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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)

Compare with a similar player

The forwards closest to him in points in 2018-19. Pick one to see the two side by side, or choose someone else.

Michael Chaput MTL · 5 P in 32 GP Max Jones ANA · 5 P in 30 GP Mackenzie MacEachern STL · 5 P in 29 GP Valentin Zykov VGK · 5 P in 28 GP Dillon Dube CGY · 5 P in 25 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

2018-19 season totals

GP G A P +/- PIM Shots Hits P/GP Shooting % Avg TOI
32 3 2 5 -9 16 50 73 0.16 6.0 11:40

Contract

$650KCap hit2018-19
$130KCap dollars per point5 points in 32 games
-$1.4MWorth at the going ratewhat teams paid for a season like his
-$2.1MValueworth 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. 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 696 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 2018-19 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.

2018-19 analytics

Rating

-3.0Goals above replacement669th of 699 skaters, 444th of 455 forwards
-0.5Wins above replacementgoals above replacement divided by six
-4.1Goals above averagethe five parts below added up

Each number is coloured by where it ranks among the 455 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-1.7 26th percentileEven-strength defence-0.9 29th percentilePower play-0.5 21st percentilePenalty kill0.0 39th percentilePenalties-1.0 11th 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.

-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

48.8Corsi for %320 attempts for, 336 against
-7.3CF% relative to teamagainst the team without him
47.9Expected goals for %12.5 expected for, 13.6 against
-8.5xGF% relative to teamagainst the team without him
49.8Fenwick for %unblocked attempts
37.5Goals for %9 for, 15 against
96.5PDO5.4% shooting + 91.1% saves
78Attempts 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
Nicolas Deslauriers · Matthew Peca · Charles Hudon1164:3044.744.62-4
Charles Hudon · Jonathan Drouin · Max Domi1547:3342.337.92-3
Joel Armia · Charles Hudon · Jesperi Kotkaniemi622:5774.382.20-0
Charles Hudon · Artturi Lehkonen · Jesperi Kotkaniemi516:5848.962.20-1

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.

3Goalsnot counting empty-netters
4.9Expected goalsfrom 68 unblocked attempts
-1.9Goals above expectedgoals minus expected goals
Chances created 0.78 expected goals per 60 minutes56th
Shot quality 7.2% chance per attempt27th
Finishing -1.9 goals above expected35thOne season of finishing is mostly luck.

Each bar shows the share of forwards he is ahead of, among the 426 who played 300 minutes or more this season.

01234Game 20Expected 4.9Goals 3

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 19, 2019 vs CBJ W 3-2 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 08:59
Feb 17, 2019 @ FLA L 3-6 0 0 0 0 0 2 4 12:18
Feb 7, 2019 vs WPG W 5-2 0 0 0 -1 0 3 1 10:33
Feb 5, 2019 vs ANA W 4-1 0 0 0 0 0 1 3 16:05
Feb 3, 2019 vs EDM W 4-3 (OT) 0 0 0 0 0 0 5 12:29
Feb 2, 2019 vs NJD L 2-3 (OT) 0 0 0 0 0 0 5 13:08
Jan 23, 2019 vs ARI W 2-1 0 1 1 1 2 3 3 11:24
Jan 19, 2019 vs PHI L 2-5 0 0 0 -1 0 3 3 15:13
Jan 8, 2019 @ DET W 3-2 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 08:25
Dec 20, 2018 @ ARI W 2-1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 09:45
Dec 19, 2018 @ COL L 1-2 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 09:26
Nov 27, 2018 vs CAR L 1-2 0 0 0 0 0 2 2 14:37
Nov 24, 2018 vs BOS L 2-3 0 0 0 -1 0 3 13 09:09
Nov 21, 2018 @ NJD L 2-5 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 13:55
Nov 19, 2018 vs WSH L 4-5 (OT) 0 0 0 -1 0 2 1 08:46
Nov 17, 2018 @ VAN W 3-2 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 10:02
Nov 15, 2018 @ CGY W 3-2 0 0 0 -1 0 1 1 10:23
Nov 13, 2018 @ EDM L 2-6 0 0 0 -3 0 1 2 15:08
Nov 10, 2018 vs VGK W 5-4 1 0 1 1 2 2 1 09:23
Nov 8, 2018 vs BUF L 5-6 (OT) 0 0 0 1 0 3 2 11:13
Nov 6, 2018 @ NYR L 3-5 0 0 0 -3 2 1 1 15:41
Nov 5, 2018 @ NYI W 4-3 (SO) 0 0 0 1 2 1 0 13:54
Nov 3, 2018 vs TBL L 1-4 0 0 0 -1 0 1 2 16:12
Nov 1, 2018 vs WSH W 6-4 0 0 0 1 2 4 2 17:04
Oct 30, 2018 vs DAL L 1-4 0 0 0 -1 0 4 5 11:56
Oct 27, 2018 @ BOS W 3-0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 10:34
Oct 17, 2018 vs STL W 3-2 0 1 1 0 4 2 3 10:09
Oct 15, 2018 vs DET W 7-3 1 0 1 1 0 1 0 13:48
Oct 13, 2018 vs PIT W 4-3 (SO) 0 0 0 -1 0 1 0 07:18
Oct 11, 2018 vs LAK L 0-3 0 0 0 -1 2 1 3 07:15
Oct 6, 2018 @ PIT W 5-1 1 0 1 1 0 2 3 08:53
Oct 3, 2018 @ TOR L 2-3 (OT) 0 0 0 -1 0 1 2 10:27