Compare players, 2015-16 season

At a glance

Shawn Matthias Brad Richards

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The numbers

Shawn Matthias L, WPG		2015-16	Brad Richards C, DET
	71	Games played	68
	12	Goals	10
	16	Assists	18
	28	Points	28
	0.39	Points per game	0.41
	-17	Plus/minus	4
	101	Shots	164
	11.9	Shooting %	6.1
	68	Hits	16
	20	Penalty minutes	8
	13:31	Average ice time	14:48
Five-on-five, while he was on the ice
	48.1	Corsi for %	54.1
	-1.2	CF% relative to team	+3.0
	46.8	Fenwick for %	51.8
	47.4	Expected goals for %	49.9
	-2.1	xGF% relative to team	+0.3
	42.3	Goals for %	54.8
	98.7	PDO	100.8
	139	Shot attempts taken	192
Expected goals, all situations
	12.2	Expected goals	11.8
	0.76	Expected goals per 60	0.71
	9.1%	Chance per attempt	5.4%
	-0.2	Goals above expected	-1.8
Rating, in goals
	+3.3	Goals above replacement	+0.4
	+0.5	Wins above replacement	+0.1
	+1.7	Even-strength offence	-2.6
	-0.7	Even-strength defence	-0.7
	-0.5	Power play	+1.1
	+0.2	Penalty kill	0.0
	-0.2	Penalties	-0.2
Contract
	$2.3M	Cap hit	$3M
	$82K	Cap dollars per point	$107K
	$2.6M	Worth at the going rate	$803K
	+$339K	Value: worth minus cap hit	-$2.2M

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