrik Elias: Hits, 0.33 a game, 5th percentilePatrik Elias: Corsi for %, 48.1%, 33rd percentilePatrik Elias: CF% rel, 0.2, 49th percentilePatrik Elias: On-ice xG %, 46.7%, 25th percentilePatrik Elias: Rating, +0.9 goals above replacement, 31st percentilePatrik Elias: Chances created, 0.65 xG per 60, 38th percentilePatrik Elias: Shot quality, 8.2% a shot, 76th percentilePatrik Elias: Finishing, -0.2 goals above expected, 52nd percentile
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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.

Where they shot from

Benoit Pouliot
Patrik Elias

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The numbers

Benoit Pouliot L, BUF 2014-15 Patrik Elias C, NJD
58 Games played 69
19 Goals 13
15 Assists 21
34 Points 34
0.59 Points per game 0.49
-1 Plus/minus -20
105 Shots 114
18.1 Shooting % 11.4
71 Hits 23
28 Penalty minutes 12
16:37 Average ice time 17:39
Five-on-five, while he was on the ice
50.4 Corsi for % 48.1
+2.9 CF% relative to team +0.2
48.3 Fenwick for % 47.6
44.4 Expected goals for % 46.7
-0.7 xGF% relative to team -2.5
50.7 Goals for % 40.4
101.0 PDO 98.7
136 Shot attempts taken 130
Expected goals, all situations
12.3 Expected goals 13.2
0.77 Expected goals per 60 0.65
8.0% Chance per attempt 8.2%
+6.7 Goals above expected -0.2
Rating, in goals
+3.5 Goals above replacement +0.9
+0.6 Wins above replacement +0.2
+1.9 Even-strength offence -0.4
-1.9 Even-strength defence -2.5
+0.6 Power play +0.1
+0.4 Penalty kill -0.1
-0.2 Penalties +0.5
Contract
$4M Cap hit $5.5M
$118K Cap dollars per point $162K
$2.7M Worth at the going rate $1.1M
-$1.3M Value: worth minus cap hit -$4.4M

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. What the advanced numbers mean