Buffalo Sabres 2012-13 Media Guide - NHL.com

Vanek vs. NHL
Thomas Vanek LefT WInG Right
Born: Jan. 19, 1984 in Graz, AUZ HT: 6 ft 2 in WT: 215 lbs
team GP G a tP PiM
anaheim 7 3 2 5 0
Boston 45 25 24 49 28
Calgary 6 1 2 3 4
Carolina 26 11 15 26 18
Chicago 7 2 3 5 0
Colorado 6 2 2 4 0
Columbus 7 1 5 6 6
Dallas 6 3 2 5 4
Detroit 9 3 1 4 2
Edmonton 6 1 5 6 8
Florida 27 16 6 22 20
Los Angeles 6 3 4 7 4
Minnesota 6 5 3 8 2
Montreal 47 11 22 33 32
Nashville 6 0 4 4 0
New Jersey 28 8 3 11 16
N.Y. Islanders 25 8 9 17 20
n.y. rangers 25 8 11 19 14
ottawa 46 19 16 35 34
Philadelphia 27 11 10 21 16
Phoenix 8 2 5 7 2
Pittsburgh 26 9 6 15 24
san Jose 7 5 0 5 2
st. louis 6 0 1 1 4
Tampa Bay 28 23 10 33 12
toronto 44 22 23 45 28
Vancouver 6 2 5 7 2
Washington 27 10 10 20 8
Winnipeg 27 16 8 24 28
NHL Totals 547 230 217 447 338
Career Game Highs:
Goals: 4, 4/10/10 at oTT
assists: 3, (2x). Most recent: 10/27/11 vs. CBJ
Points: 4, (4x). Most recent: 12/16/11 vs. Tor (2+2)
Penalty Minutes: 6, 11/11/09 vs. edM
lonGest Point streak: 7 games, (2x). Most recent: 12/16/11 vs. Tor to 12/30/11 at WsH (4+6)
Career Transactions:
Selected by Buffalo in the 1st round (5th overall) of the 2003 NHL Entry Draft.
season stats:
2011-12: Games missed due to injury: four; three – upper body (2/1-2/8), one – upper body (3/10) • Has
scored at least 25 goals in all seven of his nHL seasons • recorded 11 points (3+8) over his last 10
games (3/19-4/7) • Passed dave Andreychuk for fourth-most GWG in team history (39) vs. nYI (2/21)
• Passed Miroslav satan (224) for seventh-most goals in goals in team history at PHI (2/16) • Passed
rene robert (222) for eighth-most goals in team history at CAr (1/6) • Tied career high with team-high
seven-game point streak (4+6) from 12/16-12/30 • registered 200th career assist at oTT (12/20) •
Played 500th career game vs. Tor (12/16) • Passed don Luce (216) for the ninth-most goals in team
history vs. PHI (12/7) • six-game point streaks from 10/7-10/20 (6+4) and 11/8-11/18 (3+5) • Passed Alexander
Mogilny (211) for the 10th-most goals in sabres history vs. fLA (10/29) • Became the 12th player
in team history to score 400 career points with a season-high three assists vs. CBJ (10/27).
nHL Career stats:
2010-11: Games missed due to injury: one – flu
(3/8) • Became only player in sabres history
to lead team in goals (32) for five consecutive
seasons; no other player has had more than
three • Also led team in assists (41) and points
(73); tied for lead with 11 power play goals and
five game-winning goals • 41 assists tied career
high • scored sixth career hat trick vs. TBL (4/5) •
scored 200th career goal at WsH (4/2) • scored
48 points (19+29) in 45 games from January
through the end of the season (1.07 PTs/GM)
• Tied for fourth in nHL scoring during month
of January with 16 points (5+11) • set career high
with a seven-game point streak (4+5) from 11/10-
11/20 • Had consecutive multi-point games
10/23-10/26 and 11/13-11/15 • Appeared in 400th
career nHL game at ATL (10/29) • did not dress
in final game of season • Sabres were 18-2-1
when he recorded two or more points… 2011 Playoffs:
Led team with five goals in seven games •
Scored two power play goals on three shots in
Game 6 vs. PHI (4/24) • Scored two power play
goals in Game 2 at PHI (4/16)… 2009-10: Games
missed due to injury: 11; six – lower body (3/28-
4/8); three – upper body (12/19-12/23); two – up-
79
per body (10/16-10/17) • Led sabres in goals for
fourth consecutive season • Multi-point games:
10 • Scored four goals at OTT (4/10); first Sabre
with four goals in a game since Miroslav Satan
(2/26/04) • Tied for team lead with six GWG
• Sabres were 18-5-2 when he scored a goal •
scored 300th career point (goal) vs. PHI (3/5) •
finished the season on three-game point streak
(5+1)… 2010 Playoffs: recorded points (2+1) in
each of the three games he played in • Missed
three games after suffering ankle injury in Game
2 vs. Bos (4/17)… 2008-09: Games missed due
to injury: Nine – jaw (2/11-3/4) • Multi-point
games: 17 • League leader with 20 power play
goals • scored 200th career point (goal) at nYr
(10/15) • recorded 100th career nHL assist at
Tor (1/1) • Played in 300th career nHL game vs.
MTL (3/4) • Appeared in first NHL All-Star game
• named nHL first star of the Week for the period
of 10/13-10/19 • named nHL Third star of the
Week for the period of 12/8-12/14 • Led sabres
in goal scoring for third-straight season • scored
30 goals for third-straight season • scored the
fifth hat trick of his career vs. TOR (2/4), the hat
trick was his fourth-straight natural hat trick, he