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Compare players, 2014-15 season

At a glance

John Tavares Sidney Crosby

GoalsAssistsPointsShotsHitsCorsi for %CF% relOn-ice xG %RatingChances createdShot qualityFinishingThe typical playerJohn Tavares: Goals, 0.46 a game, 98th percentileJohn Tavares: Assists, 0.59 a game, 97th percentileJohn Tavares: Points, 1.05 a game, 99th percentileJohn Tavares: Shots, 3.39 a game, 97th percentileJohn Tavares: Hits, 0.59 a game, 19th percentileJohn Tavares: Corsi for %, 54.8%, 88th percentileJohn Tavares: CF% rel, 3.1, 79th percentileJohn Tavares: On-ice xG %, 56.4%, 89th percentileJohn Tavares: Rating, +17.4 goals above replacement, 99th percentileJohn Tavares: Chances created, 1.20 xG per 60, 98th percentileJohn Tavares: Shot quality, 9.2% a shot, 90th percentileJohn Tavares: Finishing, +4.0 goals above expected, 85th percentileSidney Crosby: Goals, 0.36 a game, 93rd percentileSidney Crosby: Assists, 0.73 a game, 99th percentileSidney Crosby: Points, 1.09 a game, 99th percentileSidney Crosby: Shots, 3.08 a game, 95th percentileSidney Crosby: Hits, 0.86 a game, 31st percentileSidney Crosby: Corsi for %, 56.0%, 93rd percentileSidney Crosby: CF% rel, 4.7, 91st percentileSidney Crosby: On-ice xG %, 57.5%, 94th percentileSidney Crosby: Rating, +18.1 goals above replacement, 99th percentileSidney Crosby: Chances created, 1.02 xG per 60, 92nd percentileSidney Crosby: Shot quality, 8.4% a shot, 81st percentileSidney Crosby: Finishing, -0.2 goals above expected, 52nd percentile
02040608020406080John Tavares 86Sidney Crosby 84

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

John Tavares
Sidney Crosby

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The numbers

John Tavares C, TOR 2014-15 Sidney Crosby C, PIT
82 Games played 77
38 Goals 28
48 Assists 56
86 Points 84
1.05 Points per game 1.09
5 Plus/minus 5
278 Shots 237
13.7 Shooting % 11.8
48 Hits 66
46 Penalty minutes 47
20:40 Average ice time 19:58
Five-on-five, while he was on the ice
54.8 Corsi for % 56.0
+3.1 CF% relative to team +4.7
55.1 Fenwick for % 55.7
56.4 Expected goals for % 57.5
+2.0 xGF% relative to team +7.8
52.9 Goals for % 57.6
99.3 PDO 100.7
336 Shot attempts taken 259
Expected goals, all situations
34.0 Expected goals 26.2
1.20 Expected goals per 60 1.02
9.2% Chance per attempt 8.4%
+4.0 Goals above expected -0.2
Rating, in goals
+17.4 Goals above replacement +18.1
+2.9 Wins above replacement +3.0
+9.5 Even-strength offence +9.4
-0.3 Even-strength defence -0.7
+3.2 Power play +2.9
+0.1 Penalty kill -0.1
+0.2 Penalties +2.3
Contract
$5.5M Cap hit $8.7M
$64K Cap dollars per point $104K
$11M Worth at the going rate $11.4M
+$5.5M Value: worth minus cap hit +$2.7M

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