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Compare players, 2007-08 season

At a glance

Nicklas Backstrom Tomas Plekanec

GoalsAssistsPointsShotsHitsThe typical playerNicklas Backstrom: Goals, 0.17 a game, 51st percentileNicklas Backstrom: Assists, 0.67 a game, 97th percentileNicklas Backstrom: Points, 0.84 a game, 89th percentileNicklas Backstrom: Shots, 1.87 a game, 60th percentileNicklas Backstrom: Hits, 0.41 a game, 17th percentileTomas Plekanec: Goals, 0.36 a game, 90th percentileTomas Plekanec: Assists, 0.49 a game, 87th percentileTomas Plekanec: Points, 0.85 a game, 89th percentileTomas Plekanec: Shots, 2.30 a game, 75th percentileTomas Plekanec: Hits, 0.40 a game, 16th percentile
020406020406080Nicklas Backstrom 69Tomas Plekanec 69

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 2007-08 Tomas Plekanec C, MTL
82 Games played 81
14 Goals 29
55 Assists 40
69 Points 69
0.84 Points per game 0.85
13 Plus/minus 15
153 Shots 186
9.2 Shooting % 15.6
34 Hits 32
24 Penalty minutes 42
19:00 Average ice time 18:05
Contract
$850K Cap hit $1.6M
$12K Cap dollars per point $23K

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.