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Thomas Vanek

Position: LW
Shoots: Right
Height: 6-2    Weight: 205 lbs.
Born: January 19, 1984 in Vienna, Austria

Drafted by the Buffalo Sabres in the 1st round (5th overall) of the 2003 NHL Entry Draft.

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Fan Ratings

Fine Details ▪ Last Updated Feb 11, 2012, 10:21AM
All-Time NHL Skater Rank: #308. Bob Pulford… #309. Terry O'Reilly… #310. THOMAS VANEK… #311. Don McKenney… #311. Todd Bertuzzi… #311. Adam Graves… #311. Bryan McCabe… 

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Season Age Tm Lg GP G A PTS GC +/- PIM EV PP SH GW S S% TOI ATOI
2005-06 22 BUF NHL 81 25 23 48 19 -11 72 14 11 0 4 204 12.3 1193 14:44
2006-07 23 BUF NHL 82 43 41 84 33 47 40 28 15 0 5 237 18.1 1376 16:47
2007-08 24 BUF NHL 82 36 28 64 26 -5 64 17 19 0 9 240 15.0 1382 16:51
2008-09 25 BUF NHL 73 40 24 64 28 -1 44 18 20 2 5 211 19.0 1255 17:12
2009-10 26 BUF NHL 71 28 25 53 21 9 42 18 10 0 6 182 15.4 1190 16:46
2010-11 27 BUF NHL 80 32 41 73 28 2 24 21 11 0 5 238 13.4 1388 17:21
2011-12 28 BUF NHL 51 20 22 42 17 -5 40 11 9 0 4 138 14.5 872 17:06
Career NHL 520 224 204 428 173 36 326 127 95 2 38 1450 15.4 8657 16:39

NHL Miscellaneous

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Per Game Adjusted Plus/Minus Point Shares
Season Age Tm Lg GP G A PTS GC PIM S G A PTS GC TGF PGF TGA PGA +/- OPS DPS PS
2005-06 22 BUF NHL 81 0.31 0.28 0.59 0.24 0.89 2.52 25 22 47 20 74 37 48 0 -11 3.6 1.1 4.7
2006-07 23 BUF NHL 82 0.52 0.50 1.02 0.41 0.49 2.89 45 41 86 36 121 36 39 1 47 8.9 2.7 11.6
2007-08 24 BUF NHL 82 0.44 0.34 0.78 0.32 0.78 2.93 40 30 70 30 94 37 62 0 -5 6.7 1.1 7.8
2008-09 25 BUF NHL 73 0.55 0.33 0.88 0.38 0.60 2.89 42 24 66 29 93 42 53 1 -1 7.3 1.4 8.7
2009-10 26 BUF NHL 71 0.39 0.35 0.75 0.30 0.59 2.56 31 26 57 24 84 35 41 1 9 5.2 1.8 7.0
2010-11 27 BUF NHL 80 0.40 0.51 0.91 0.35 0.30 2.98 35 44 79 31 103 40 63 2 2 7.6 1.6 9.1
2011-12 28 BUF NHL 51 0.39 0.43 0.82 0.33 0.78 2.71 34 36 70 28 -5 4.5 0.8 5.3
Career NHL 520 0.43 0.39 0.82 0.33 0.63 2.79 252 223 475 198 569 227 306 5 36 43.9 10.3 54.3

NHL Playoffs

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Season Age Tm Lg GP G A PTS GC +/- PIM EV PP SH GW S S% TOI ATOI
2005-06 22 BUF NHL 10 2 0 2 -1 6 0 2 0 0 16 12.5 107 10:45
2006-07 23 BUF NHL 16 6 4 10 2 10 5 1 0 2 36 16.7 263 16:27
2009-10 26 BUF NHL 3 2 1 3 1 2 2 0 0 0 10 20.0 41 13:38
2010-11 27 BUF NHL 7 5 0 5 -7 0 1 4 0 0 20 25.0 120 17:10
Career NHL 36 15 5 20 -5 18 8 7 0 2 82 18.3 532 14:46

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Season Age Team Lg GP G A PTS GC +/- PIM EV PP SH GW S S% TOI ATOI
1999-00 16 Sioux Falls Stampede USHL 35 15 18 33 12
2000-01 17 Sioux Falls Stampede USHL 20 19 10 29 15
2001-02 18 Sioux Falls Stampede USHL 53 46 45 91 54
2001-02 18 Austria WJC-B 5 5 6 11 5 2 4 1 0 0
2002-03 19 University of Minnesota WCHA 45 31 31 62 60 24 7 0 5
2002-03 19 Austria WJC-B 5 9 4 13 5 10 3 5 1 2
2003-04 20 University of Minnesota WCHA 38 26 25 51 72 19 6 1 3
2003-04 20 Austria WJC-A 6 3 1 4 37
2003-04 20 Austria WC-A 6 2 5 7 0
2004-05 21 Rochester Americans AHL 74 42 26 68 -3 62 17 25 0 6
2004-05 21 Austria Oly-Q 3 1 0 1 -1 0 0 1 0 0
2007-08 24 Austria WC-B 5 5 5 10 2 6 2 3 0 0
Career 1 Season AHL 74 42 26 68 -3 62 17 25 0 6
Career 1 Season Oly-Q 3 1 0 1 -1 0 0 1 0 0
Career 3 Seasons USHL 108 80 73 153 81
Career 1 Season WC-A 6 2 5 7 0
Career 1 Season WC-B 5 5 5 10 2 6 2 3 0 0
Career 2 Seasons WCHA 83 57 56 113 132 43 13 1 8
Career 1 Season WJC-A 6 3 1 4 37
Career 2 Seasons WJC-B 10 14 10 24 10 12 7 6 1 2

Other Playoffs

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Season Age Team Lg GP G A PTS GC +/- PIM EV PP SH GW S S% TOI ATOI
1999-00 16 Sioux Falls Stampede USHL 3 0 1 1 0
2000-01 17 Sioux Falls Stampede USHL 8 5 4 9 2
2001-02 18 Sioux Falls Stampede USHL 3 0 0 0 9
2004-05 21 Rochester Americans AHL 5 2 3 5 4 10 2 0 0 2
Career 1 Season AHL 5 2 3 5 4 10 2 0 0 2
Career 3 Seasons USHL 14 5 5 10 11

Similarity Scores

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Thru 6 Years Adjusted Point Shares (Best to Worst)
Player 1 2 3 4 5 6
Thomas Vanek 11.6 9.1 8.7 7.8 7.0 4.7
Ryan Getzlaf 94.2 10.5 9.2 8.4 7.2 7.0 4.2
Pierre Turgeon 93.8 12.0 9.1 8.6 7.5 6.7 1.9
Glenn Anderson 93.3 9.5 8.9 8.8 8.0 6.6 4.3
Dale Hawerchuk 92.8 11.1 9.1 7.9 7.8 7.1 7.0
Mats Sundin 92.8 10.5 8.7 7.7 6.0 5.2 3.8
Denis Savard 92.6 9.6 9.2 8.2 7.9 6.9 5.8
Joe Sakic 92.4 9.8 9.3 8.1 7.6 7.6 3.5
Alexei Yashin 91.9 12.0 9.5 8.3 5.8 4.4 3.3
Alex Tanguay 91.5 10.5 9.3 8.4 8.3 5.3 5.0
Marcel Dionne 91.4 12.8 11.0 8.7 8.6 7.2 6.0
Career Adjusted Point Shares (Best to Worst)
Player 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13
Thomas Vanek 11.6 9.1 8.7 7.8 7.0 4.7
Ryan Getzlaf 92.8 10.5 9.2 8.4 7.2 7.0 4.2
Eddie Gerard 89.0 5.5 5.1 5.0 3.8 3.7 3.4
Alexander Semin 86.6 11.7 10.7 8.8 8.0 4.8 2.4
Eric Staal 86.4 11.1 9.8 9.4 8.5 8.4 7.1 2.5
Jeff Carter 86.4 11.7 9.5 8.0 6.6 4.9 2.6
Corey Perry 83.8 13.3 8.5 8.1 7.5 4.9 2.6
Carson Cooper 83.4 10.2 9.4 4.9 4.6 4.4 3.5 1.1 0.1
Jason Allison 82.0 11.3 9.9 7.9 7.7 4.7 3.1 2.9 2.1 0.1 0.1 -0.3
Kent Nilsson 81.7 10.9 8.9 8.2 7.0 5.3 4.7 3.8 3.7 -0.1
Tim Kerr 81.3 10.3 9.3 8.6 8.1 7.6 4.1 3.1 2.8 1.8 1.5 0.9 0.4 -0.4

Appearances on Leaderboards, Awards, and Honors

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All-Star Games

2009 NHL

Honors

2006-07 NHL NHL All-Star Team (2nd)

Games Played

2006-07 NHL 82 (2)
2007-08 NHL 82 (3)

Goals

2006-07 NHL 43 (5)
2008-09 NHL 40 (5)

Plus/Minus

2006-07 NHL 47 (1)

Even Strength Goals

2006-07 NHL 28 (6)

Power Play Goals

2007-08 NHL 19 (2)
2008-09 NHL 20 (1)
 2011-12 NHL 9 (7)

Game-Winning Goals

2007-08 NHL 9 (3)
2009-10 NHL 6 (10)

Shooting Percentage

2006-07 NHL 18.1 (9)
2008-09 NHL 19.0 (4)
Active 15.4 (5)

Goals Per Game

2006-07 NHL 0.52 (8)
2008-09 NHL 0.55 (5)
Active 0.43 (9)
Career NHL 0.43 (71)

Adjusted Goals

2006-07 NHL 45 (5)
2008-09 NHL 42 (5)
  

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