Adam Brooks or Maxim Shabanov? The NHL Stat Breakdown

The career statistics tell a clear story in this C comparison. Maxim Shabanov holds the advantage in 4 of 5 key categories, with Assists representing the most decisive gap — a 260% difference that separates these two NHL players. This is not a close debate on the numbers.

Maxim Shabanov's Assists of 18 compared to Adam Brooks's 5 represents a 260% advantage — dramatically better than their counterpart in this critical category. Adam Brooks falls 98.6% below the career average of 350 in this category while Maxim Shabanov exceeds it. It is the single most decisive number in this comparison and the clearest statistical argument for Maxim Shabanov's edge.

The most competitive category in this matchup is Plus/Minus, where Adam Brooks posts 7 against Maxim Shabanov's -10 — a gap of just 42.9%. Adam Brooks can point to this as evidence that the overall comparison is closer than the final 4-1 tally suggests. In any debate, Plus/Minus is the statistical ammunition for the Adam Brooks side.

Hockey's greatest players accumulate points through both goal scoring and playmaking. The balance between goals and assists often reveals a player's style — pure scorer versus pass-first playmaker.

Maxim Shabanov wins this head to head comparison decisively — 4 categories to 1. The 260% gap in Assists alone makes a compelling case, but the consistency across multiple categories confirms Maxim Shabanov's statistical superiority in this NHL career comparison.