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Compare players, 2014-15 season

At a glance

Max Pacioretty Joe Thornton

GoalsAssistsPointsShotsHitsCorsi for %CF% relOn-ice xG %RatingChances createdShot qualityFinishingThe typical playerMax Pacioretty: Goals, 0.46 a game, 98th percentileMax Pacioretty: Assists, 0.38 a game, 79th percentileMax Pacioretty: Points, 0.84 a game, 93rd percentileMax Pacioretty: Shots, 3.78 a game, 99th percentileMax Pacioretty: Hits, 1.33 a game, 55th percentileMax Pacioretty: Corsi for %, 51.5%, 59th percentileMax Pacioretty: CF% rel, 4.6, 90th percentileMax Pacioretty: On-ice xG %, 52.9%, 67th percentileMax Pacioretty: Rating, +10.2 goals above replacement, 90th percentileMax Pacioretty: Chances created, 1.02 xG per 60, 92nd percentileMax Pacioretty: Shot quality, 6.6% a shot, 25th percentileMax Pacioretty: Finishing, +7.5 goals above expected, 96th percentileJoe Thornton: Goals, 0.21 a game, 62nd percentileJoe Thornton: Assists, 0.63 a game, 98th percentileJoe Thornton: Points, 0.83 a game, 93rd percentileJoe Thornton: Shots, 1.68 a game, 50th percentileJoe Thornton: Hits, 0.50 a game, 13th percentileJoe Thornton: Corsi for %, 58.3%, 98th percentileJoe Thornton: CF% rel, 9.6, 99th percentileJoe Thornton: On-ice xG %, 58.3%, 97th percentileJoe Thornton: Rating, +12.0 goals above replacement, 94th percentileJoe Thornton: Chances created, 0.52 xG per 60, 19th percentileJoe Thornton: Shot quality, 6.8% a shot, 33rd percentileJoe Thornton: Finishing, -1.4 goals above expected, 41st percentile
020406020406080Max Pacioretty 67Joe Thornton 65

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

Max Pacioretty
Joe Thornton

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The numbers

Max Pacioretty L, TOR 2014-15 Joe Thornton C, FLA
80 Games played 78
37 Goals 16
30 Assists 49
67 Points 65
0.84 Points per game 0.83
38 Plus/minus -4
302 Shots 131
12.3 Shooting % 12.2
106 Hits 39
32 Penalty minutes 30
19:24 Average ice time 18:25
Five-on-five, while he was on the ice
51.5 Corsi for % 58.3
+4.6 CF% relative to team +9.6
51.7 Fenwick for % 58.6
52.9 Expected goals for % 58.3
+6.6 xGF% relative to team +9.9
67.5 Goals for % 48.2
104.4 PDO 97.3
402 Shot attempts taken 172
Expected goals, all situations
26.5 Expected goals 12.4
1.02 Expected goals per 60 0.52
6.6% Chance per attempt 6.8%
+7.5 Goals above expected -1.4
Rating, in goals
+10.2 Goals above replacement +12.0
+1.7 Wins above replacement +2.0
+7.4 Even-strength offence +3.2
-1.1 Even-strength defence +2.9
-0.4 Power play +2.0
0.0 Penalty kill -0.2
+0.0 Penalties +0.2
Contract
$4.5M Cap hit $6.75M
$67K Cap dollars per point $104K
$6.7M Worth at the going rate $7.8M
+$2.2M Value: worth minus cap hit +$1.1M

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