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Left wing · #25

Taro Hirose

Detroit Red Wings
Age
30
Shoots
Left
Height
178 cm
Weight
73 kg
Born
Calgary, CAN
Draft
Undrafted

Career · 2018–19 to 2022–23

Games
60
Goals
4
Points
20
TOI per game
12:37
xGF% (5v5)
39.3%
Goals above expected
−1.4

Season by season

The regular-season line for each season, with the total, by team for traded players.

2018–19DET10167015:18156.7%11.143.9%
2019–20DET26257−1212:33219.5%52.336.2%
2020–21DET6022+214:22100.0%00.553.6%
2021–22DET15134−510:401010.0%21.333.2%
2022–23DET3000−210:2020.0%00.250.1%
Total1 team6041620−1712:37586.9%85.439.3%

Form

Rolling averages smooth out single games so the trend shows.

Form, ten-game rolling

Points and individual expected goals per game (left scale), averaged over the previous ten games. Ice time is on the second chart.

Points per gameixG per gameTOI per game (minutes)
00.20.40.60.8102030405060
10m11m12m13m14m15m16m102030405060Game

Player card

Model-based

How 2018–19 to 2022–23 compares with everyone else at the position over the same seasons, and the players with the most similar profile.

Overall rating

4th line

17th percentile among qualified forwards, blending scoring 40%, play-driving 40%, usage 20%.

  1. 1st line
  2. 2nd line
  3. 3rd line
  4. 4th line
  5. Extra / AHL

Scoring

4th line
  • Goals /600.3210th pct
  • Assists /601.2779th pct
  • ixG /600.425th pct
  • Goals above expected−1.448th pct

Play-driving

Extra / AHL
  • xGF% (5v5)39.3%2nd pct
  • CF% (5v5)41.9%4th pct
  • Relative xGF%−6.08th pct
  • Penalty diff /600.0041st pct

Usage

3rd line
  • TOI per game12:3740th pct
  • PP time share41.8%76th pct
  • Offensive zone starts61.3%66th pct
  • Quality of competition23.4%27th 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

  1. Mikkel Boedker0.93
  2. Travis BoydWSH0.86
  3. Frans NielsenDET0.84
  4. Rem Pitlick0.84
  5. Jesse Ylonen0.84
  6. Philipp KurashevCHI0.83

Finishing

Model-based

Did the goals match the chances?

Goals against expected goals

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.

−1.4 goals above expected

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Goals above expected, everyone at the same position with 20+ games

−60−40−200+20+40+60+80

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.

Tracking data (NHL EDGE)

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 speed33.3 km/h6th pct
  • Speed bursts over 20 mph12nd pct
  • Hardest shot76.9 km/h2nd pct
  • Distance skated7 km8th pct
  • Offensive-zone time35.9%2nd pct
Tracking, season by season

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.

This playerMedian forwardMiddle half (25th–75th percentile)Hollow dot: too few games to rank, or a season in progress (*, dashed). Dotted line: no NHL games that season.

Top skating speed

33.3 km/h1st pct

▼ −0.2 km/h since 2021–22

3234363821–2222–232021–22: 33.5 km/h, 1st percentile (15 games, too few to rank reliably)2022–23: 33.3 km/h, 1st percentile (3 games, too few to rank reliably)

Bursts over 20 mph per 60

1.912th pct

▼ −1.4 since 2021–22

024681021–2222–232021–22: 3.4, 25th percentile (15 games, too few to rank reliably)2022–23: 1.9, 12th percentile (3 games, too few to rank reliably)

Distance skated per 60

14.3 km6th pct

▼ −0.7 km since 2021–22

1414.51515.51616.521–2222–232021–22: 14.9 km, 18th percentile (15 games, too few to rank reliably)2022–23: 14.3 km, 6th percentile (3 games, too few to rank reliably)

Hardest shot

76.9 km/h0th pct

▼ −42.8 km/h since 2021–22

608010012014016021–2222–232021–22: 119.7 km/h, 0th percentile (15 games, too few to rank reliably)2022–23: 76.9 km/h, 0th percentile (3 games, too few to rank reliably)

Offensive-zone time

35.9%2nd pct

▼ −7.3 points since 2021–22

34%36%38%40%42%44%46%21–2222–232021–22: 43.2%, 72nd percentile (15 games, too few to rank reliably)2022–23: 35.9%, 2nd percentile (3 games, too few to rank reliably)