What is Points?

Goals plus assists — the standard measure of a player's offensive output.

What this tells us

When a player scores or directly sets up a goal, he gets a point. The more points a player accumulates, the more he's contributing to his team's offense. A player's point total is the simplest way to compare how much different players are helping their team score.

Limitations

Points don't tell you *how* a player is scoring — whether he's finishing chances himself or creating them for teammates. They also don't account for the quality of those chances; an assist on a tap-in from the goal line counts the same as an assist on a breakaway. And in games where a team is trailing badly, a player might rack up points in lopsided games that don't reflect competitive contribution. That's why we also show goals and assists separately, so you can see which side of the offense he's on.

Example

A first-line winger might accumulate 70–90 points over a full season (about 0.85–1.10 per game). A depth forward typically stays in the 40–60 range.