- Age
- 34
- Shoots
- Left
- Height
- 183 cm
- Weight
- 82 kg
- Born
- Hancock, USA
- Draft
- Undrafted
Career · 5 seasons
- Games
- 134
- Goals
- 11
- Points
- 35
- TOI per game
- 11:42
- xGF% (5v5)
- 48.3%
- Goals above expected
- −2.6
Season by season
The regular-season line for each season, with the total, by team for traded players.
Form
Rolling averages smooth out single games so the trend shows.
Points and individual expected goals per game (left scale), averaged over the previous ten games. Ice time is on the second chart.
Player card
How 5 seasons compares with everyone else at the position over the same seasons, and the players with the most similar profile.
Overall rating
4th line
30th percentile among qualified forwards, blending scoring 40%, play-driving 40%, usage 20%.
- 1st line
- 2nd line
- 3rd line
- 4th line
- Extra / AHL
Scoring
4th line- Goals /600.4220th pct
- Assists /600.9256th pct
- ixG /600.5217th pct
- Goals above expected−2.633rd pct
Play-driving
3rd line- xGF% (5v5)48.3%43rd pct
- CF% (5v5)47.1%30th pct
- Relative xGF%−2.135th pct
- Penalty diff /600.5793rd pct
Usage
4th line- TOI per game11:4228th pct
- PP time share5.4%29th pct
- Offensive zone starts42.6%21st pct
- Quality of competition23.0%19th pct
Percentiles among forwards with 200+ minutes at 5-on-5 and 20+ games. Ratings rank each column's average percentile among the same players and read it as a role on a depth chart (how).
Most similar players this season
Faceoffs
How often Kero wins the draw over 5 seasons, against whom and where, and what a win leads to. Ranked among players with 944+ draws over the same seasons.
Win rate
46.0%
332–390 · below the 944 draws of a regular
Against an average centre
45.7%
Opponents won 49.7% of their draws; an average centre would have won 50.3% against them.
Wins above average
−31
Draws won beyond what an average centre facing the same opponents would have won.
Draws per game
7.2
722 draws in all.
By dot, attacking to the right
Win rate at each dot; the small numbers are draws and the xG swing (×100) of winning rather than losing there.
By zone
- Offensive zone46.6% 95–109
- Neutral zone50.4% 131–129
- Defensive zone41.1% 106–152
By strength
- Even strength47.0% 314–354
- Power play42.9% 3–4
- Shorthanded31.9% 15–32
What a win leads to
Shot attempts in the next 20 seconds, for minus against, per 100 draws: +9 after a win, −15 after a loss. Each win was worth 1.0 expected goals per 100 draws more than a loss.
Most-faced opponents
- Erik Haula50.0% 10–10
- Anze Kopitar35.3% 6–11
- Ryan Kesler66.7% 10–5
- Nathan MacKinnon35.7% 5–9
- Kyle Brodziak53.8% 7–6
- Sidney Crosby53.8% 7–6
- Mikko Koivu41.7% 5–7
- Mark Scheifele45.5% 5–6
Season by season
| Season | Draws | Win rate | Against average |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2015–16 | 123 | 44.7% | 43.6% |
| 2016–17 | 471 | 44.4% | 44.3% |
| 2017–18 | 76 | 46.1% | 46.9% |
| 2020–21 | 38 | 63.2% | 61.7% |
| 2021–22 | 14 | 64.3% | 61.7% |
Cumulative goals (solid) and individual xG (dashed) through the season. The gap is finishing: above the dashed line, the player scored more than an average shooter would from the same chances.
−2.6 goals above expected
Goals above expected, everyone at the same position with 20+ games
Speed and tracking
From the NHL's EDGE tracking system (2021–22 on): skating speed, shot speed, distance and zone time, for the selected seasons and then every tracked season, to show improvement or decline.
Values from the NHL's puck and player tracking, with the NHL's own league percentile for each. Missing values mean the player wasn't tracked enough.
Tracking
- Top skating speed36.5 km/h78th pct
- Speed bursts over 20 mph2233rd pct
- Hardest shot130.6 km/h25th pct
- Distance skated56 km27th pct
- Offensive-zone time39.2%16th pct
Each season against the other forwards that season with 20+ games. A season in progress appears once half its games are played, as provisional: season bests only grow. Bursts and distance are per 60 minutes of ice time, so seasons with fewer games still compare. Percentiles are on these rates, so they can differ from the NHL's, which are on season totals.
Top skating speed
36.5 km/h70th pct
2021–22 only
Bursts over 20 mph per 60
6.059th pct
2021–22 only
Distance skated per 60
15.2 km30th pct
2021–22 only
Hardest shot
130.6 km/h9th pct
2021–22 only
Offensive-zone time
39.2%18th pct
2021–22 only