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Compare players, 2008-09 season

At a glance

Matt Niskanen Ed Jovanovski

GoalsAssistsPointsShotsHitsThe typical playerMatt Niskanen: Goals, 0.08 a game, 69th percentileMatt Niskanen: Assists, 0.36 a game, 83rd percentileMatt Niskanen: Points, 0.44 a game, 77th percentileMatt Niskanen: Shots, 1.39 a game, 66th percentileMatt Niskanen: Hits, 1.09 a game, 51st percentileEd Jovanovski: Goals, 0.11 a game, 80th percentileEd Jovanovski: Assists, 0.33 a game, 77th percentileEd Jovanovski: Points, 0.44 a game, 78th percentileEd Jovanovski: Shots, 2.37 a game, 94th percentileEd Jovanovski: Hits, 1.61 a game, 74th percentile
010203020406080Ed Jovanovski 36Matt Niskanen 35

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

Matt Niskanen D, PHI 2008-09 Ed Jovanovski D, FLA
80 Games played 82
6 Goals 9
29 Assists 27
35 Points 36
0.44 Points per game 0.44
-11 Plus/minus -15
111 Shots 194
5.4 Shooting % 4.6
87 Hits 132
52 Penalty minutes 106
19:58 Average ice time 22:10

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.