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Charles Hudon

#54 · Left wing · Colorado Avalanche

Born Jun 23, 1994 in Alma, Quebec, CAN · 5'10", 190 lb · Shoots left · Drafted 122nd overall in 2012 by MTL (round 5)

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The forwards closest to him in points in 2017-18. Pick one to see the two side by side, or choose someone else.

Nolan Patrick PHI · 30 P in 73 GP Brendan Perlini ARI · 30 P in 74 GP Conor Sheary PIT · 30 P in 79 GP Brock McGinn CAR · 30 P in 80 GP Josh Anderson CBJ · 30 P in 63 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.

01020302015-16: 2 points215-162016-17: 2 points216-172017-18: 30 points3017-182018-19: 5 points518-192019-20: 2 points219-202022-23: 0 points022-23

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 MTL 3 0 2 2 2 0 3 7 0.67
2016-17 MTL 3 0 2 2 1 2 3 11 0.67 $625K
2017-18 MTL 72 10 20 30 -12 38 179 126 0.42 $650K
2018-19 MTL 32 3 2 5 -9 16 50 73 0.16 $650K
2019-20 MTL 15 1 1 2 -9 0 22 25 0.13 $800K
2022-23 COL 9 0 0 0 -2 2 18 13 0.00 $750K
6 seasons Career 134 14 27 41 -29 58 275 255 0.31

Playoffs

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

Season Team GP G A P +/- PIM Shots Hits P/GP
2019-20 MTL 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 4 0.00
1 season Playoffs 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 4 0.00

2017-18 season totals

GP G A P +/- PIM Shots Hits P/GP Shooting % Avg TOI
72 10 20 30 -12 38 179 126 0.42 5.6 14:02

Contract

$650KCap hit2017-18
$22KCap dollars per point30 points in 72 games
$107KCap dollars per goal above replacement6.1 goals above replacement
$4.5MWorth at the going ratewhat teams paid for a season like his
+$3.8MValueworth 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 691 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
2022-23 to 2022-23 $750K
2019-20 to 2019-20 $800K
2016-17 to 2018-19 $625K

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 2017-18 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.

2017-18 analytics

Rating

+6.1Goals above replacement160th of 691 skaters, 117th of 451 forwards
+1.0Wins above replacementgoals above replacement divided by six
+3.3Goals above averagethe five parts below added up

Each number is coloured by where it ranks among the 451 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-0.6 44th percentileEven-strength defence+1.1 70th percentilePower play+0.2 72nd percentilePenalty kill+0.0 49th percentilePenalties+2.6 96th 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.

-4-2024682015-162016-172017-182018-192019-202022-23Goals 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

51.2Corsi for %893 attempts for, 852 against
+0.7CF% relative to teamagainst the team without him
50.6Expected goals for %33.8 expected for, 33.0 against
-0.5xGF% relative to teamagainst the team without him
50.6Fenwick for %unblocked attempts
41.9Goals for %31 for, 43 against
97.4PDO6.8% shooting + 90.6% saves
227Attempts takenhis own shot attempts

Each share is coloured by where it ranks among the 600 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
Tomas Plekanec · Brendan Gallagher · Charles Hudon25208:4953.260.810-7
Paul Byron · Max Pacioretty · Charles Hudon13115:2748.751.97-6
Logan Shaw · Charles Hudon · Nikita Scherbak662:1140.223.31-2
Phillip Danault · Alex Galchenyuk · Charles Hudon751:4746.446.81-0

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.

10Goalsnot counting empty-netters
14.1Expected goalsfrom 213 unblocked attempts
-4.1Goals above expectedgoals minus expected goals
Chances created 0.84 expected goals per 60 minutes71st
Shot quality 6.6% chance per attempt24th
Finishing -4.1 goals above expected13thOne season of finishing is mostly luck.

Each bar shows the share of forwards he is ahead of, among the 423 who played 300 minutes or more this season.

0510Game 20Game 40Game 60Expected 14.1Goals 10

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
Apr 5, 2018 @ DET W 4-3 0 0 0 -2 0 2 0 12:11
Mar 31, 2018 @ PIT L 2-5 0 0 0 -2 0 1 2 13:11
Mar 26, 2018 vs DET W 4-2 0 0 0 -1 12 2 3 14:55
Mar 24, 2018 vs WSH L 4-6 2 0 2 1 0 4 4 15:02
Mar 23, 2018 @ BUF W 3-0 0 1 1 1 0 2 2 15:27
Mar 21, 2018 @ PIT L 3-5 0 1 1 1 0 0 2 10:35
Mar 19, 2018 vs FLA L 0-2 0 0 0 0 0 0 4 15:21
Mar 17, 2018 @ TOR L 0-4 0 0 0 -1 0 2 2 15:47
Mar 15, 2018 vs PIT L 3-5 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 12:48
Mar 13, 2018 vs DAL W 4-2 0 0 0 0 2 1 0 13:19
Mar 12, 2018 @ CBJ L 2-5 0 0 0 -3 0 3 0 16:06
Mar 10, 2018 @ TBL L 2-3 (SO) 0 2 2 0 2 2 3 11:17
Feb 28, 2018 vs NYI W 3-1 0 0 0 0 0 4 0 14:38
Feb 26, 2018 vs PHI L 0-1 (SO) 0 0 0 0 0 3 1 15:10
Feb 24, 2018 vs TBL L 3-4 (SO) 0 1 1 1 2 1 1 17:47
Feb 22, 2018 vs NYR W 3-1 0 1 1 1 2 3 1 14:04
Feb 20, 2018 @ PHI L 2-3 (OT) 0 1 1 1 0 0 1 12:56
Feb 17, 2018 @ VGK L 3-6 1 0 1 -1 0 2 2 15:32
Feb 15, 2018 @ ARI L 2-5 0 0 0 -2 2 4 1 14:21
Feb 14, 2018 @ COL L 0-2 0 0 0 -1 0 4 2 15:11
Feb 10, 2018 vs NSH L 2-3 (SO) 0 0 0 -1 0 2 3 14:57
Feb 8, 2018 @ PHI L 3-5 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 13:40
Feb 4, 2018 vs OTT W 4-1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 13:59
Feb 3, 2018 vs ANA W 5-2 0 0 0 0 0 6 2 14:48
Feb 1, 2018 @ CAR L 0-2 0 0 0 0 0 3 4 15:40
Jan 30, 2018 @ STL L 1-3 1 0 1 -1 0 3 0 16:27
Jan 25, 2018 vs CAR L 5-6 2 1 3 1 0 6 3 16:14
Jan 23, 2018 vs COL W 4-2 0 0 0 1 0 4 4 12:24
Jan 20, 2018 vs BOS L 1-4 0 0 0 1 2 2 4 15:09
Jan 19, 2018 @ WSH W 3-2 0 0 0 1 0 1 1 13:26
Jan 17, 2018 @ BOS L 1-4 0 1 1 0 0 3 1 13:25
Jan 15, 2018 vs NYI L 4-5 (OT) 0 0 0 0 2 6 0 14:49
Jan 13, 2018 vs BOS L 3-4 (SO) 0 0 0 0 0 2 3 14:33
Jan 7, 2018 vs VAN W 5-2 0 0 0 0 0 4 1 17:07
Jan 4, 2018 vs TBL W 2-1 (SO) 0 0 0 0 0 3 4 14:47
Jan 2, 2018 vs SJS L 1-4 0 0 0 -1 0 0 4 13:13
Dec 30, 2017 @ FLA L 0-2 0 0 0 0 0 3 0 15:46
Dec 28, 2017 @ TBL L 1-3 0 1 1 0 0 1 0 10:36
Dec 27, 2017 @ CAR L 1-3 0 0 0 0 0 4 2 11:22
Dec 19, 2017 @ VAN W 7-5 0 1 1 -1 0 1 1 13:27
Dec 16, 2017 @ OTT L 0-3 0 0 0 0 0 2 2 13:29
Dec 14, 2017 vs NJD W 2-1 (OT) 0 1 1 1 0 1 0 14:03
Dec 9, 2017 vs EDM L 2-6 0 0 0 -1 0 2 2 16:17
Dec 7, 2017 vs CGY L 2-3 (OT) 0 0 0 -1 0 0 2 14:57
Dec 5, 2017 vs STL L 3-4 0 0 0 -3 0 2 3 12:43
Dec 2, 2017 vs DET W 10-1 1 1 2 1 0 2 0 15:32
Nov 30, 2017 @ DET W 6-3 1 0 1 2 2 3 1 14:57
Nov 29, 2017 vs OTT W 2-1 0 0 0 0 0 1 3 13:44
Nov 27, 2017 vs CBJ W 3-1 0 0 0 1 0 3 1 12:32
Nov 25, 2017 vs BUF W 3-0 0 0 0 0 0 4 1 16:01
Nov 22, 2017 @ NSH L 2-3 (SO) 0 1 1 1 0 3 1 17:17
Nov 21, 2017 @ DAL L 1-3 0 1 1 -1 0 5 0 14:09
Nov 18, 2017 vs TOR L 0-6 0 0 0 -3 0 2 3 13:42
Nov 16, 2017 vs ARI L 4-5 0 1 1 3 2 5 0 14:40
Nov 14, 2017 vs CBJ L 1-2 (OT) 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 16:41
Nov 11, 2017 vs BUF W 2-1 (OT) 0 0 0 0 2 2 3 07:35
Nov 9, 2017 vs MIN L 0-3 0 0 0 -2 0 2 0 11:01
Nov 7, 2017 vs VGK W 3-2 0 1 1 1 0 5 1 12:33
Nov 4, 2017 @ WPG W 5-4 (OT) 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 07:59
Nov 2, 2017 @ MIN L 3-6 0 1 1 1 0 0 1 13:12
Oct 30, 2017 @ OTT W 8-3 2 1 3 3 2 3 1 13:49
Oct 28, 2017 vs NYR W 5-4 0 0 0 -1 0 1 1 10:48
Oct 26, 2017 vs LAK L 0-4 0 0 0 0 0 3 1 14:38
Oct 24, 2017 vs FLA W 5-1 0 0 0 0 0 3 1 14:25
Oct 20, 2017 @ ANA L 2-6 0 0 0 -1 0 2 4 09:47
Oct 18, 2017 @ LAK L 1-5 0 0 0 -3 0 2 2 13:32
Oct 17, 2017 @ SJS L 2-5 0 0 0 0 4 4 2 13:43
Oct 14, 2017 vs TOR L 3-4 (OT) 0 1 1 -1 0 4 4 16:29
Oct 10, 2017 vs CHI L 1-3 0 0 0 0 0 5 6 16:10
Oct 8, 2017 @ NYR L 0-2 0 0 0 0 0 1 3 13:43
Oct 7, 2017 @ WSH L 1-6 0 0 0 -1 0 6 4 14:38
Oct 5, 2017 @ BUF W 3-2 (SO) 0 0 0 -1 0 4 0 13:52