LW · DET · NHL id 8470598
Thomas Vanek has played 64 games for the Detroit Red Wings in 2018-19, scoring 16 goals and 20 assists (36 points) on 108 shots while averaging 14:07 a night (11:06 at even strength, 2:32 on the power play and 0:00 shorthanded). At 5v5 the Red Wings have controlled 45% of shot attempts with Vanek on the ice (28-34 in goals, 74% offensive-zone starts). In the Red Wings' most recent game against VGK he was on L3 with Frans Nielsen and Darren Helm and on PP2. He is shooting 14.8% this season against 14.2% across the 150 games in our data.
Right now
From the Mar 23 game vs VGK, detected from shift data
Deployment timeline
2018-19 · per-game ice time by strength, with line and power-play unit changes
Usage: 17 games, 13:36 average time on ice, PP1 in 11 games, 5 line changes.
- Even strength
- Power play
- Penalty kill
- 5-game average
- Did not play
- ▲ promoted · ▼ demoted
NHL EDGE tracking
Puck and player tracking
No NHL EDGE tracking data for this player yet. Edge covers 2021-22 onward and refreshes nightly.
Shot map
2018-19 · 195 attempts, 108 on goal, 16 goals
Shot map, OPP at DET: 195 attempts, 108 on goal, 16 goals, 12.05 expected goals; best chance Thomas Vanek at 0.52 xG.
- Even strength
- Power play
- Penalty kill
- Goal
- Shot on goal
- Missed
- Blocked
Puck luck
2018-19 · cumulative goals against expected goals from his own shots
- Actual goals
- Expected
- ±1σ
- Above expected
- Below expected
Beyond the box score
2018-19 regular season · 63 of 64 games through the sequence engine (more fill in as games are reprocessed)
- −0.005
- Season net
- −0.06xG
5-on-5. Each takeaway is credited, and each giveaway charged, at the league xG value of the zone.
- Per 60
- 1.10
- Attempts
- 13
- 0.031
5-on-5 shots within 10 seconds of winning the puck outside the offensive zone.
Role changes
Notable promotions, demotions and ice-time swings from Line Watch
- Moved down to L3 from L2Apr 19, 2018 alerts →
- Dropped off PP1Oct 17, 2017 alerts →
Linemates
2018-19 · 5v5 time together and how each pairing performs with and without Vanek
No 5v5 pairing data this season yet.
Game log
64 games in 2018-19, newest first
| Date | Opp | Result | G | A | P | +/- | PIM | HIT | BLK | EV | PP | PK | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mar 23 | @ VGK | W 3-2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | — | 14:21 | 13:30 | 0:51 | — |
| Mar 21 | @ STL | L 2-5 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | 14:45 | 12:59 | 1:10 | — |
| Mar 19 | @ NYR | W 3-2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0% | 12:38 | 11:08 | 1:30 | — |
| Mar 16 | vs NYI | W 2-1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0% | 12:17 | 10:23 | 1:54 | — |
| Mar 14 | vs TBL | L 4-5 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | 15:52 | 12:01 | 2:12 | — |
| Mar 12 | @ MTL | L 1-3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | -2 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 1 | — | 14:27 | 12:32 | 1:25 | — |
| Mar 10 | @ FLA | L 1-6 | 1 | 0 | 1 | -1 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 1 | — | 13:19 | 11:54 | 1:25 | — |
| Mar 9 | @ TBL | L 2-3 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | 17:15 | 10:33 | 5:09 | — |
| Mar 7 | vs NYR | W 3-2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0% | 14:34 | 11:59 | 2:35 | — |
| Mar 5 | @ COL | OTL 3-4 | 0 | 2 | 2 | +1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | — | 14:51 | 11:32 | 3:19 | — |
| Feb 22 | vs MIN | L 2-3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | 14:27 | 11:15 | 2:05 | — |
| Feb 20 | vs CHI | OTL 4-5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0% | 14:01 | 9:50 | 4:11 | — |
| Feb 17 | vs PHI | L 1-3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | 15:22 | 11:38 | 3:03 | — |
| Feb 16 | @ PHI | OTL 5-6 | 1 | 0 | 1 | +2 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0% | 13:55 | 11:22 | 1:10 | — |
| Feb 14 | vs OTT | W 3-2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | — | 11:50 | 8:54 | 2:56 | — |
| Feb 12 | @ NSH | W 3-2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | — | 11:06 | 9:13 | 1:49 | — |
| Feb 10 | @ CHI | L 2-5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | 14:08 | 11:22 | 2:16 | — |
| Feb 9 | @ BUF | L 1-3 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0% | 18:20 | 13:10 | 3:23 | — |
| Feb 7 | vs VGK | L 3-4 | 1 | 0 | 1 | +1 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | 16:45 | 10:51 | 4:29 | — |
| Feb 2 | @ OTT | W 2-0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | +1 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0% | 16:38 | 11:44 | 4:02 | — |
Season splits by strength
2018-19 regular season · on-ice numbers from shift and play-by-play data
| Strength | GP | TOI/GP | SA | GF | GA | GF% | |||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| All situations | 64 | 903:08 | 14:07 | 882 | 778 | 53.1% | 52.5% | 486 | 447 | 56 | 48 | 54% | 50.3 | 52.7 | 84% |
| Even strength | 64 | 710:45 | 11:06 | 584 | 710 | 45.1% | 44.8% | 319 | 398 | 28 | 34 | 45% | 28.0 | 37.7 | 75% |
| 5v5 | 64 | 706:47 | 11:03 | 578 | 708 | 44.9% | 44.6% | 318 | 397 | 28 | 34 | 45% | 27.6 | 37.4 | 74% |
| Power play | 62 | 161:47 | 2:37 | 236 | 42 | 84.9% | 81.9% | 140 | 33 | 21 | 2 | 91% | 18.3 | 3.4 | 100% |
| 4v4 | 7 | 3:02 | 0:26 | 5 | 0 | 100.0% | 100.0% | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | 0.3 | 0.0 | 100% |
| 5v4 | 62 | 156:44 | 2:32 | 226 | 42 | 84.3% | 81.4% | 137 | 33 | 19 | 2 | 90% | 17.6 | 3.4 | 100% |
| 5v3 | 5 | 2:26 | 0:29 | 6 | 0 | 100.0% | 100.0% | 3 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 100% | 0.6 | 0.0 | 100% |
| 6v5, own net empty | 28 | 25:21 | 0:54 | 55 | 16 | 77.5% | 74.1% | 27 | 10 | 7 | 10 | 41% | 3.8 | 9.3 | 100% |
| 4v3 | 2 | 2:37 | 1:19 | 4 | 0 | 100.0% | 100.0% | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | 0.1 | 0.0 | 100% |
| 6v4, own net empty | 4 | 2:56 | 0:44 | 6 | 2 | 75.0% | 50.0% | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0% | 0.1 | 1.1 | 100% |
Career by season
Seasons in Edgehalla's data (2025-26 is being backfilled; earlier seasons follow)
| Season | Team | GP | G | A | P | +/- | PIM | HIT | BLK | TOI/GP | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2018-19 | DET | 64 | 16 | 20 | 36 | -12 | 26 | 108 | 14.8% | 38 | 13 | 14:07 |
| 2017-18Playoffs | CBJ | 6 | 1 | 1 | 2 | -1 | 2 | 13 | 7.7% | 2 | 0 | 15:07 |
| 2017-18 | CBJ, VAN | 80 | 24 | 32 | 56 | -3 | 36 | 168 | 14.3% | 36 | 18 | 14:05 |
On-ice and deployment numbers are derived by Edgehalla from NHL play-by-play and shift data. Tracking percentiles are from NHL EDGE. Data updates after every game.