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Compare players, 2017-18 season

At a glance

Rickard Rakell Patrik Laine

GoalsAssistsPointsShotsHitsCorsi for %CF% relOn-ice xG %RatingChances createdShot qualityFinishingThe typical playerRickard Rakell: Goals, 0.44 a game, 96th percentileRickard Rakell: Assists, 0.45 a game, 85th percentileRickard Rakell: Points, 0.90 a game, 91st percentileRickard Rakell: Shots, 2.99 a game, 93rd percentileRickard Rakell: Hits, 1.49 a game, 71st percentileRickard Rakell: Corsi for %, 49.7%, 44th percentileRickard Rakell: CF% rel, 1.2, 61st percentileRickard Rakell: On-ice xG %, 50.2%, 50th percentileRickard Rakell: Rating, +9.0 goals above replacement, 86th percentileRickard Rakell: Chances created, 0.98 xG per 60, 86th percentileRickard Rakell: Shot quality, 7.6% a shot, 51st percentileRickard Rakell: Finishing, +9.5 goals above expected, 95th percentilePatrik Laine: Goals, 0.54 a game, 99th percentilePatrik Laine: Assists, 0.32 a game, 69th percentilePatrik Laine: Points, 0.85 a game, 89th percentilePatrik Laine: Shots, 2.94 a game, 91st percentilePatrik Laine: Hits, 0.90 a game, 46th percentilePatrik Laine: Corsi for %, 50.2%, 52nd percentilePatrik Laine: CF% rel, -1.8, 28th percentilePatrik Laine: On-ice xG %, 48.8%, 37th percentilePatrik Laine: Rating, +5.9 goals above replacement, 73rd percentilePatrik Laine: Chances created, 0.97 xG per 60, 83rd percentilePatrik Laine: Shot quality, 6.2% a shot, 12th percentilePatrik Laine: Finishing, +20.2 goals above expected, 99th percentile
020406020406080Patrik Laine 70Rickard Rakell 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.

Where they shot from

Rickard Rakell
Patrik Laine

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The numbers

Rickard Rakell R, PIT 2017-18 Patrik Laine L, MTL
77 Games played 82
34 Goals 44
35 Assists 26
69 Points 70
0.90 Points per game 0.85
6 Plus/minus 8
230 Shots 241
14.8 Shooting % 18.3
115 Hits 74
14 Penalty minutes 24
19:25 Average ice time 16:29
Five-on-five, while he was on the ice
49.7 Corsi for % 50.2
+1.2 CF% relative to team -1.8
48.9 Fenwick for % 50.2
50.2 Expected goals for % 48.8
+1.6 xGF% relative to team -5.4
53.5 Goals for % 59.4
102.0 PDO 103.6
293 Shot attempts taken 295
Expected goals, all situations
24.5 Expected goals 21.8
0.98 Expected goals per 60 0.97
7.6% Chance per attempt 6.2%
+9.5 Goals above expected +20.2
Rating, in goals
+9.0 Goals above replacement +5.9
+1.5 Wins above replacement +1.0
+3.1 Even-strength offence +0.4
-1.2 Even-strength defence -1.9
+1.3 Power play +3.1
+0.1 Penalty kill +0.0
+1.6 Penalties +0.6
Contract
$3.789M Cap hit $925K
$55K Cap dollars per point $13K
$6.4M Worth at the going rate $4.4M
+$2.6M Value: worth minus cap hit +$3.4M

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