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Compare players, 2012-13 season

At a glance

Matt Niskanen TJ Brodie

GoalsAssistsPointsShotsHitsCorsi for %CF% relOn-ice xG %RatingChances createdShot qualityFinishingThe typical playerMatt Niskanen: Goals, 0.10 a game, 74th percentileMatt Niskanen: Assists, 0.25 a game, 65th percentileMatt Niskanen: Points, 0.35 a game, 70th percentileMatt Niskanen: Shots, 1.68 a game, 74th percentileMatt Niskanen: Hits, 1.23 a game, 48th percentileMatt Niskanen: Corsi for %, 51.0%, 62nd percentileMatt Niskanen: CF% rel, 3.4, 84th percentileMatt Niskanen: On-ice xG %, 48.9%, 41st percentileMatt Niskanen: Rating, +0.3 goals above replacement, 34th percentileMatt Niskanen: Chances created, 0.23 xG per 60, 75th percentileMatt Niskanen: Shot quality, 2.9% a shot, 37th percentileMatt Niskanen: Finishing, +0.8 goals above expected, 71st percentileTJ Brodie: Goals, 0.04 a game, 43rd percentileTJ Brodie: Assists, 0.26 a game, 67th percentileTJ Brodie: Points, 0.30 a game, 62nd percentileTJ Brodie: Shots, 0.94 a game, 33rd percentileTJ Brodie: Hits, 0.51 a game, 10th percentileTJ Brodie: Corsi for %, 50.4%, 54th percentileTJ Brodie: CF% rel, 4.9, 91st percentileTJ Brodie: On-ice xG %, 50.6%, 58th percentileTJ Brodie: Rating, +5.0 goals above replacement, 89th percentileTJ Brodie: Chances created, 0.16 xG per 60, 41st percentileTJ Brodie: Shot quality, 3.8% a shot, 81st percentileTJ Brodie: Finishing, -0.6 goals above expected, 34th percentile
05102040Matt Niskanen 14TJ Brodie 14

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

Matt Niskanen
TJ Brodie

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The numbers

Matt Niskanen D, PHI 2012-13 TJ Brodie D, CHI
40 Games played 47
4 Goals 2
10 Assists 12
14 Points 14
0.35 Points per game 0.30
4 Plus/minus -9
67 Shots 44
6.0 Shooting % 4.5
49 Hits 24
12 Penalty minutes 8
20:21 Average ice time 20:13
Five-on-five, while he was on the ice
51.0 Corsi for % 50.4
+3.4 CF% relative to team +4.9
51.2 Fenwick for % 50.5
48.9 Expected goals for % 50.6
-3.4 xGF% relative to team +4.4
55.8 Goals for % 42.1
101.4 PDO 97.3
111 Shot attempts taken 80
Expected goals, all situations
3.2 Expected goals 2.6
0.23 Expected goals per 60 0.16
2.9% Chance per attempt 3.8%
+0.8 Goals above expected -0.6
Rating, in goals
+0.3 Goals above replacement +5.0
+0.0 Wins above replacement +0.8
-0.4 Even-strength offence -1.3
-0.8 Even-strength defence +2.9
-0.7 Power play -0.3
+0.2 Penalty kill -0.1
-0.7 Penalties +0.6
Contract
$2.3M Cap hit $567K
$164K Cap dollars per point $40K
$778K Worth at the going rate $4.9M
-$1.5M Value: worth minus cap hit +$4.3M

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