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Tanner Kero

#64 · Centre · Dallas Stars

Born Jul 24, 1992 in Hancock, Michigan, USA · 6'0", 180 lb · Shoots left

Compare with a similar player

The forwards closest to him in points in 2021-22. Pick one to see the two side by side, or choose someone else.

Adam Brooks WPG · 3 P in 25 GP Jayson Megna COL · 3 P in 20 GP Jujhar Khaira CHI · 3 P in 27 GP Bo Groulx ANA · 3 P in 18 GP Logan Shaw OTT · 3 P in 17 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.

0510152015-16: 3 points315-162016-17: 16 points1616-172017-18: 3 points317-182020-21: 10 points1020-212021-22: 3 points321-22

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

Season Team GP G A P +/- PIM Shots Hits P/GP Cap hit
2015-16 CHI 17 1 2 3 -2 2 26 19 0.18
2016-17 CHI 47 6 10 16 15 8 60 41 0.34 $668K
2017-18 CHI 8 1 2 3 1 0 7 3 0.38 $750K
2020-21 DAL 39 3 7 10 0 6 39 31 0.26 $762K
2021-22 DAL 23 0 3 3 -5 0 14 12 0.13 $750K
5 seasons Career 134 11 24 35 9 16 146 106 0.26

Playoffs

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

Season Team GP G A P +/- PIM Shots Hits P/GP
2016-17 CHI 4 0 0 0 -2 0 4 8 0.00
1 season Playoffs 4 0 0 0 -2 0 4 8 0.00

2021-22 season totals

GP G A P +/- PIM Shots Hits P/GP Shooting % Avg TOI
23 0 3 3 -5 0 14 12 0.13 0.0 9:34

Contract

$750KCap hitends in 2023, then UFA
$250KCap dollars per point3 points in 23 games
$1.71MCap dollars per goal above replacement0.4 goals above replacement
$1MWorth at the going ratewhat teams paid for a season like his
+$266KValueworth minus cap hit; below zero is overpaid

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. Value is coloured by where it ranks among the 716 ranked skaters whose contract is known. How value is worked out.

The contract

Who signed him to it, and when, are not on record. It runs through 2022-23, with 1 season left after this one, and he is then an unrestricted free agent.

Season Cap hit
2021-22 $750K
2022-23 $750K

Each season left on the contract. Only its cap hit and its end are known: how the pay is split by season, and any signing bonus, are not.

Contracts he has signed

Signed Signed by Kind Seasons Years In all Cap hit
2021-22 to 2022-23 $750K
2020-21 to 2020-21 $762K
2016-17 to 2017-18 $668K

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 2021-22 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.

2021-22 analytics

Rating

+0.4Goals above replacement491st of 723 skaters, 335th of 481 forwards
+0.1Wins above replacementgoals above replacement divided by six
-0.2Goals above averagethe five parts below added up

Each number is coloured by where it ranks among the 481 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-1.5 30th percentileEven-strength defence+0.6 59th percentilePower play0.0 60th percentilePenalty kill+0.1 72nd percentilePenalties+0.8 70th 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.

-1012342015-162016-172017-182020-212021-22Goals 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

44.1Corsi for %146 attempts for, 185 against
-2.5CF% relative to teamagainst the team without him
43.3Expected goals for %6.2 expected for, 8.1 against
-3.8xGF% relative to teamagainst the team without him
46.3Fenwick for %unblocked attempts
30.8Goals for %4 for, 9 against
95.0PDO5.0% shooting + 90.0% saves
24Attempts 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
Luke Glendening · Tanner Kero · Joel Kiviranta925:4537.139.81-0
Tyler Seguin · Denis Gurianov · Tanner Kero921:5052.845.10-1
Luke Glendening · Radek Faksa · Tanner Kero420:2060.059.90-1
Alexander Radulov · Tanner Kero · Jacob Peterson618:1048.351.50-0

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.

0Goalsnot counting empty-netters
1.2Expected goalsfrom 18 unblocked attempts
-1.2Goals above expectedgoals minus expected goals
Chances created 0.33 expected goals per 60 minutes1st
Shot quality 6.6% chance per attempt8th
Finishing -1.2 goals above expected42ndOne season of finishing is mostly luck.

Each bar shows the share of forwards he is ahead of, among the 451 who played 300 minutes or more this season.

00.51Game 20Expected 1.2Goals 0

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
Feb 15, 2022 @ COL W 4-1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 07:32
Feb 13, 2022 vs COL L 0-4 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 09:51
Feb 11, 2022 vs WPG W 4-3 (OT) 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 07:11
Feb 1, 2022 vs CGY L 3-4 0 1 1 -1 0 1 0 07:21
Jan 30, 2022 vs BOS W 6-1 0 0 0 0 0 2 2 11:10
Jan 28, 2022 vs WSH L 0-5 0 0 0 -1 0 0 0 11:34
Jan 25, 2022 @ NJD W 5-1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 11:04
Jan 24, 2022 @ PHI W 3-1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 10:30
Jan 15, 2022 @ TBL L 1-3 0 0 0 -1 0 1 1 08:11
Jan 14, 2022 @ FLA L 1-7 0 0 0 -1 0 0 0 11:55
Jan 12, 2022 vs SEA W 5-2 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 08:13
Dec 18, 2021 vs CHI W 4-3 (OT) 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 00:25
Dec 14, 2021 vs STL L 1-4 0 0 0 -1 0 2 0 15:18
Dec 11, 2021 @ SJS L 1-2 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 10:41
Dec 9, 2021 @ LAK L 0-4 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 11:13
Dec 6, 2021 vs ARI W 4-1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 11:25
Nov 2, 2021 @ WPG L 3-4 (SO) 0 1 1 1 0 1 0 08:53
Oct 25, 2021 @ CBJ L 1-4 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 09:12
Oct 22, 2021 vs LAK W 3-2 (OT) 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 06:44
Oct 19, 2021 @ PIT W 2-1 (SO) 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 10:54
Oct 17, 2021 @ OTT L 2-3 0 0 0 -1 0 1 1 12:23
Oct 16, 2021 @ BOS L 1-3 0 1 1 1 0 0 0 08:51
Oct 14, 2021 @ NYR W 3-2 (OT) 0 0 0 -1 0 0 1 09:26