Compare players, 2017-18 season

At a glance

Will Butcher Dustin Byfuglien

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Where they shot from

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The numbers

Will Butcher D, BUF		2017-18	Dustin Byfuglien D, WPG
	81	Games played	69
	5	Goals	8
	39	Assists	37
	44	Points	45
	0.54	Points per game	0.65
	1	Plus/minus	15
	88	Shots	193
	5.7	Shooting %	4.1
	21	Hits	147
	8	Penalty minutes	112
	16:04	Average ice time	24:20
Five-on-five, while he was on the ice
	53.2	Corsi for %	51.6
	+6.0	CF% relative to team	+0.8
	53.9	Fenwick for %	51.6
	56.3	Expected goals for %	53.4
	+8.6	xGF% relative to team	+2.6
	53.9	Goals for %	56.3
	99.8	PDO	101.8
	160	Shot attempts taken	262
Expected goals, all situations
	5.7	Expected goals	10.9
	0.26	Expected goals per 60	0.39
	3.7%	Chance per attempt	3.9%
	-0.7	Goals above expected	-2.9
Rating, in goals
	+9.5	Goals above replacement	+3.7
	+1.6	Wins above replacement	+0.6
	+2.4	Even-strength offence	+2.4
	+1.6	Even-strength defence	+0.9
	+1.1	Power play	-0.4
	0.0	Penalty kill	-0.6
	+0.1	Penalties	-4.2
Contract
	$925K	Cap hit	$7.6M
	$21K	Cap dollars per point	$169K
	$6.7M	Worth at the going rate	$3M
	+$5.7M	Value: worth minus cap hit	-$4.6M

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