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Frederick Gaudreau

#89 · Centre · Seattle Kraken

Born May 1, 1993 in Bromont, Quebec, CAN (age 33) · 6'0", 184 lb · Shoots right

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.

Brandon Hagel TBL · 44 P in 77 GP Nino Niederreiter CAR · 44 P in 75 GP Erik Haula BOS · 44 P in 78 GP Josh Bailey NYI · 44 P in 74 GP Jordan Eberle SEA · 44 P in 79 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.

0102030402016-17: 1 points116-172017-18: 3 points317-182018-19: 4 points418-192020-21: 10 points1020-212021-22: 44 points4421-222022-23: 38 points3822-232023-24: 15 points1523-242024-25: 37 points3724-252025-26: 24 points2425-262026-27: 5 points526-27

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

Season Team GP G A P +/- PIM Shots Hits P/GP Cap hit
2016-17 NSH 9 0 1 1 1 0 8 1 0.11 $595K
2017-18 NSH 20 0 3 3 0 2 14 8 0.15 $667K
2018-19 NSH 55 3 1 4 1 2 43 25 0.07 $667K
2020-21 PIT 19 2 8 10 10 2 20 9 0.53 $700K
2021-22 MIN 76 14 30 44 12 8 132 48 0.58 $1.2M
2022-23 MIN 82 19 19 38 10 10 138 42 0.46 $1.2M
2023-24 MIN 67 5 10 15 -23 12 105 24 0.22 $2.1M
2024-25 MIN 82 18 19 37 -2 8 110 47 0.45 $2.1M
2025-26 SEA 68 7 17 24 -1 11 70 35 0.35 $2.1M
2026-27 SEA 6 4 1 5 3 0 9 4 0.83 $2.1M
10 seasons Career 484 72 109 181 11 55 649 243 0.37

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 NSH 8 3 0 3 2 0 7 7 0.38
2020-21 PIT 6 1 2 3 3 2 14 6 0.50
2021-22 MIN 6 1 0 1 -1 0 11 5 0.17
2022-23 MIN 6 3 0 3 0 4 17 9 0.50
2024-25 MIN 6 0 0 0 2 0 2 8 0.00
5 seasons Playoffs 32 8 2 10 6 6 51 35 0.31

2021-22 season totals

GP G A P +/- PIM Shots Hits P/GP Shooting % Avg TOI
76 14 30 44 12 8 132 48 0.58 10.6 16:19

Contract

$1.2MCap hitends in 2023, then UFA
$27KCap dollars per point44 points in 76 games
$231KCap dollars per goal above replacement5.2 goals above replacement
$4.4MWorth at the going ratewhat teams paid for a season like his
+$3.2MValueworth 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

Signed by the Minnesota Wild on Jul 28, 2021, as a new contract: 2 years and $2.4M, beginning in 2021-22. It runs through 2022-23, with 1 season left after this one, and he is then an unrestricted free agent.

Season Cap hit Base salary Signing bonus Performance bonuses Paid in all Clause
2021-22 $1.2M $1M $0 $1M
2022-23 $1.2M $1.4M $0 $1.4M

Each season of the contract, with this one marked. The cap hit is the same every year; what he is paid is not. The pay is as written when the contract was recorded in October 2024, so a later change, such as the rise in the lowest salary for 2026-27, is not shown.

Contracts he has signed

Signed Signed by Kind Seasons Years In all Cap hit
Apr 13, 2023 Minnesota Wild Extension 2023-24 to 2027-28 5 $10.5M $2.1M
Jul 28, 2021 Minnesota Wild New contract 2021-22 to 2022-23 2 $2.4M $1.2M
Oct 10, 2020 Pittsburgh Penguins New contract 2020-21 to 2020-21 1 $700K $700K
Jul 17, 2017 Nashville Predators New contract 2017-18 to 2019-20 3 $2M $667K
Jan 5, 2016 Nashville Predators Entry-level 2015-16 to 2016-17 2 $1.19M $595K

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 playoff analytics

Regular season Playoffs

Rating

-0.2Goals above replacementsix goals are worth about one win
0.0Wins above replacementgoals above replacement divided by six
-0.5Goals above averagethe five parts below added up
Even-strength offence-0.4Even-strength defence+0.1Power play+0.0Penalty kill-0.4Penalties+0.2

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. A full season is about two-thirds the player and one-third chance. A playoff run is too short to rank anyone on. 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.

-4-202462016-172018-192021-222023-242025-26Goals 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

49.1Corsi for %54 attempts for, 56 against
-5.6CF% relative to teamagainst the team without him
54.4Expected goals for %2.6 expected for, 2.2 against
-2.7xGF% relative to teamagainst the team without him
50.6Fenwick for %unblocked attempts
25.0Goals for %1 for, 3 against
94.0PDO2.9% shooting + 91.2% saves
10Attempts 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
Frederick Gaudreau · Kevin Fiala · Matt Boldy646:3259.066.71-1
Mats Zuccarello · Frederick Gaudreau · Kevin Fiala32:4128.610.60-0
Mats Zuccarello · Frederick Gaudreau · Kirill Kaprizov32:110.00.00-0
Frederick Gaudreau · Connor Dewar · Matt Boldy11:400.00.00-0

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.

1Goalsnot counting empty-netters
1.1Expected goalsfrom 12 unblocked attempts
-0.1Goals above expectedgoals minus expected goals
Chances created 0.71 expected goals per 60 minutes28th
Shot quality 9.3% chance per attempt74th
Finishing -0.1 goals above expected56thOne season of finishing is mostly luck.

Each bar shows the share of forwards he is ahead of, among the 89 who played at least a quarter as much as the busiest in these playoffs.

00.51Expected 1.1Goals 1

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 in these playoffs, 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
Apr 29, 2022 vs COL W 4-1 0 0 0 -1 0 2 0 18:10
Apr 28, 2022 vs CGY W 3-2 (OT) 1 1 2 1 0 3 2 13:42
Apr 26, 2022 vs ARI L 3-5 0 0 0 -2 0 1 0 16:23
Apr 24, 2022 @ NSH W 5-4 (OT) 0 0 0 1 0 1 2 18:34
Apr 22, 2022 vs SEA W 6-3 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 14:49
Apr 21, 2022 vs VAN W 6-3 0 2 2 1 0 2 0 17:59
Apr 19, 2022 @ MTL W 2-0 0 0 0 1 0 3 0 14:25
Apr 17, 2022 vs SJS W 5-4 (OT) 0 3 3 1 0 4 0 16:39
Apr 16, 2022 @ STL L 5-6 (OT) 1 0 1 0 0 3 0 16:17
Apr 14, 2022 @ DAL W 3-2 (OT) 1 2 3 3 0 1 0 16:02
Apr 12, 2022 vs EDM W 5-1 1 0 1 2 0 2 0 19:10
Apr 10, 2022 vs LAK W 6-3 0 0 0 -2 0 1 1 15:33
Apr 8, 2022 @ STL L 3-4 (OT) 0 0 0 -1 0 0 2 16:53
Apr 5, 2022 @ NSH L 2-6 0 0 0 -1 0 2 0 17:23
Apr 3, 2022 @ WSH W 5-1 0 0 0 1 0 2 1 15:51
Apr 2, 2022 @ CAR W 3-1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 16:22
Mar 31, 2022 vs PIT L 3-4 (OT) 1 0 1 1 0 3 0 18:41
Mar 29, 2022 vs PHI W 4-1 0 2 2 2 0 2 1 14:19
Mar 27, 2022 vs COL W 3-2 (OT) 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 15:32
Mar 26, 2022 vs CBJ W 3-2 (OT) 0 1 1 0 0 2 0 16:08
Mar 24, 2022 vs VAN W 3-2 (OT) 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 12:37
Mar 21, 2022 vs VGK W 3-0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 14:54
Mar 19, 2022 vs CHI W 3-1 1 0 1 1 0 2 0 13:25
Mar 16, 2022 vs BOS W 4-2 0 0 0 0 0 3 0 16:12
Mar 13, 2022 vs NSH L 2-6 0 1 1 1 0 0 0 19:06
Mar 11, 2022 @ CBJ L 2-3 (SO) 0 0 0 0 0 3 0 15:09
Mar 10, 2022 @ DET W 6-5 (SO) 0 2 2 -1 0 2 0 16:51
Mar 8, 2022 vs NYR W 5-2 0 0 0 1 0 1 3 15:52
Mar 6, 2022 vs DAL L 3-6 0 0 0 -2 0 2 1 17:03
Mar 4, 2022 @ BUF L 4-5 0 1 1 -1 0 1 0 15:47
Mar 3, 2022 @ PHI W 5-4 1 0 1 2 0 2 3 16:44
Mar 1, 2022 vs CGY L 1-5 0 0 0 -1 0 1 4 18:18
Feb 26, 2022 @ CGY L 3-7 1 0 1 1 0 2 2 16:12
Feb 24, 2022 @ TOR L 1-3 1 0 1 1 0 5 0 16:24
Feb 22, 2022 @ OTT L 3-4 0 0 0 -1 2 4 1 17:45
Feb 20, 2022 @ EDM W 7-3 0 1 1 2 0 2 0 13:51
Feb 18, 2022 vs FLA L 2-6 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 18:35
Feb 16, 2022 @ WPG L 3-6 0 0 0 -3 2 1 2 17:12
Feb 14, 2022 vs DET W 7-4 0 2 2 2 0 1 1 15:56
Feb 12, 2022 vs CAR W 3-2 1 1 2 2 0 2 0 15:17
Feb 8, 2022 @ WPG L 0-2 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 14:38
Feb 2, 2022 @ CHI W 5-0 1 1 2 1 0 2 0 15:10
Jan 30, 2022 @ NYI W 4-3 0 0 0 -1 0 4 0 14:04
Jan 28, 2022 @ NYR W 3-2 1 0 1 1 0 3 0 12:43
Jan 24, 2022 vs MTL W 8-2 0 1 1 1 0 4 0 13:06
Jan 22, 2022 vs CHI W 4-3 (OT) 0 0 0 0 0 3 0 16:18
Jan 21, 2022 @ CHI W 5-1 0 0 0 -1 0 5 0 18:03
Jan 17, 2022 @ COL L 3-4 (SO) 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 17:42
Jan 14, 2022 vs ANA W 7-3 0 1 1 1 0 3 2 14:44
Jan 8, 2022 vs WSH W 3-2 (SO) 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 16:03
Jan 6, 2022 @ BOS W 3-2 0 0 0 0 0 3 2 17:08
Jan 1, 2022 vs STL L 4-6 0 0 0 -1 0 1 1 18:09
Dec 20, 2021 @ DAL L 4-7 0 0 0 -2 0 0 0 14:11
Dec 16, 2021 vs BUF L 2-3 (SO) 0 0 0 -1 2 0 0 13:18
Dec 12, 2021 @ VGK L 4-6 0 0 0 -2 0 0 0 11:41
Nov 28, 2021 vs TBL W 4-2 0 1 1 1 0 1 0 16:10
Nov 26, 2021 vs WPG W 7-1 0 1 1 2 0 1 0 15:57
Nov 24, 2021 @ NJD W 3-2 (SO) 0 1 1 0 0 1 1 17:25
Nov 21, 2021 @ TBL L 4-5 (SO) 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 17:59
Nov 20, 2021 @ FLA L 4-5 0 1 1 1 0 0 2 16:34
Nov 18, 2021 vs DAL W 7-2 1 0 1 1 0 2 0 16:04
Nov 16, 2021 vs SJS L 1-4 0 0 0 -2 0 1 0 16:54
Nov 13, 2021 @ SEA W 4-2 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 16:37
Nov 11, 2021 @ VGK L 2-3 0 1 1 1 2 1 0 18:44
Nov 10, 2021 @ ARI W 5-2 0 0 0 -1 0 0 0 18:14
Nov 7, 2021 vs NYI W 5-2 0 0 0 1 0 2 0 16:24
Nov 6, 2021 @ PIT W 5-4 (SO) 0 2 2 2 0 0 0 21:01
Nov 2, 2021 vs OTT W 5-4 (OT) 0 0 0 0 0 4 0 18:58
Oct 30, 2021 @ COL L 1-4 0 0 0 -1 0 2 2 19:46
Oct 28, 2021 @ SEA L 1-4 0 0 0 -1 0 0 2 16:09
Oct 26, 2021 @ VAN W 3-2 0 0 0 -1 0 3 1 17:41
Oct 24, 2021 vs NSH L 2-5 0 0 0 -1 0 0 0 17:26
Oct 23, 2021 vs ANA W 4-3 (OT) 0 0 0 0 0 3 0 17:18
Oct 19, 2021 vs WPG W 6-5 (OT) 0 1 1 0 0 2 1 16:28
Oct 16, 2021 @ LAK W 3-2 1 0 1 1 0 2 1 13:23
Oct 15, 2021 @ ANA W 2-1 0 0 0 0 0 3 0 15:39