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Compare players, 2008-09 season

At a glance

Nicklas Backstrom Ilya Kovalchuk

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 percentileIlya Kovalchuk: Goals, 0.54 a game, 99th percentileIlya Kovalchuk: Assists, 0.61 a game, 95th percentileIlya Kovalchuk: Points, 1.15 a game, 99th percentileIlya Kovalchuk: Shots, 3.48 a game, 97th percentileIlya Kovalchuk: Hits, 0.54 a game, 22nd percentile
02040608020406080Ilya Kovalchuk 91Nicklas Backstrom 88

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 Ilya Kovalchuk L, WSH
82 Games played 79
22 Goals 43
66 Assists 48
88 Points 91
1.07 Points per game 1.15
16 Plus/minus -12
174 Shots 275
12.6 Shooting % 15.6
52 Hits 43
46 Penalty minutes 50
19:57 Average ice time 21:48
Contract
$850K Cap hit $6.389M
$10K Cap dollars per point $70K

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.