Hockey Terminal
Be a GM

Compare players, 2008-09 season

At a glance

Nicklas Backstrom Joe Thornton

GoalsAssistsPointsShotsHitsThe typical playerNicklas Backstrom: Goals, 0.27 a game, 72nd percentileNicklas Backstrom: Assists, 0.80 a game, 99th percentileNicklas Backstrom: Points, 1.07 a game, 97th percentileNicklas Backstrom: Shots, 2.12 a game, 68th percentileNicklas Backstrom: Hits, 0.63 a game, 28th percentileJoe Thornton: Goals, 0.30 a game, 80th percentileJoe Thornton: Assists, 0.74 a game, 98th percentileJoe Thornton: Points, 1.05 a game, 97th percentileJoe Thornton: Shots, 1.70 a game, 47th percentileJoe Thornton: Hits, 0.99 a game, 50th percentile
02040608020406080Nicklas Backstrom 88Joe Thornton 86

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

Nicklas Backstrom C, WSH 2008-09 Joe Thornton C, FLA
82 Games played 82
22 Goals 25
66 Assists 61
88 Points 86
1.07 Points per game 1.05
16 Plus/minus 16
174 Shots 139
12.6 Shooting % 18.0
52 Hits 81
46 Penalty minutes 56
19:57 Average ice time 19:28
Contract
$850K Cap hit $7.2M
$10K Cap dollars per point $84K

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.