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Jiri Hudler

#22 · Right wing · Dallas Stars

Born Jan 4, 1984 in Olomouc, CZE · 5'10", 190 lb · Shoots left · Drafted 58th overall in 2002 by DET (round 2)

Trophy case

Stanley Cup NHL Champion 2007-08
Lady Byng Memorial Trophy Sportsmanship and Gentlemanly Conduct 2014-15

Compare with a similar player

The forwards closest to him in points in 2016-17. Pick one to see the two side by side, or choose someone else.

Tyler Pitlick EDM · 11 P in 31 GP Johan Larsson BUF · 11 P in 36 GP Marko Dano WPG · 11 P in 38 GP Dmitrij Jaskin STL · 11 P in 51 GP Michael Raffl PHI · 11 P in 52 GP

Career

Regular season games only. Pick a season to see its game log below. Cap hit is what he counted against the salary cap that season, where it is known.

02040602003-04: 3 points303-042005-06: 0 points005-062006-07: 25 points2506-072007-08: 42 points4207-082008-09: 57 points5708-092010-11: 37 points3710-112011-12: 50 points5011-122012-13: 27 points2712-132013-14: 54 points5413-142014-15: 76 points7614-152015-16: 46 points4615-162016-17: 11 points1116-17

Points by season. The darker bar is the season shown below.

Season Team GP G A P +/- PIM Shots Hits P/GP Cap hit
2003-04 DET 12 1 2 3 -1 10 8 8 0.25
2005-06 DET 4 0 0 0 0 2 3 5 0.00
2006-07 DET 76 15 10 25 16 36 107 23 0.33 $525K
2007-08 DET 81 13 29 42 11 26 131 25 0.52 $1.015M
2008-09 DET 82 23 34 57 7 16 155 22 0.70 $1.015M
2010-11 DET 73 10 27 37 -7 28 105 35 0.51 $2.875M
2011-12 DET 81 25 25 50 10 42 127 48 0.62 $2.875M
2012-13 CGY 42 10 17 27 -13 22 56 16 0.64 $4M
2013-14 CGY 75 17 37 54 4 16 109 35 0.72 $4M
2014-15 CGY 78 31 45 76 17 14 158 27 0.97 $4M
2015-16 CGY 53 10 25 35 -1 17 80 14 0.66 $4M
2015-16 FLA 19 6 5 11 0 10 29 14 0.58
2016-17 DAL 32 3 8 11 -3 4 27 9 0.34 $2M
12 seasons Career 708 164 264 428 40 243 1095 281 0.60

Playoffs

Playoff games only. Pick a season to see that year's bracket.

Season Team GP G A P +/- PIM Shots Hits P/GP
2006-07 DET 6 0 2 2 2 4 6 6 0.33
2007-08 DET 22 5 9 14 -1 14 46 8 0.64
2008-09 DET 23 4 8 12 4 6 36 12 0.52
2010-11 DET 10 1 2 3 -1 6 12 13 0.30
2011-12 DET 5 2 0 2 -3 4 6 3 0.40
2014-15 CGY 11 4 4 8 -2 2 15 5 0.73
2015-16 FLA 6 0 1 1 -2 4 5 7 0.17
7 seasons Playoffs 83 16 26 42 -3 40 126 54 0.51

2016-17 season totals

GP G A P +/- PIM Shots Hits P/GP Shooting % Avg TOI
32 3 8 11 -3 4 27 9 0.34 11.1 11:51

Contract

$2MCap hit2016-17
$182KCap dollars per point11 points in 32 games
-$12KWorth at the going ratewhat teams paid for a season like his
-$2MValueworth less cap hit

His cap hit for the whole season, set against what he did in the regular season. Lower is better value. In a season still being played the cost per point starts high and falls as the games add up. He rated at or below a spare-part player, so there is no cost per goal to show. Value is coloured by where it ranks among the 664 ranked skaters whose contract is known. How value is worked out.

The contract

Who signed him to it, and when, are not on record. When it ends is not known.

Contracts he has signed

Signed Signed by Kind Seasons Years In all Cap hit
2016-17 to 2016-17 $2M
2012-13 to 2015-16 $4M
2010-11 to 2011-12 $2.875M
2007-08 to 2008-09 $1.015M
2006-07 to 2006-07 $525K

Every contract on record for him, newest first, with the team that signed him to it and the day it was signed. The one covering 2016-17 is marked. An extension is signed while the contract before it is still running, often a year ahead. A row with no team or date is a contract known only by its cap hit, most often one signed since October 2024.

2016-17 analytics

Rating

-0.9Goals above replacement559th of 664 skaters, 374th of 435 forwards
-0.2Wins above replacementgoals above replacement divided by six
-2.0Goals above averagethe five parts below added up

Each number is coloured by where it ranks among the 435 ranked forwards: green is in the top fifth and red the bottom fifth, with paler shades in between and amber for the middle. Hover over a tile for its percentile.

Even-strength offence-0.4 47th percentileEven-strength defence-1.4 20th percentilePower play-0.5 18th percentilePenalty kill+0.0 47th percentilePenalties+0.4 55th percentile

The goals he added to his team's goal difference, compared with a spare-part player given the same ice time. Each part is measured against the league, so zero is an average skater, and the rank beside it is among forwards. A full season is about two-thirds the player and one-third chance. Provisional: under 40 games it is more chance than player. Before 2023-24 the NHL timed events less exactly, and differently from rink to rink, so expected goals for this season are rougher than for recent ones.

-202468102010-112011-122012-132013-142014-152015-162016-17Goals above replacementGoals above replacement, by season

On the ice

What happened at five-on-five while he was on the ice. What these numbers mean

48.4Corsi for %295 attempts for, 315 against
-3.3CF% relative to teamagainst the team without him
42.5Expected goals for %10.8 expected for, 14.7 against
-9.1xGF% relative to teamagainst the team without him
47.8Fenwick for %unblocked attempts
52.0Goals for %13 for, 12 against
102.7PDO9.6% shooting + 93.1% saves
42Attempts takenhis own shot attempts

These are left plain: he has not been on the ice enough to be ranked. That takes at least 200 shot attempts with him out there, about six or seven games, and a quarter of what the busiest skater has. Over a game or two these numbers are mostly chance.

Who he played with

Forward lineGPTimeCF%xGF%Goals
Jason Spezza · Jiri Hudler · Tyler Seguin930:3240.034.22-0
Jiri Hudler · Lauri Korpikoski · Devin Shore628:4538.522.80-1
Jason Spezza · Jiri Hudler · Lauri Korpikoski425:1460.856.61-2
Jiri Hudler · Brett Ritchie · Devin Shore622:2852.062.81-0

The lines he spent the most time in at five-on-five, with the team's share of the shot attempts and expected goals, and the goals for and against, while they were out. The two shares are coloured as above, against the league's lines that played a fair amount together. Hover over one for its percentile.

Chances and finishing

Expected goals adds up how likely each of his shots was to go in, judged by where it came from, what kind of shot it was and whether it was a rebound. All situations, leaving out shots at an empty net. Before 2023-24 the NHL timed events less exactly, and differently from rink to rink, so expected goals for this season are rougher than for recent ones.

3Goalsnot counting empty-netters
2.8Expected goalsfrom 38 unblocked attempts
+0.2Goals above expectedgoals minus expected goals
Chances created 0.44 expected goals per 60 minutes8th
Shot quality 7.3% chance per attempt40th
Finishing +0.2 goals above expected58thOne season of finishing is mostly luck.

Each bar shows the share of forwards he is ahead of, among the 421 who played 300 minutes or more this season.

0123Game 20Goals 3Expected 2.8

His goals and his expected goals as the season went on. When the goals line pulls away above, he is scoring more than his chances were worth; below, less.

Where he shot from

Every attempt he took this season, in all situations, attacking the net on the right. There is a dot for each attempt, bigger for a better chance. "Show as heat map" shades the ice by where the attempts came from. Click a goal for its details.

Game log

Date Opponent Result G A P +/- PIM Shots Hits TOI
Mar 23, 2017 @ CHI L 2-3 (SO) 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 10:52
Mar 20, 2017 vs SJS W 1-0 0 1 1 1 0 2 0 09:51
Mar 17, 2017 @ CGY L 1-3 0 0 0 0 0 3 0 16:52
Mar 4, 2017 @ FLA W 2-1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 10:49
Mar 2, 2017 vs NYI L 4-5 0 0 0 -1 0 0 0 08:51
Feb 28, 2017 vs PIT W 3-2 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 10:22
Feb 26, 2017 vs BOS L 3-6 1 1 2 -1 0 2 0 10:32
Feb 24, 2017 vs ARI W 5-2 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 12:55
Feb 9, 2017 @ OTT L 2-3 0 0 0 -2 0 0 0 08:15
Feb 7, 2017 @ TOR L 1-3 0 0 0 -1 0 1 0 14:33
Jan 19, 2017 @ NYI L 0-3 0 0 0 -1 0 1 0 06:28
Jan 17, 2017 @ NYR W 7-6 0 1 1 0 0 0 1 10:24
Jan 16, 2017 @ BUF L 1-4 0 1 1 0 0 1 1 12:58
Jan 14, 2017 vs MIN L 4-5 1 0 1 1 0 2 0 13:12
Jan 12, 2017 vs DET W 5-2 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 10:33
Jan 10, 2017 @ ANA L 0-2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 09:58
Jan 9, 2017 @ LAK W 6-4 1 1 2 2 0 1 0 12:30
Jan 7, 2017 @ STL L 3-4 0 0 0 0 0 4 0 11:40
Jan 4, 2017 vs MTL L 3-4 (OT) 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 10:01
Dec 31, 2016 vs FLA L 1-3 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 12:17
Dec 29, 2016 vs COL W 4-2 0 0 0 0 2 2 1 10:13
Dec 27, 2016 @ ARI W 3-2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 09:23
Dec 23, 2016 vs LAK W 3-2 (OT) 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 10:45
Dec 20, 2016 vs STL L 2-3 (OT) 0 1 1 0 0 1 1 13:13
Dec 17, 2016 vs PHI W 3-1 0 0 0 -1 0 0 1 11:14
Dec 15, 2016 vs NYR L 0-2 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 14:24
Dec 13, 2016 vs ANA W 6-2 0 1 1 2 0 0 0 12:11
Dec 11, 2016 @ CHI L 1-3 0 0 0 0 2 2 1 14:17
Nov 1, 2016 @ CBJ L 2-3 (OT) 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 16:05
Oct 29, 2016 @ MIN L 0-4 0 0 0 -1 0 0 0 15:36
Oct 15, 2016 @ COL L 5-6 0 0 0 -2 0 0 0 13:19
Oct 13, 2016 vs ANA W 4-2 0 0 0 -1 0 0 0 14:39