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Johnny Gaudreau

#13 · Left wing · Columbus Blue Jackets

Born Aug 13, 1993 in Salem, New Jersey, USA · 5'9", 163 lb · Shoots left · Drafted 104th overall in 2011 by CGY (round 4)

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Lady Byng Memorial Trophy Sportsmanship and Gentlemanly Conduct 2016-17

Compare with a similar player

The forwards closest to him in points in 2019-20. Pick one to see the two side by side, or choose someone else.

Brayden Schenn STL · 58 P in 71 GP Nikolaj Ehlers WPG · 58 P in 71 GP Ryan Strome NYR · 59 P in 70 GP Mike Hoffman FLA · 59 P in 69 GP Sean Couturier PHI · 59 P in 69 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.

0501002013-14: 1 points113-142014-15: 64 points6414-152015-16: 78 points7815-162016-17: 61 points6116-172017-18: 84 points8417-182018-19: 99 points9918-192019-20: 58 points5819-202020-21: 49 points4920-212021-22: 115 points11521-222022-23: 74 points7422-232023-24: 60 points6023-24

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

Season Team GP G A P +/- PIM Shots Hits P/GP Cap hit
2013-14 CGY 1 1 0 1 1 0 1 0 1.00 $925K
2014-15 CGY 80 24 40 64 11 14 167 14 0.80 $925K
2015-16 CGY 79 30 48 78 4 20 217 26 0.99 $925K
2016-17 CGY 72 18 43 61 -7 4 182 9 0.85 $6.75M
2017-18 CGY 80 24 60 84 2 26 227 16 1.05 $6.75M
2018-19 CGY 82 36 63 99 18 24 245 12 1.21 $6.75M
2019-20 CGY 70 18 40 58 -10 12 209 1 0.83 $6.75M
2020-21 CGY 56 19 30 49 2 6 112 8 0.88 $6.75M
2021-22 CGY 82 40 75 115 64 26 262 10 1.40 $6.75M
2022-23 CBJ 80 21 53 74 -33 22 220 5 0.93 $9.75M
2023-24 CBJ 81 12 48 60 -27 22 160 2 0.74 $9.75M
11 seasons Career 763 243 500 743 25 176 2002 103 0.97

Playoffs

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

Season Team GP G A P +/- PIM Shots Hits P/GP
2014-15 CGY 11 4 5 9 -2 6 24 3 0.82
2016-17 CGY 4 0 2 2 -4 0 8 0 0.50
2018-19 CGY 5 0 1 1 -2 2 16 5 0.20
2019-20 CGY 10 4 3 7 0 0 27 3 0.70
2021-22 CGY 12 3 11 14 -3 2 52 1 1.17
5 seasons Playoffs 42 11 22 33 -11 10 127 12 0.79

2019-20 season totals

GP G A P +/- PIM Shots Hits P/GP Shooting % Avg TOI
70 18 40 58 -10 12 209 1 0.83 8.6 18:47

Contract

$6.75MCap hitends in 2022, then UFA
$116KCap dollars per point58 points in 70 games
$1.615MCap dollars per goal above replacement4.2 goals above replacement
$4.2MWorth at the going ratewhat teams paid for a season like his
-$2.6MValueworth 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 668 ranked skaters whose contract is known. How value is worked out.

The contract

Signed by the Calgary Flames on Oct 10, 2016, as a new contract: 6 years and $40.5M, beginning in 2016-17. It runs through 2021-22, with 2 seasons 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
2016-17 $6.75M $3.75M $3M $6.75M
2017-18 $6.75M $6.75M $0 $6.75M
2018-19 $6.75M $6.75M $0 $6.75M
2019-20 $6.75M $6.75M $0 $6.75M
2020-21 $6.75M $3.25M $3.5M $6.75M
2021-22 $6.75M $6.75M $0 $6.75M M-NTC

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
Jul 13, 2022 Columbus Blue Jackets New contract 2022-23 to 2028-29 7 $68.25M $9.75M
Oct 10, 2016 Calgary Flames New contract 2016-17 to 2021-22 6 $40.5M $6.75M
Apr 11, 2014 Calgary Flames Entry-level 2013-14 to 2015-16 3 $5.55M $925K

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 2019-20 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.

2019-20 analytics

Regular season Playoffs

Rating

+4.2Goals above replacement212th of 670 skaters, 154th of 439 forwards
+0.7Wins above replacementgoals above replacement divided by six
+0.5Goals above averagethe five parts below added up

Each number is coloured by where it ranks among the 439 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+1.2 68th percentileEven-strength defence-2.9 4th percentilePower play+1.3 93rd percentilePenalty kill0.0 57th percentilePenalties+0.9 74th 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. 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.

01020302013-142015-162017-182019-202021-222023-24Goals 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

50.7Corsi for %993 attempts for, 965 against
+0.3CF% relative to teamagainst the team without him
48.8Expected goals for %42.5 expected for, 44.6 against
-1.8xGF% relative to teamagainst the team without him
49.5Fenwick for %unblocked attempts
48.8Goals for %39 for, 41 against
99.9PDO7.4% shooting + 92.5% saves
239Attempts takenhis own shot attempts

Each share is coloured by where it ranks among the 583 skaters who played enough to be ranked: 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. PDO and attempts taken are left plain, since neither is good or bad on its own.

Who he played with

Forward lineGPTimeCF%xGF%Goals
Johnny Gaudreau · Elias Lindholm · Sean Monahan47504:2552.848.719-23
Mikael Backlund · Johnny Gaudreau · Sean Monahan21173:4248.345.79-7
Milan Lucic · Johnny Gaudreau · Derek Ryan1043:3042.047.31-0
Johnny Gaudreau · Sean Monahan · Matthew Tkachuk2329:2845.335.90-1

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.

17Goalsnot counting empty-netters
19.0Expected goalsfrom 271 unblocked attempts
-2.0Goals above expectedgoals minus expected goals
Chances created 0.87 expected goals per 60 minutes68th
Shot quality 7.0% chance per attempt19th
Finishing -2.0 goals above expected27thOne season of finishing is mostly luck.

Each bar shows the share of forwards he is ahead of, among the 410 who played 300 minutes or more this season.

051015Game 20Game 40Game 60Expected 19.0Goals 17

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. Darker red means more attempts from that spot, and each dot is a goal. "Show every shot" switches to a dot for each attempt, bigger for a better chance. Click a goal for its details.

Game log

Date Opponent Result G A P +/- PIM Shots Hits TOI
Mar 8, 2020 vs VGK L 3-5 0 0 0 -1 0 1 0 20:20
Mar 6, 2020 vs ARI W 3-2 1 0 1 0 0 4 0 18:54
Mar 4, 2020 vs CBJ W 3-2 (OT) 0 1 1 2 0 5 0 22:43
Mar 1, 2020 @ FLA W 3-0 1 1 2 1 0 5 0 16:05
Feb 29, 2020 @ TBL L 3-4 0 1 1 1 0 1 0 17:02
Feb 27, 2020 @ NSH L 3-4 (OT) 0 0 0 -2 0 3 0 15:37
Feb 25, 2020 @ BOS W 5-2 0 1 1 1 0 4 0 18:44
Feb 23, 2020 @ DET W 4-2 1 0 1 0 0 2 0 15:30
Feb 21, 2020 vs BOS L 3-4 1 0 1 0 0 3 0 20:18
Feb 17, 2020 vs ANA W 6-4 0 1 1 2 0 6 0 19:48
Feb 15, 2020 vs CHI L 4-8 0 2 2 -1 0 5 0 19:25
Feb 13, 2020 @ ANA W 6-0 0 0 0 1 0 4 0 15:12
Feb 12, 2020 @ LAK L 3-5 0 2 2 1 0 5 0 23:48
Feb 10, 2020 @ SJS W 6-2 0 1 1 0 0 5 0 19:05
Feb 8, 2020 @ VAN W 6-2 0 2 2 1 2 2 0 19:28
Feb 6, 2020 vs NSH L 2-3 0 0 0 0 0 4 0 18:44
Feb 4, 2020 vs SJS L 1-3 1 0 1 -1 0 2 0 21:47
Feb 1, 2020 vs EDM L 3-8 0 1 1 -1 0 2 0 18:27
Jan 29, 2020 @ EDM W 4-3 (SO) 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 18:23
Jan 28, 2020 vs STL L 4-5 (SO) 0 2 2 0 0 3 0 19:10
Jan 18, 2020 @ OTT L 2-5 0 0 0 -2 0 1 0 16:22
Jan 16, 2020 @ TOR W 2-1 (SO) 0 0 0 0 0 6 0 17:30
Jan 13, 2020 @ MTL L 0-2 0 0 0 -1 0 5 0 17:39
Jan 11, 2020 vs EDM W 4-3 1 1 2 -1 0 6 0 16:13
Jan 9, 2020 vs MIN W 2-1 1 0 1 1 0 5 0 17:50
Jan 7, 2020 @ CHI W 2-1 0 0 0 0 0 5 0 19:45
Jan 5, 2020 @ MIN W 5-4 (SO) 0 2 2 -1 0 1 0 20:59
Jan 2, 2020 vs NYR W 4-3 1 1 2 1 0 3 0 17:39
Dec 31, 2019 vs CHI L 3-5 0 1 1 0 0 1 0 18:51
Dec 29, 2019 vs VAN L 2-5 0 0 0 -1 0 1 0 19:15
Dec 27, 2019 @ EDM W 5-1 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 14:33
Dec 23, 2019 @ MIN L 0-3 0 0 0 -1 0 0 0 16:36
Dec 22, 2019 @ DAL W 5-1 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 17:12
Dec 19, 2019 vs MTL L 3-4 (OT) 0 2 2 -1 0 0 0 18:15
Dec 17, 2019 vs PIT L 1-4 1 0 1 0 0 5 0 15:11
Dec 14, 2019 vs CAR L 0-4 0 0 0 -1 0 2 0 19:20
Dec 12, 2019 vs TOR W 4-2 2 0 2 2 0 3 0 15:27
Dec 10, 2019 @ ARI W 5-2 1 0 1 1 0 4 0 20:17
Dec 9, 2019 @ COL W 5-4 (OT) 0 0 0 -1 0 3 0 17:07
Dec 7, 2019 vs LAK W 4-3 0 1 1 1 0 5 0 20:16
Dec 5, 2019 vs BUF W 4-3 1 0 1 1 2 5 0 13:09
Nov 30, 2019 vs OTT W 3-1 0 1 1 1 0 3 0 18:29
Nov 27, 2019 @ BUF W 3-2 (OT) 0 0 0 -1 0 2 0 15:13
Nov 25, 2019 @ PIT L 2-3 (OT) 0 1 1 0 0 5 0 18:49
Nov 23, 2019 @ PHI W 3-2 (SO) 0 1 1 0 0 2 0 22:45
Nov 21, 2019 @ STL L 0-5 0 0 0 -1 0 3 0 18:43
Nov 19, 2019 vs COL L 2-3 0 0 0 -2 0 1 0 20:38
Nov 17, 2019 @ VGK L 0-6 0 0 0 -5 0 3 0 16:21
Nov 16, 2019 @ ARI L 0-3 0 0 0 -1 2 3 1 20:57
Nov 13, 2019 vs DAL L 1-3 0 1 1 -1 0 1 0 20:45
Nov 9, 2019 vs STL L 2-3 (OT) 0 0 0 -1 0 1 0 21:52
Nov 7, 2019 vs NJD W 5-2 1 1 2 2 0 3 0 19:31
Nov 5, 2019 vs ARI W 4-3 (OT) 1 0 1 -1 0 7 0 22:25
Nov 3, 2019 @ WSH L 2-4 0 0 0 -2 0 2 0 17:24
Nov 2, 2019 @ CBJ W 3-0 0 1 1 1 0 2 0 18:54
Oct 31, 2019 @ NSH W 6-5 (OT) 0 2 2 0 0 3 0 23:20
Oct 29, 2019 @ CAR L 1-2 0 1 1 0 0 2 0 20:36
Oct 26, 2019 @ WPG L 1-2 (OT) 0 1 1 0 0 6 0 19:47
Oct 24, 2019 vs FLA W 6-5 (SO) 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 21:03
Oct 22, 2019 vs WSH L 3-5 0 1 1 -3 0 3 0 16:43
Oct 20, 2019 @ ANA W 2-1 0 1 1 0 0 3 0 17:14
Oct 19, 2019 @ LAK L 1-4 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 17:58
Oct 17, 2019 vs DET W 5-1 0 0 0 0 0 3 0 16:52
Oct 15, 2019 vs PHI W 3-1 0 0 0 0 2 3 0 20:36
Oct 13, 2019 @ SJS L 1-3 0 0 0 -1 0 1 0 20:47
Oct 12, 2019 @ VGK L 2-6 1 0 1 1 0 5 0 18:52
Oct 10, 2019 @ DAL W 3-2 (SO) 0 0 0 0 4 5 0 21:40
Oct 8, 2019 vs LAK L 3-4 (OT) 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 19:29
Oct 5, 2019 vs VAN W 3-0 1 2 3 3 0 3 0 19:19
Oct 3, 2019 @ COL L 3-5 1 1 2 0 0 2 0 20:20