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Derek Dorsett

#15 · Right wing · Vancouver Canucks

Born Dec 20, 1986 in Kindersley, Saskatchewan, CAN · 6'0", 192 lb · Shoots right · Drafted 189th overall in 2006 by CBJ (round 7)

Compare with a similar player

The forwards closest to him in points in 2013-14. Pick one to see the two side by side, or choose someone else.

Daniel Cleary DET · 8 P in 52 GP Paul Bissonnette PHX · 8 P in 39 GP Ryan Reaves STL · 8 P in 63 GP Shawn Thornton BOS · 8 P in 64 GP Tim Kennedy PHX · 8 P in 37 GP

Career

Regular season games only. Pick a season to see its game log below. Cap hit is what he counted against the salary cap that season, where it is known.

05101520252008-09: 5 points508-092009-10: 14 points1409-102010-11: 17 points1710-112011-12: 20 points2011-122012-13: 9 points912-132013-14: 8 points813-142014-15: 25 points2514-152015-16: 16 points1615-162016-17: 4 points416-172017-18: 9 points917-18

Points by season. The darker bar is the season shown below.

Season Team GP G A P +/- PIM Shots Hits P/GP Cap hit
2008-09 CBJ 52 4 1 5 -1 150 59 116 0.10
2009-10 CBJ 51 4 10 14 6 105 57 102 0.27
2010-11 CBJ 76 4 13 17 -15 184 112 195 0.22 $1.633M
2011-12 CBJ 77 12 8 20 -11 235 137 199 0.26 $1.633M
2012-13 CBJ 24 3 6 9 -11 53 38 55 0.38 $1.633M
2013-14 NYR 51 4 4 8 -1 128 67 102 0.16 $1.633M
2014-15 VAN 79 7 18 25 4 175 89 166 0.32 $1.633M
2015-16 VAN 71 5 11 16 -13 177 91 127 0.23 $2.65M
2016-17 VAN 14 1 3 4 -6 33 24 35 0.29 $2.65M
2017-18 VAN 20 7 2 9 -1 74 26 39 0.45 $2.65M
10 seasons Career 515 51 76 127 -49 1314 700 1136 0.25

Playoffs

Playoff games only. Pick a season to see that year's bracket.

Season Team GP G A P +/- PIM Shots Hits P/GP
2008-09 CBJ 3 0 0 0 -1 2 7 14 0.00
2012-13 NYR 11 0 1 1 -5 28 13 28 0.09
2013-14 NYR 23 0 1 1 -2 19 20 56 0.04
2014-15 VAN 6 0 0 0 -3 20 5 17 0.00
4 seasons Playoffs 43 0 2 2 -11 69 45 115 0.05

2013-14 season totals

GP G A P +/- PIM Shots Hits P/GP Shooting % Avg TOI
51 4 4 8 -1 128 67 102 0.16 6.0 11:02

Contract

$1.633MCap hit2013-14
$204KCap dollars per point8 points in 51 games
$634KCap dollars per goal above replacement2.6 goals above replacement
$2MWorth at the going ratewhat teams paid for a season like his
+$383KValueworth minus cap hit; below zero is overpaid

His cap hit for the whole season, set against what he did in the regular season. Lower is better value. In a season still being played the cost per point starts high and falls as the games add up. Value is coloured by where it ranks among the 641 ranked skaters whose contract is known. How value is worked out.

The contract

Who signed him to it, and when, are not on record. When it ends is not known.

Contracts he has signed

Signed Signed by Kind Seasons Years In all Cap hit
2015-16 to 2017-18 $2.65M
2013-14 to 2014-15 $1.633M
2010-11 to 2012-13 $1.633M

Every contract on record for him, newest first, with the team that signed him to it and the day it was signed. The one covering 2013-14 is marked. An extension is signed while the contract before it is still running, often a year ahead. A row with no team or date is a contract known only by its cap hit, most often one signed since October 2024.

2013-14 playoff analytics

Regular season Playoffs

Rating

+0.5Goals above replacementsix goals are worth about one win
+0.1Wins above replacementgoals above replacement divided by six
-0.1Goals above averagethe five parts below added up
Even-strength offence-1.2Even-strength defence+0.0Power play-0.1Penalty kill+0.0Penalties+1.1

The goals he added to his team's goal difference, compared with a spare-part player given the same ice time. Each part is measured against the league, so zero is an average skater. A full season is about two-thirds the player and one-third chance. A playoff run is too short to rank anyone on. Before 2023-24 the NHL timed events less exactly, and differently from rink to rink, so expected goals for this season are rougher than for recent ones.

01232010-112011-122012-132013-142014-152015-162016-172017-18Goals above replacementGoals above replacement, by season

On the ice

What happened at five-on-five while he was on the ice. What these numbers mean

48.5Corsi for %176 attempts for, 187 against
+0.5CF% relative to teamagainst the team without him
50.2Expected goals for %7.6 expected for, 7.5 against
+0.9xGF% relative to teamagainst the team without him
47.5Fenwick for %unblocked attempts
37.5Goals for %3 for, 5 against
98.1PDO3.4% shooting + 94.7% saves
42Attempts takenhis own shot attempts

Each share is coloured by where it ranks among the 117 skaters who played enough to be ranked: green is in the top fifth and red the bottom fifth, with paler shades in between and amber for the middle. Hover over a tile for its percentile. PDO and attempts taken are left plain, since neither is good or bad on its own.

Who he played with

Forward lineGPTimeCF%xGF%Goals
Dominic Moore · Brian Boyle · Derek Dorsett18124:1447.247.32-4
Brad Richards · Brian Boyle · Derek Dorsett616:1158.668.10-0
Brian Boyle · Derek Dorsett · Carl Hagelin511:4150.054.10-0
Brian Boyle · Daniel Carcillo · Derek Dorsett27:0670.691.60-0

The lines he spent the most time in at five-on-five, with the team's share of the shot attempts and expected goals, and the goals for and against, while they were out. The two shares are coloured as above, against the league's lines that played a fair amount together. Hover over one for its percentile.

Chances and finishing

Expected goals adds up how likely each of his shots was to go in, judged by where it came from, what kind of shot it was and whether it was a rebound. All situations, leaving out shots at an empty net. Before 2023-24 the NHL timed events less exactly, and differently from rink to rink, so expected goals for this season are rougher than for recent ones.

0Goalsnot counting empty-netters
2.4Expected goalsfrom 34 unblocked attempts
-2.4Goals above expectedgoals minus expected goals
Chances created 0.66 expected goals per 60 minutes35th
Shot quality 7.1% chance per attempt49th
Finishing -2.4 goals above expected7thOne season of finishing is mostly luck.

Each bar shows the share of forwards he is ahead of, among the 68 who played at least a quarter as much as the busiest in these playoffs.

00.511.52Game 20Expected 2.4Goals 0

His goals and his expected goals as the season went on. When the goals line pulls away above, he is scoring more than his chances were worth; below, less.

Where he shot from

Every attempt he took in these playoffs, in all situations, attacking the net on the right. There is a dot for each attempt, bigger for a better chance. "Show as heat map" shades the ice by where the attempts came from. Click a goal for its details.

Game log

Date Opponent Result G A P +/- PIM Shots Hits TOI
Apr 12, 2014 @ MTL L 0-1 (OT) 0 0 0 0 19 3 3 07:47
Apr 10, 2014 vs BUF W 2-1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 10:07
Apr 8, 2014 vs CAR W 4-1 0 0 0 0 0 1 2 12:11
Apr 5, 2014 vs OTT L 2-3 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 09:15
Apr 3, 2014 @ COL L 2-3 (SO) 0 0 0 0 2 0 1 10:00
Apr 1, 2014 @ VAN W 3-1 0 1 1 1 0 3 2 09:59
Mar 30, 2014 @ EDM W 5-0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 09:40
Mar 28, 2014 @ CGY L 3-4 0 1 1 1 2 3 2 10:31
Mar 26, 2014 vs PHI W 3-1 1 0 1 2 0 2 2 10:04
Mar 24, 2014 vs PHX W 4-3 (OT) 0 0 0 0 0 1 2 12:38
Mar 21, 2014 @ CBJ W 3-1 0 0 0 1 0 1 2 10:49
Mar 11, 2014 @ CAR L 1-3 0 0 0 0 0 2 6 08:45
Mar 5, 2014 vs TOR L 2-3 (OT) 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 10:07
Mar 1, 2014 @ PHI L 2-4 0 0 0 -1 2 1 4 08:42
Jan 3, 2014 @ PIT L 2-5 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 03:19
Dec 31, 2013 @ FLA W 2-1 (SO) 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 11:56
Dec 29, 2013 @ TBL W 4-3 0 0 0 -1 0 2 0 13:17
Dec 27, 2013 @ WSH L 2-3 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 10:28
Dec 23, 2013 vs TOR W 2-1 (SO) 0 0 0 0 0 3 0 12:35
Dec 22, 2013 vs MIN W 4-1 0 1 1 1 0 1 1 13:19
Dec 20, 2013 vs NYI L 3-5 1 0 1 1 0 2 2 09:43
Dec 18, 2013 vs PIT L 3-4 (SO) 0 0 0 0 2 2 7 11:14
Dec 15, 2013 vs CGY W 4-3 (SO) 0 0 0 -1 0 1 0 11:35
Dec 12, 2013 vs CBJ L 2-4 0 0 0 1 4 2 5 12:22
Dec 10, 2013 vs NSH L 1-4 0 0 0 -1 0 0 3 12:16
Dec 2, 2013 vs WPG L 2-5 0 0 0 0 0 1 3 10:03
Nov 30, 2013 vs VAN W 5-2 0 0 0 0 5 1 2 09:31
Nov 25, 2013 @ TBL L 0-5 0 0 0 -1 5 0 1 08:26
Nov 23, 2013 @ NSH W 2-0 0 0 0 0 5 3 2 12:53
Nov 21, 2013 @ DAL W 3-2 0 0 0 1 0 0 2 09:58
Nov 19, 2013 vs BOS L 1-2 0 0 0 0 9 1 2 07:57
Nov 17, 2013 vs LAK L 0-1 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 12:03
Nov 16, 2013 @ MTL W 1-0 0 0 0 0 0 2 2 13:28
Nov 12, 2013 vs NJD L 2-3 0 0 0 -1 0 0 1 14:35
Nov 10, 2013 vs FLA W 4-3 1 0 1 0 0 3 2 15:23
Nov 7, 2013 @ CBJ W 4-2 0 0 0 -1 0 1 2 13:12
Nov 6, 2013 vs PIT W 5-1 0 1 1 1 7 0 3 12:05
Nov 4, 2013 vs ANA L 1-2 0 0 0 0 0 3 3 11:37
Nov 2, 2013 vs CAR W 5-1 0 0 0 0 4 4 2 12:27
Oct 31, 2013 vs BUF W 2-0 0 0 0 0 0 4 1 13:15
Oct 29, 2013 @ NYI W 3-2 0 0 0 -2 15 0 1 09:44
Oct 28, 2013 vs MTL L 0-2 0 0 0 0 0 0 4 11:01
Oct 26, 2013 @ DET W 3-2 (OT) 0 0 0 0 0 3 1 15:27
Oct 24, 2013 @ PHI L 1-2 0 0 0 0 15 1 0 07:56
Oct 19, 2013 @ NJD L 0-4 0 0 0 0 0 1 2 13:11
Oct 16, 2013 @ WSH W 2-0 0 0 0 0 0 2 1 09:33
Oct 12, 2013 @ STL L 3-5 0 0 0 0 6 2 0 10:59
Oct 10, 2013 @ ANA L 0-6 0 0 0 -1 21 1 0 08:26
Oct 8, 2013 @ SJS L 2-9 1 0 1 0 0 1 4 13:58
Oct 7, 2013 @ LAK W 3-1 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 11:03
Oct 3, 2013 @ PHX L 1-4 0 0 0 -1 5 1 2 11:33