Compare players, 2021-22 season

At a glance

Nico Hischier Blake Wheeler

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Where they shot from

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The numbers

Nico Hischier C, NJD		2021-22	Blake Wheeler R, NYR
	70	Games played	65
	21	Goals	17
	39	Assists	43
	60	Points	60
	0.86	Points per game	0.92
	-1	Plus/minus	-15
	153	Shots	167
	13.7	Shooting %	10.2
	50	Hits	62
	17	Penalty minutes	36
	19:21	Average ice time	19:32
Five-on-five, while he was on the ice
	52.1	Corsi for %	50.1
	+2.2	CF% relative to team	+1.3
	52.7	Fenwick for %	50.0
	54.0	Expected goals for %	49.4
	+3.4	xGF% relative to team	-0.1
	52.2	Goals for %	47.8
	99.7	PDO	99.1
	172	Shot attempts taken	203
Expected goals, all situations
	20.4	Expected goals	20.0
	0.90	Expected goals per 60	0.94
	9.6%	Chance per attempt	9.6%
	-0.4	Goals above expected	-4.0
Rating, in goals
	+9.1	Goals above replacement	+3.6
	+1.5	Wins above replacement	+0.6
	+4.1	Even-strength offence	+4.2
	+1.6	Even-strength defence	-3.0
	-1.1	Power play	-0.1
	-0.6	Penalty kill	-0.1
	+1.3	Penalties	-0.9
Contract
	$7.25M	Cap hit	$8.25M
	$121K	Cap dollars per point	$138K
	$7.2M	Worth at the going rate	$3.3M
	-$21K	Value: worth minus cap hit	-$4.9M

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