By Mike Harrington
In Saturday's paper, I take a look at Thomas Vanek's burgeoning ice time -- which is the most in his career even if it's slightly behind that of other big-name forwards in the NHL.
If Vanek hits 20 minutes tonight on Long Island, it will mark three straight 20-minute games for just the second time in his career. The other time? October, 2005 in games 3-4-5 as a Sabre!!
The story also included a chart showing Vanek's standing compared to the league leaders. Graphic elements sometimes don't make the Web site, so I've reproduced the chart here:
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Comparing Vanek’s ice time to NHL leaders among forwards
Player Per game Even PP PK Secs/shift Shifts
1. Ilya Kovalchuk, NJ 26:02 17:47 6:15 1:59 58.0 27.0
2. John Tavares, NYI 21:52 17:13 4:29 0:10 54.0 24.3
3. M. St. Louis, TB 21:50 16:23 4:35 0:51 56.0 23.2
4. Steven Stamkos, TB 21:49 16:26 4:34 0:47 55.0 23.6
5. Travis Zajac, NJ 21:43 15:22 3:49 2:32 48.0 27.1
6. Claude Giroux, Phil 21:41 15:07 4:44 1:49 51.0 25.5
7. Alex Ovechkin, Wash 21:32 15:49 5:26 0:16 58.0 22.5
8. Alexander Semin, Car 21:31 15:39 5:33 0:18 50.0 26.0
9. Jarome Iginla, Cal 21:24 16:42 4:03 0:39 47.0 27.1
10. Eric Staal, Car 21:23 14:56 5:13 1:13 46.0 27.7
42. VANEK 19:47 15:02 4:24 0:21 51.0 23.1
Vanek’s
rankings among forwards:
Even strength ice: 41st
Power-play ice:
T-21st
Penalty kill ice: T-240th
Seconds per shift: T-17th
Total shifts:
T-114th
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