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Thomas Vanek's 2008-2009 season

Points

NHL#51

Goals

NHL#5

Assists

NHL#180

Plus/minus

-1

NHL#422

Games

89% of 82

Left winger Thomas Vanek was 24 years old when the 2008-2009 season began, his 4th in the NHL, and played it for Buffalo Sabres. He played 73 of a possible 82 games and scored 40 goals and 24 assists for 64 points, 0.88 points per game. Buffalo Sabres did not reach the playoffs.

Below: the whole season, game by game.

2008-2009

Year 2008
18 years ago
Season opener
October 10
Thomas Vanek plays the 2008-2009 season for Buffalo Sabres
BUFBuffalo Sabres
Thomas was 24 years old when the 2008-2009 season began. It was his 4th season with the team. His 4th NHL season in all.
- The game
  MTL1–2BUF
  W
  October 10game 1/821
  His night
  +1P+1G
  +1+/-8SOG20:52TOI
  +1 goal
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- The game
  BUF7–1NYI
  W
  October 13game 2/821
  His night
  +2P+2G
  +1+/-3SOG2PPP21:42TOI
  +2 goals
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  BUF3–1NYR
  W
  October 15game 3/824
  His night
  +2P+2G
  0+/-7SOG2PPP18:10TOI
  +2 goals
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- The game
  VAN2–5BUF
  W
  October 17game 4/825
  His night
  +3P+1G+2A
  +2+/-7SOG1PPP16:36TOI
  +3 points
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- The game
  BUF2–3ATL
  L
  October 18game 5/823
  His night
  +1P+1G
  -1+/-7SOG1PPP24:14TOI
  +1 goal
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- The game
  BOS2–3BUF
  W
  October 21game 6/821
  His night
  No points
  0+/-2SOG18:32TOI
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  BUF4–3MIN
  W
  October 23game 7/822
  His night
  +2P+1G+1A
  +3+/-1SOG18:29TOI
  +2 points
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- The game
  BUF1–2COL
  L
  October 25game 8/821
  His night
  No points
  0+/-4SOG21:17TOI
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- The game
  OTT5–2BUF
  L
  October 27game 9/821
  His night
  No points
  -1+/-4SOG18:57TOI
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- The game
  TBL5–2BUF
  L
  October 30game 10/821
  His night
  +1P+1G
  -2+/-2SOG1PPP21:08TOI
  +1 goal
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- November 2008
- The game
  WSH0–5BUF
  W
  November 1game 11/823
  His night
  +2P+2G
  +2+/-4SOG17:58TOI
  +2 goals
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- The game
  BUF2–0NJD
  W
  November 3game 12/823
  His night
  No points
  0+/-3SOG15:32TOI
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- The game
  ATL5–4BUF
  L
  November 7game 13/824
  His night
  +1P+1G
  -1+/-4SOG1PPP18:44TOI
  +1 goal
  View the game
- The game
  BUF1–3BOS
  L
  November 8game 14/822
  His night
  No points
  0+/-5SOG17:23TOI
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- The game
  STL3–4BUF
  W
  November 12game 15/822
  His night
  No points
  -1+/-4SOG17:14TOI
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- The game
  CBJ6–1BUF
  L
  November 14game 16/824
  His night
  No points
  -3+/-4SOG18:55TOI
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- The game
  BUF2–5PIT
  L
  November 15game 17/821
  His night
  +1P+1G
  -1+/-4SOG1PPP16:59TOI
  +1 goal
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- The game
  BUF4–7BOS
  L
  November 19game 18/822
  His night
  +3P+2G+1A
  +1+/-4SOG1PPP16:58TOI
  +3 points
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- The game
  PHI3–0BUF
  L
  November 21game 19/82
  His night
  No points
  -1+/-5SOG21:14TOI
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- The game
  NYI4–2BUF
  L
  November 22game 20/82
  His night
  No points
  0+/-3SOG13:40TOI
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- The game
  BOS2–3BUF
  W
  November 26game 21/822
  His night
  +1P+1A
  +2+/-2SOG16:39TOI
  +1 assist
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- Checkpoint
  November 26
  1/4 into the season
  Game 21 of 82
  20
  points
  NHL#26
  15
  goals
  NHL#1
  5
  assists
  NHL#223
  BUF
  10-8-3W-L-OT23Points
  3rd in the Northeast·9th in the Eastern Conference·16th in the whole NHL
- The game
  PIT3–4BUF
  W
  November 28game 22/821
  His night
  +1P+1G
  0+/-3SOG19:30TOI
  +1 goal
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- The game
  BUF2–3MTL
  L
  November 29game 23/821
  His night
  +2P+2G
  +1+/-4SOG1PPP19:29TOI
  +2 goals
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- December 2008
- The game
  NSH2–0BUF
  L
  December 1game 24/821
  His night
  No points
  -1+/-1SOG19:17TOI
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- The game
  BUF1–2FLA
  L
  December 4game 25/821
  His night
  No points
  -1+/-1SOG19:15TOI
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- The game
  BUF4–3TBL
  W
  December 6game 26/821
  His night
  +1P+1G
  0+/-2SOG15:09TOI
  +1 goal
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- The game
  BUF4–3PIT
  W
  December 8game 27/821
  His night
  +1P+1G
  +1+/-2SOG17:47TOI
  +1 goal
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- The game
  TBL2–4BUF
  W
  December 10game 28/821
  His night
  +2P+2G
  +1+/-4SOG1PPP21:02TOI
  +2 goals
  View the game
- The game
  TOR2–1BUF
  L
  December 12game 29/821
  His night
  No points
  -1+/-3SOG22:18TOI
  View the game
- The game
  BUF4–2NJD
  W
  December 13game 30/822
  His night
  +2P+2G
  +1+/-4SOG19:48TOI
  +2 goals
  View the game
- The game
  NJD5–3BUF
  L
  December 17game 31/822
  His night
  No points
  -1+/-1SOG14:42TOI
  View the game
- The game
  LAK0–5BUF
  W
  December 19game 32/821
  His night
  +1P+1A
  +1+/-3SOG17:06TOI
  +1 assist
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- The game
  BUF3–4MTL
  L
  December 20game 33/821
  His night
  No points
  0+/-5SOG18:28TOI
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- The game
  PIT4–3BUF
  L
  December 22game 34/821
  His night
  No points
  -3+/-8SOG17:28TOI
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- The game
  BUF2–3WSH
  L
  December 26game 35/823
  His night
  +1P+1G
  0+/-2SOG1PPP15:56TOI
  +1 goal
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- The game
  NYI3–4BUF
  W
  December 27game 36/821
  His night
  +1P+1A
  -2+/-3SOG1PPP16:41TOI
  +1 assist
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- The game
  WSH4–2BUF
  L
  December 30game 37/823
  His night
  No points
  -2+/-1SOG18:57TOI
  View the game
Year 2009
17 years ago
- The game
  BUF4–1TOR
  W
  January 1game 38/822
  His night
  +2P+2A
  +1+/-4SOG1PPP17:14TOI
  +2 assists
  View the game
Milestone
Thomas Vanek reaches 100 career assists
in the game against Toronto Maple Leafs · January 1
- The game
  BUF4–2BOS
  W
  January 3game 39/822
  His night
  +1P+1G
  0+/-1SOG1PPP16:07TOI
  +1 goal
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- The game
  OTT2–4BUF
  W
  January 6game 40/822
  His night
  +2P+1G+1A
  +2+/-3SOG1PPP18:04TOI
  +2 points
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- The game
  NYR1–2BUF
  W
  January 9game 41/823
  His night
  +1P+1A
  0+/-2SOG18:13TOI
  +1 assist
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- Checkpoint
  January 9
  1/2 into the season
  Game 41 of 82
  38
  points
  NHL#28
  27
  goals
  NHL#1
  11
  assists
  NHL#201
  BUF
  21-15-5W-L-OT47Points
  3rd in the Northeast·7th in the Eastern Conference·12th in the whole NHL
- The game
  BUF1–3DET
  L
  January 10game 42/826
  His night
  +1P+1A
  0+/-1SOG15:22TOI
  +1 assist
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- The game
  BUF1–4CHI
  L
  January 14game 43/821
  His night
  No points
  -1+/-1SOG19:47TOI
  View the game
- The game
  BUF5–4DAL
  W
  January 15game 44/824
  His night
  No points
  -1+/-2SOG22:53TOI
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- The game
  CAR1–3BUF
  W
  January 17game 45/822
  His night
  +2P+2A
  +2+/-1SOG15:03TOI
  +2 assists
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- The game
  BUF3–2FLA
  W
  January 19game 46/821
  His night
  +1P+1G
  +1+/-2SOG1PPP19:25TOI
  +1 goal
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- The game
  BUF3–5TBL
  L
  January 21game 47/821
  His night
  +1P+1A
  -1+/-0SOG1PPP15:22TOI
  +1 assist
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- The game
  BUF10–2EDM
  W
  January 27game 48/82
  His night
  +3P+1G+2A
  +2+/-4SOG1PPP17:06TOI
  +3 points
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- The game
  BUF2–5CGY
  L
  January 28game 49/82
  His night
  +1P+1A
  -1+/-0SOG1PPP17:43TOI
  +1 assist
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- The game
  BUF2–0PHX
  W
  January 31game 50/821
  His night
  +1P+1A
  +1+/-2SOG15:59TOI
  +1 assist
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- February 2009
- The game
  BUF2–3ANA
  L
  February 2game 51/82
  His night
  No points
  0+/-1SOG16:37TOI
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- The game
  TOR0–5BUF
  W
  February 4game 52/821
  His night
  +4P+3G+1A
  +2+/-6SOG2PPP17:40TOI
  HAT TRICK
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- The game
  MTL2–3BUF
  W
  February 6game 53/82
  His night
  No points
  -1+/-0SOG15:34TOI
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- The game
  BUF2–3OTT
  L
  February 7game 54/821
  His night
  No points
  0+/-0SOG03:07TOI
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- Checkpoint
  February 7
  3/4 into the season
  Game 62 of 8254 of 62 played
  52
  points
  NHL#38
  32
  goals
  NHL#6
  20
  assists
  NHL#145
  BUF
  31-24-7W-L-OT69Points
  Playoff spot
  3rd in the Northeast·8th in the Eastern Conference·12th in the whole NHL
- March 2009
- The game
  MTL1–5BUF
  W
  March 4game 64/821
  His night
  No points
  -1+/-3SOG13:42TOI
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- The game
  PHX1–5BUF
  W
  March 6game 65/822
  His night
  No points
  +2+/-2SOG15:27TOI
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- The game
  BUF3–6OTT
  L
  March 7game 66/822
  His night
  +1P+1G
  -1+/-1SOG1PPP14:16TOI
  +1 goal
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- The game
  BUF2–5PHI
  L
  March 10game 67/822
  His night
  No points
  -2+/-2SOG12:37TOI
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- The game
  FLA1–3BUF
  W
  March 12game 68/821
  His night
  +1P+1G
  -1+/-3SOG1PPP14:45TOI
  +1 goal
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Milestone
Thomas Vanek reaches 250 career points
in the game against Florida Panthers · March 12
- The game
  ATL4–3BUF
  L
  March 14game 69/822
  His night
  +1P+1A
  0+/-2SOG16:27TOI
  +1 assist
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- The game
  BUF2–4OTT
  L
  March 17game 70/823
  His night
  +1P+1A
  +2+/-0SOG14:29TOI
  +1 assist
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- The game
  PHI6–4BUF
  L
  March 20game 71/821
  His night
  +1P+1G
  0+/-5SOG19:34TOI
  +1 goal
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- The game
  BUF3–5NYR
  L
  March 21game 72/825
  His night
  +1P+1A
  -1+/-3SOG16:27TOI
  +1 assist
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- The game
  FLA3–5BUF
  W
  March 25game 73/822
  His night
  No points
  0+/-1SOG12:23TOI
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- The game
  TOR3–5BUF
  W
  March 27game 74/822
  His night
  No points
  0+/-1SOG14:02TOI
  View the game
- The game
  BUF4–3MTL
  W
  March 28game 75/821
  His night
  No points
  -1+/-2SOG14:47TOI
  View the game
- April 2009
- The game
  BUF2–3ATL
  L
  April 1game 76/823
  His night
  +2P+2G
  -2+/-7SOG2PPP18:40TOI
  +2 goals
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- The game
  BUF5–4WSH
  W
  April 3game 77/823
  His night
  No points
  0+/-2SOG19:26TOI
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- The game
  NJD3–2BUF
  L
  April 4game 78/823
  His night
  No points
  -1+/-5SOG18:56TOI
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- The game
  DET4–1BUF
  L
  April 6game 79/828
  His night
  No points
  -1+/-1SOG12:54TOI
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- The game
  BUF3–1TOR
  W
  April 8game 80/821
  His night
  +1P+1G
  +1+/-1SOG12:12TOI
  +1 goal
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- The game
  BUF5–1CAR
  W
  April 9game 81/822
  His night
  No points
  +2+/-1SOG16:32TOI
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- The game
  BOS1–6BUF
  W
  April 11game 82/822
  His night
  +3P+2G+1A
  +2+/-5SOG1PPP12:27TOI
  +3 points
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The season in numbers
April 11
Thomas Vanek closes the 2008-2009 season with 64 points
BUFBuffalo Sabres
Buffalo Sabres did not reach the playoffs
Points
64
NHL#51
Games
73of 82
89%
Goals
40
NHL#5
Assists
24
NHL#180
P/GP
0.88
NHL#44
+/-
-1
NHL#422
Events
1
hat trick
250
career points
250
NHL games
100
career assists
8×
First star
3×
Second star
4×
Third star
6 i rad
games with a point · 9 pts
5 i rad
games with a goal

Thomas Vanek plays the 2008-2009 season for Buffalo Sabres

1/4 into the season

Thomas Vanek reaches 100 career assists

1/2 into the season

3/4 into the season

Thomas Vanek reaches 250 career points

Thomas Vanek closes the 2008-2009 season with 64 points