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Daniel Cleary

#11 · Right wing · Detroit Red Wings

Born Dec 18, 1978 in Carbonear, Newfoundland and Labrador, CAN · 6'1", 205 lb · Shoots left · Drafted 13th overall in 1997 by CHI (round 1)

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Stanley Cup NHL Champion 2007-08

Compare with a similar player

The forwards closest to him in points in 2010-11. Pick one to see the two side by side, or choose someone else.

Blake Comeau NYI · 46 P in 77 GP Jakub Voracek CBJ · 46 P in 80 GP Kris Versteeg PHI · 46 P in 80 GP Andrew Brunette MIN · 46 P in 82 GP Brian Gionta MTL · 46 P in 82 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.

0102030401997-98: 0 points097-981998-99: 9 points91999-00: 5 points599-002000-01: 35 points352001-02: 29 points2901-022002-03: 17 points172003-04: 17 points1703-042005-06: 15 points152006-07: 40 points4006-072007-08: 42 points422008-09: 40 points4008-092009-10: 34 points342010-11: 46 points4610-112011-12: 33 points332012-13: 15 points1512-132013-14: 8 points82014-15: 2 points214-15

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

Season Team GP G A P +/- PIM Shots Hits P/GP Cap hit
1997-98 CHI 6 0 0 0 -2 0 4 5 0.00
1998-99 CHI 35 4 5 9 -1 24 49 28 0.26
1999-00 EDM 17 3 2 5 -1 8 18 16 0.29
2000-01 EDM 81 14 21 35 5 37 107 73 0.43
2001-02 EDM 65 10 19 29 -1 51 75 49 0.45
2002-03 EDM 57 4 13 17 5 31 89 12 0.30
2003-04 PHX 68 6 11 17 -8 42 83 37 0.25
2005-06 DET 77 3 12 15 5 40 106 65 0.19
2006-07 DET 71 20 20 40 6 24 135 67 0.56 $663K
2007-08 DET 63 20 22 42 21 33 177 82 0.67 $663K
2008-09 DET 74 14 26 40 0 46 163 107 0.54 $2.8M
2009-10 DET 64 15 19 34 -3 29 140 119 0.53 $2.8M
2010-11 DET 68 26 20 46 -1 20 192 112 0.68 $2.8M
2011-12 DET 75 12 21 33 2 30 199 90 0.44 $2.8M
2012-13 DET 48 9 6 15 -6 40 93 56 0.31 $2.8M
2013-14 DET 52 4 4 8 -11 31 64 51 0.15 $1.75M
2014-15 DET 17 1 1 2 -4 6 17 21 0.12 $1.497M
17 seasons Career 938 165 222 387 6 492 1711 990 0.41

Playoffs

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

Season Team GP G A P +/- PIM Shots Hits P/GP
1999-00 EDM 4 0 1 1 1 2 3 5 0.25
2000-01 EDM 6 1 1 2 -2 8 6 3 0.33
2005-06 DET 6 0 1 1 2 6 14 9 0.17
2006-07 DET 18 4 8 12 2 30 53 34 0.67
2007-08 DET 22 2 1 3 1 4 54 29 0.14
2008-09 DET 23 9 6 15 17 12 57 64 0.65
2009-10 DET 12 2 0 2 3 4 27 19 0.17
2010-11 DET 11 2 4 6 2 6 30 20 0.55
2011-12 DET 5 0 0 0 -1 2 10 11 0.00
2012-13 DET 14 4 6 10 -1 2 20 25 0.71
10 seasons Playoffs 121 24 28 52 24 76 274 219 0.43

2010-11 season totals

GP G A P +/- PIM Shots Hits P/GP Shooting % Avg TOI
68 26 20 46 -1 20 192 112 0.68 13.5 16:38

Contract

$2.8MCap hitends in 2013, then UFA
$61KCap dollars per point46 points in 68 games
$387KCap dollars per goal above replacement7.2 goals above replacement
$3.6MWorth at the going ratewhat teams paid for a season like his
+$754KValueworth 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 315 ranked skaters whose contract is known. How value is worked out.

The contract

Who signed him to it, and when, are not on record. It runs through 2012-13, with 2 seasons left after this one, and he is then an unrestricted free agent.

Season Cap hit
2010-11 $2.8M
2011-12 $2.8M
2012-13 $2.8M

Each season left on the contract. Only its cap hit and its end are known: how the pay is split by season, and any signing bonus, are not.

Contracts he has signed

Signed Signed by Kind Seasons Years In all Cap hit
2014-15 to 2014-15 $1.497M
2013-14 to 2013-14 $1.75M
2012-13 to 2012-13 $2.8M
2008-09 to 2012-13 $2.8M
2006-07 to 2007-08 $663K

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 2010-11 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.

2010-11 analytics

Regular season Playoffs

Rating

+7.2Goals above replacement125th of 672 skaters, 102nd of 439 forwards
+1.2Wins above replacementgoals above replacement divided by six
+4.1Goals above averagethe five parts below added up

Each number is coloured by where it ranks among the 439 ranked forwards: 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.

Even-strength offence+3.9 84th percentileEven-strength defence-3.1 6th percentilePower play+0.8 86th percentilePenalty kill+0.2 75th percentilePenalties+2.3 92nd percentile

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, and the rank beside it is among forwards. A full season is about two-thirds the player and one-third chance. 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.

-505102010-112011-122012-132013-142014-15Goals 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

52.3Corsi for %887 attempts for, 810 against
-1.6CF% relative to teamagainst the team without him
50.7Expected goals for %37.6 expected for, 36.5 against
-2.8xGF% relative to teamagainst the team without him
52.2Fenwick for %unblocked attempts
48.8Goals for %41 for, 43 against
99.3PDO8.3% shooting + 91.0% saves
246Attempts takenhis own shot attempts

Each share is coloured by where it ranks among the 569 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
Daniel Cleary · Pavel Datsyuk · Jiri Hudler16121:3058.760.610-4
Todd Bertuzzi · Daniel Cleary · Henrik Zetterberg18117:3453.453.85-7
Daniel Cleary · Pavel Datsyuk · Henrik Zetterberg3080:1659.852.04-3
Mike Modano · Daniel Cleary · Jiri Hudler1166:5546.236.41-7

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.

24Goalsnot counting empty-netters
19.3Expected goalsfrom 261 unblocked attempts
+4.7Goals above expectedgoals minus expected goals
Chances created 1.02 expected goals per 60 minutes90th
Shot quality 7.4% chance per attempt53rd
Finishing +4.7 goals above expected88thOne season of finishing is mostly luck.

Each bar shows the share of forwards he is ahead of, among the 406 who played 300 minutes or more this season.

05101520Game 20Game 40Game 60Goals 24Expected 19.3

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 this season, in all situations, attacking the net on the right. Darker red means more attempts from that spot, and each dot is a goal. "Show every shot" switches to a dot for each attempt, bigger for a better chance. Click a goal for its details.

Game log

Date Opponent Result G A P +/- PIM Shots Hits TOI
Apr 10, 2011 @ CHI W 4-3 1 1 2 2 0 1 2 17:43
Apr 8, 2011 vs CHI L 2-4 0 0 0 -1 0 1 3 19:16
Apr 6, 2011 @ CAR L 0-3 0 0 0 0 0 2 2 19:42
Apr 3, 2011 vs MIN W 4-2 0 0 0 -1 2 1 0 16:26
Apr 2, 2011 @ NSH W 4-3 (OT) 1 0 1 1 0 4 4 17:38
Mar 30, 2011 vs STL L 3-10 0 0 0 -3 0 6 1 16:57
Mar 28, 2011 vs CHI L 2-3 (OT) 0 0 0 0 0 3 4 18:01
Mar 26, 2011 vs TOR W 4-2 0 0 0 0 0 2 4 17:44
Mar 23, 2011 vs VAN L 1-2 0 1 1 -1 0 5 2 20:16
Mar 21, 2011 vs PIT L 4-5 (SO) 1 1 2 -1 0 5 4 21:45
Mar 19, 2011 @ NSH L 1-3 1 0 1 -1 2 4 1 20:18
Mar 17, 2011 @ CBJ W 2-0 0 0 0 0 6 1 2 15:31
Mar 16, 2011 vs WSH W 3-2 0 0 0 0 0 1 2 16:50
Mar 12, 2011 @ STL W 5-3 0 1 1 -1 0 2 2 16:46
Mar 11, 2011 vs EDM W 2-1 (OT) 0 0 0 0 0 3 2 17:45
Mar 9, 2011 vs LAK L 1-2 0 0 0 -1 0 4 3 17:42
Mar 5, 2011 @ PHX L 4-5 (SO) 0 0 0 -1 0 0 2 15:32
Mar 3, 2011 @ SJS L 1-3 0 0 0 -1 0 1 1 16:13
Mar 2, 2011 @ ANA L 1-2 (OT) 0 0 0 0 2 1 1 17:39
Feb 28, 2011 @ LAK W 7-4 1 0 1 1 0 2 1 13:10
Feb 26, 2011 @ BUF W 3-2 (SO) 0 1 1 0 0 1 2 18:03
Feb 24, 2011 vs DAL L 1-4 0 0 0 -4 0 1 2 19:26
Feb 22, 2011 vs SJS L 3-4 2 0 2 2 0 4 3 20:19
Feb 20, 2011 @ MIN W 2-1 (SO) 0 0 0 0 0 5 1 17:15
Feb 18, 2011 @ FLA W 4-3 1 0 1 0 0 4 1 16:44
Feb 17, 2011 @ TBL W 6-2 1 2 3 2 0 5 2 15:39
Feb 13, 2011 vs BOS W 4-2 0 0 0 1 0 3 1 15:09
Feb 11, 2011 @ BOS W 6-1 1 1 2 2 0 4 2 16:17
Feb 9, 2011 vs NSH L 1-4 0 1 1 0 0 3 7 17:27
Feb 7, 2011 vs NYR W 3-2 0 1 1 1 0 3 3 16:10
Feb 5, 2011 @ NSH L 0-3 0 0 0 0 0 3 1 17:52
Feb 4, 2011 vs CBJ L 0-3 0 0 0 -1 0 2 2 16:57
Feb 2, 2011 @ OTT W 7-5 0 0 0 -2 0 2 3 16:29
Dec 26, 2010 @ MIN W 4-1 1 0 1 1 2 6 1 14:57
Dec 23, 2010 @ STL L 3-4 0 0 0 -1 0 3 2 18:21
Dec 22, 2010 vs VAN W 5-4 (OT) 1 1 2 2 0 1 2 19:50
Dec 19, 2010 vs DAL L 3-4 (OT) 0 0 0 -1 0 2 4 20:25
Dec 17, 2010 @ CHI L 1-4 0 0 0 -1 0 3 2 15:50
Dec 15, 2010 vs STL W 5-2 1 2 3 2 0 4 0 16:08
Dec 13, 2010 vs LAK L 0-5 0 0 0 0 0 7 0 17:53
Dec 11, 2010 @ NJD W 4-1 1 0 1 1 0 1 0 12:57
Dec 10, 2010 vs MTL W 4-2 0 1 1 0 0 5 0 14:57
Dec 8, 2010 vs NSH L 2-3 0 0 0 -1 0 6 0 19:02
Dec 6, 2010 vs SJS L 2-5 0 0 0 0 0 2 1 14:00
Dec 4, 2010 @ LAK L 2-3 (OT) 0 0 0 0 0 4 1 15:59
Dec 3, 2010 @ ANA W 4-0 1 0 1 1 0 3 0 15:52
Nov 30, 2010 @ SJS W 5-3 1 1 2 1 0 3 1 18:17
Nov 28, 2010 vs CBJ W 4-2 1 0 1 1 0 4 0 15:55
Nov 26, 2010 @ CBJ W 2-1 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 14:34
Nov 24, 2010 @ ATL L 1-5 0 0 0 -1 2 2 0 14:49
Nov 21, 2010 vs CGY W 5-4 (OT) 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 08:37
Nov 19, 2010 vs MIN L 3-4 (OT) 0 0 0 -3 0 4 2 17:58
Nov 17, 2010 vs STL W 7-3 2 0 2 2 0 3 0 17:02
Nov 13, 2010 vs COL W 3-1 1 0 1 1 0 2 0 14:46
Nov 11, 2010 vs EDM W 6-2 2 0 2 2 0 3 1 14:33
Nov 8, 2010 vs PHX W 3-2 (OT) 1 0 1 1 0 5 0 18:40
Nov 6, 2010 @ VAN L 4-6 1 0 1 -1 2 2 2 14:35
Nov 5, 2010 @ EDM W 3-1 1 2 3 2 0 3 1 14:07
Nov 3, 2010 @ CGY W 2-1 0 1 1 1 0 5 0 13:29
Oct 30, 2010 vs NSH W 5-2 0 1 1 1 0 1 2 16:59
Oct 28, 2010 vs PHX L 2-4 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 13:41
Oct 23, 2010 vs ANA W 5-4 0 0 0 -1 0 2 0 14:04
Oct 21, 2010 vs CGY W 4-2 0 0 0 -2 0 2 2 14:54
Oct 16, 2010 @ PHX W 2-1 (OT) 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 19:19
Oct 14, 2010 @ DAL L 1-4 0 0 0 0 0 4 2 16:15
Oct 12, 2010 vs COL L 4-5 (SO) 0 0 0 -3 2 1 6 17:30
Oct 9, 2010 @ CHI W 3-2 0 0 0 0 0 1 3 13:27
Oct 8, 2010 vs ANA W 4-0 1 1 2 2 0 5 2 14:52