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Pavel Datsyuk

#13 · Centre · Detroit Red Wings · Hockey Hall of Fame

Born Jul 20, 1978 in Sverdlovsk, RUS · 5'11", 194 lb · Shoots left · Drafted 171st overall in 1998 by DET (round 6)

Trophy case

×4 Lady Byng Memorial Trophy Sportsmanship and Gentlemanly Conduct 2008-09, 2007-08, 2006-07, 2005-06

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.

Andrew Ladd ATL · 59 P in 81 GP Shane Doan PHX · 60 P in 72 GP Ilya Kovalchuk NJD · 60 P in 81 GP Mikhail Grabovski TOR · 58 P in 81 GP Jason Spezza OTT · 57 P in 62 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.

0204060802001-02: 35 points3501-022002-03: 51 points5102-032003-04: 68 points6803-042005-06: 87 points8705-062006-07: 87 points8706-072007-08: 97 points9707-082008-09: 97 points9708-092009-10: 70 points7009-102010-11: 59 points5910-112011-12: 67 points6711-122012-13: 49 points4912-132013-14: 37 points3713-142014-15: 65 points6514-152015-16: 49 points4915-16

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

Season Team GP G A P +/- PIM Shots Hits P/GP Cap hit
2001-02 DET 70 11 24 35 4 4 79 27 0.50
2002-03 DET 64 12 39 51 20 16 82 17 0.80
2003-04 DET 75 30 38 68 -2 35 136 33 0.91
2005-06 DET 75 28 59 87 26 22 145 20 1.16 $3.9M
2006-07 DET 79 27 60 87 36 20 207 21 1.10 $3.9M
2007-08 DET 82 31 66 97 41 20 264 40 1.18 $6.7M
2008-09 DET 81 32 65 97 34 22 248 76 1.20 $6.7M
2009-10 DET 80 27 43 70 17 18 203 89 0.88 $6.7M
2010-11 DET 56 23 36 59 11 15 137 54 1.05 $6.7M
2011-12 DET 70 19 48 67 21 14 164 76 0.96 $6.7M
2012-13 DET 47 15 34 49 21 14 107 31 1.04 $6.7M
2013-14 DET 45 17 20 37 1 6 126 30 0.82 $6.7M
2014-15 DET 63 26 39 65 12 8 165 51 1.03 $7.5M
2015-16 DET 66 16 33 49 7 14 181 70 0.74 $7.5M
14 seasons Career 953 314 604 918 249 228 2244 635 0.96

Playoffs

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

Season Team GP G A P +/- PIM Shots Hits P/GP
2001-02 DET 21 3 3 6 1 2 20 8 0.29
2002-03 DET 4 0 0 0 -3 0 9 3 0.00
2003-04 DET 6 0 3 3 0 2 7 5 0.50
2005-06 DET 5 0 3 3 0 0 11 1 0.60
2006-07 DET 18 8 8 16 2 8 66 25 0.89
2007-08 DET 22 10 13 23 13 6 74 56 1.05
2008-09 DET 16 1 8 9 5 9 52 30 0.56
2009-10 DET 12 6 7 13 3 8 39 16 1.08
2010-11 DET 11 4 11 15 10 8 38 27 1.36
2011-12 DET 5 1 2 3 0 2 11 7 0.60
2012-13 DET 14 3 6 9 2 4 39 17 0.64
2013-14 DET 5 3 2 5 1 0 11 4 1.00
2014-15 DET 7 3 2 5 -3 2 17 14 0.71
2015-16 DET 5 0 0 0 2 4 18 6 0.00
14 seasons Playoffs 151 42 68 110 33 55 412 219 0.73

2010-11 season totals

GP G A P +/- PIM Shots Hits P/GP Shooting % Avg TOI
56 23 36 59 11 15 137 54 1.05 16.8 19:19

Contract

$6.7MCap hitends in 2014, then UFA
$114KCap dollars per point59 points in 56 games
$426KCap dollars per goal above replacement15.7 goals above replacement
$7.1MWorth at the going ratewhat teams paid for a season like his
+$449KValueworth 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 2013-14, with 3 seasons left after this one, and he is then an unrestricted free agent.

Season Cap hit
2010-11 $6.7M
2011-12 $6.7M
2012-13 $6.7M
2013-14 $6.7M

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 2015-16 $7.5M
2012-13 to 2013-14 $6.7M
2007-08 to 2013-14 $6.7M
2005-06 to 2006-07 $3.9M

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

+15.7Goals above replacement14th of 672 skaters, 13th of 439 forwards
+2.6Wins above replacementgoals above replacement divided by six
+12.7Goals 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+4.9 90th percentileEven-strength defence+3.5 98th percentilePower play+1.5 92nd percentilePenalty kill+0.4 92nd percentilePenalties+2.5 93rd 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.

051015202010-112011-122012-132013-142014-152015-16Goals 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

55.8Corsi for %817 attempts for, 647 against
+3.6CF% relative to teamagainst the team without him
58.3Expected goals for %37.8 expected for, 27.0 against
+6.9xGF% relative to teamagainst the team without him
54.8Fenwick for %unblocked attempts
55.8Goals for %43 for, 34 against
100.8PDO9.5% shooting + 91.3% saves
199Attempts 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
Tomas Holmstrom · Pavel Datsyuk · Henrik Zetterberg38320:5259.263.717-12
Daniel Cleary · Pavel Datsyuk · Jiri Hudler16121:3058.760.610-4
Tomas Holmstrom · Pavel Datsyuk · Johan Franzen1785:2849.153.63-5
Daniel Cleary · Pavel Datsyuk · Henrik Zetterberg3080:1659.852.04-3

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.

23Goalsnot counting empty-netters
15.7Expected goalsfrom 190 unblocked attempts
+7.3Goals above expectedgoals minus expected goals
Chances created 0.87 expected goals per 60 minutes74th
Shot quality 8.3% chance per attempt77th
Finishing +7.3 goals above expected97thOne 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 40Goals 23Expected 15.7

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 0 1 0 0 7 2 19:32
Apr 8, 2011 vs CHI L 2-4 0 0 0 -1 0 5 2 18:41
Apr 6, 2011 @ CAR L 0-3 0 0 0 -1 0 4 0 22:01
Apr 3, 2011 vs MIN W 4-2 0 1 1 1 0 0 0 17:50
Mar 17, 2011 @ CBJ W 2-0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 15:12
Mar 16, 2011 vs WSH W 3-2 0 1 1 -1 2 3 0 15:57
Mar 12, 2011 @ STL W 5-3 1 1 2 1 0 1 0 18:16
Mar 11, 2011 vs EDM W 2-1 (OT) 1 1 2 2 0 6 0 22:49
Mar 9, 2011 vs LAK L 1-2 0 0 0 -1 0 2 3 21:39
Mar 5, 2011 @ PHX L 4-5 (SO) 0 0 0 -1 0 3 0 21:10
Mar 3, 2011 @ SJS L 1-3 0 0 0 -2 0 0 1 17:51
Mar 2, 2011 @ ANA L 1-2 (OT) 1 0 1 0 0 2 0 23:19
Feb 28, 2011 @ LAK W 7-4 1 0 1 0 0 2 0 18:28
Feb 26, 2011 @ BUF W 3-2 (SO) 1 0 1 -1 0 5 0 19:49
Feb 24, 2011 vs DAL L 1-4 0 1 1 -1 0 4 1 21:40
Feb 22, 2011 vs SJS L 3-4 0 0 0 2 0 5 2 22:12
Feb 20, 2011 @ MIN W 2-1 (SO) 0 0 0 0 0 2 2 18:58
Feb 18, 2011 @ FLA W 4-3 1 1 2 1 0 3 0 20:17
Feb 17, 2011 @ TBL W 6-2 2 0 2 2 0 2 0 16:42
Feb 13, 2011 vs BOS W 4-2 1 0 1 1 0 2 1 16:29
Feb 11, 2011 @ BOS W 6-1 0 2 2 2 0 1 1 16:54
Feb 9, 2011 vs NSH L 1-4 0 0 0 -1 2 0 1 17:46
Feb 7, 2011 vs NYR W 3-2 1 1 2 1 0 2 1 15:03
Dec 22, 2010 vs VAN W 5-4 (OT) 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 05:25
Dec 19, 2010 vs DAL L 3-4 (OT) 1 1 2 0 0 1 2 21:27
Dec 17, 2010 @ CHI L 1-4 0 0 0 -2 0 2 3 20:36
Dec 15, 2010 vs STL W 5-2 0 1 1 2 0 1 1 23:41
Dec 13, 2010 vs LAK L 0-5 0 0 0 -2 0 1 1 17:09
Dec 11, 2010 @ NJD W 4-1 1 2 3 3 0 1 1 17:18
Dec 10, 2010 vs MTL W 4-2 1 1 2 1 0 3 0 20:36
Dec 8, 2010 vs NSH L 2-3 1 1 2 2 0 4 0 19:55
Dec 6, 2010 vs SJS L 2-5 0 0 0 -3 0 0 2 20:12
Dec 4, 2010 @ LAK L 2-3 (OT) 0 1 1 -1 0 3 0 21:21
Dec 3, 2010 @ ANA W 4-0 0 1 1 1 2 1 0 21:42
Nov 30, 2010 @ SJS W 5-3 1 2 3 3 0 2 0 18:00
Nov 28, 2010 vs CBJ W 4-2 0 2 2 1 0 7 0 19:57
Nov 26, 2010 @ CBJ W 2-1 0 0 0 -1 0 3 3 20:20
Nov 24, 2010 @ ATL L 1-5 0 0 0 -1 2 2 2 16:21
Nov 21, 2010 vs CGY W 5-4 (OT) 1 2 3 1 0 4 1 21:18
Nov 19, 2010 vs MIN L 3-4 (OT) 0 1 1 -1 0 0 1 21:00
Nov 17, 2010 vs STL W 7-3 0 2 2 -2 0 2 3 18:49
Nov 13, 2010 vs COL W 3-1 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 18:27
Nov 11, 2010 vs EDM W 6-2 0 1 1 2 0 1 3 16:06
Nov 8, 2010 vs PHX W 3-2 (OT) 0 1 1 -1 0 2 0 21:21
Nov 6, 2010 @ VAN L 4-6 0 1 1 -1 0 1 1 17:12
Nov 5, 2010 @ EDM W 3-1 0 1 1 1 0 4 0 19:00
Nov 3, 2010 @ CGY W 2-1 0 1 1 1 0 2 2 20:36
Oct 30, 2010 vs NSH W 5-2 2 1 3 2 2 2 0 18:46
Oct 28, 2010 vs PHX L 2-4 0 1 1 -1 0 3 1 20:32
Oct 23, 2010 vs ANA W 5-4 1 0 1 3 0 4 0 20:09
Oct 21, 2010 vs CGY W 4-2 0 2 2 1 0 0 0 22:15
Oct 16, 2010 @ PHX W 2-1 (OT) 1 0 1 1 0 5 0 22:01
Oct 14, 2010 @ DAL L 1-4 0 0 0 -3 0 1 2 21:52
Oct 12, 2010 vs COL L 4-5 (SO) 1 0 1 0 0 3 4 23:27
Oct 9, 2010 @ CHI W 3-2 0 0 0 0 0 5 1 20:25
Oct 8, 2010 vs ANA W 4-0 1 1 2 2 5 4 0 16:13