Roster ratings · 2014-15 · Detroit Red Wings

Who has actually been good

TeamDetroit Red Wings
Season2014-15

Every Detroit Red Wings player rated out of 100 against NHL players at his own position. Wins above replacement sits beside each rating, and the bars show where the number comes from — sort by any situation to see who is driving the power play or holding up defensively.

90+Elite75+Top of the roster60+Middle of the roster40+Everyday NHLer20+Depth0+Below replacement
Focus
Roster total27.8wins above replacement across 32 players
#PlayerRatingGPTOIWAR splitWAR
1Tomas TatarL98821330Situation split+2.51
2Pavel DatsyukC97631200Situation split+2.37
3Gustav NyquistR96821366Situation split+2.22
4Darren HelmC92751188Situation split+1.99
5Petr MrazekG59291585Situation split+1.99
6Jimmy HowardG58532966Situation split+1.97
7Justin AbdelkaderL89711272Situation split+1.73
8Danny DeKeyserD88801674Situation split+1.50
9Riley SheahanC79791236Situation split+1.34
10Henrik ZetterbergC75771472Situation split+1.23
11Erik ColeL7268989Situation split+1.14
12Brendan SmithD80761360Situation split+1.11
13Niklas KronwallD70801907Situation split+0.92
14Marek ZidlickyD65841760Situation split+0.83
15Kyle QuinceyD63731422Situation split+0.74
16Andrej NestrasilC5354721Situation split+0.69
17Tomas JurcoR5063725Situation split+0.65
18Jonathan EricssonD56821606Situation split+0.55
19Jonas GustavssonG387351Situation split+0.52
20Johan FranzenR3233530Situation split+0.32
21Stephen WeissC3252590Situation split+0.32
22Tom McCollumG35367Situation split+0.31
23Luke GlendeningC29821207Situation split+0.28
24Jakub KindlD3335557Situation split+0.25
25Xavier OuelletD2221344Situation split+0.12
26Teemu PulkkinenL1531356Situation split+0.10
27Joakim AnderssonC968791Situation split+0.04
28Drew MillerL8821102Situation split+0.04
29Alexey MarchenkoD—13201Situation split+0.03
30Landon FerraroC—336Situation split+0.00
31Brian LashoffD—11146Situation split-0.01
32Daniel ClearyR—17155Situation split-0.02
Situation split
Even-strength offenseEven-strength defensePower-play offensePower-play defenseShorthanded offenseShorthanded defensePenalties (drawn minus taken)Finishing (goals above expected)

A rating is a player's percentile among NHL players at his position — defensemen are ranked against defensemen, not against forwards, so a 70 means different things for a winger and a blueliner in raw wins. It is measured from wins above replacement, which converts on-ice and individual contributions into wins beyond what a freely available replacement would provide. Bars are drawn on a shared scale, so they are comparable down the column. How this is calculated