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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 2019-20. Pick one to see the two side by side, or choose someone else.

Brandon Pirri VGK · 2 P in 16 GP Logan O'Connor COL · 2 P in 16 GP Matthew Peca OTT · 2 P in 14 GP Gerry Mayhew MIN · 2 P in 13 GP Nick Bjugstad PIT · 2 P in 13 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

2019-20 season totals

GP G A P +/- PIM Shots Hits P/GP Shooting % Avg TOI
15 1 1 2 -9 0 22 25 0.13 4.5 11:32

Contract

$800KCap hitends in 2020, then RFA
$400KCap dollars per point2 points in 15 games

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.

The contract

Who signed him to it, and when, are not on record. It runs through 2019-20, so this is its last season, after which he is a restricted free agent.

Season Cap hit
2019-20 $800K

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
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 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

-1.3Goals above replacementsix goals are worth about one win
-0.2Wins above replacementgoals above replacement divided by six
-1.8Goals above averagethe five parts below added up
Even-strength offence-1.4Even-strength defence-0.3Power play-0.2Penalty kill0.0Penalties+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. He has played fewer than 20 games, too few to be ranked. 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

51.9Corsi for %135 attempts for, 125 against
-6.1CF% relative to teamagainst the team without him
43.2Expected goals for %4.6 expected for, 6.0 against
-13.4xGF% relative to teamagainst the team without him
49.7Fenwick for %unblocked attempts
11.1Goals for %1 for, 8 against
90.8PDO1.5% shooting + 89.3% saves
39Attempts 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
Nate Thompson · Jordan Weal · Charles Hudon425:2954.360.50-0
Nate Thompson · Nick Cousins · Charles Hudon321:1665.137.20-1
Dale Weise · Charles Hudon · Jake Evans319:1144.847.40-0
Joel Armia · Charles Hudon · Nick Suzuki317:5839.326.70-1

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.

1Goalsnot counting empty-netters
1.6Expected goalsfrom 31 unblocked attempts
-0.6Goals above expectedgoals minus expected goals
Chances created 0.57 expected goals per 60 minutes19th
Shot quality 5.3% chance per attempt1st
Finishing -0.6 goals above expected44thOne 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.

00.511.5Expected 1.6Goals 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 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
Mar 10, 2020 vs NSH L 2-4 0 0 0 -1 0 1 1 16:33
Mar 7, 2020 @ FLA L 1-4 0 0 0 -4 0 1 1 14:30
Mar 5, 2020 @ TBL L 0-4 0 0 0 0 0 3 1 17:14
Mar 3, 2020 @ NYI W 6-2 1 0 1 1 0 2 3 15:12
Feb 29, 2020 vs CAR W 4-3 (OT) 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 10:24
Feb 27, 2020 vs NYR L 2-5 0 0 0 -1 0 0 4 11:42
Dec 6, 2019 @ NYR W 2-1 0 0 0 0 0 2 1 09:18
Dec 1, 2019 @ BOS L 1-3 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 08:30
Nov 30, 2019 vs PHI L 3-4 (OT) 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 07:18
Nov 28, 2019 vs NJD L 4-6 0 0 0 0 0 2 5 08:12
Nov 26, 2019 vs BOS L 1-8 0 0 0 0 0 3 2 13:25
Nov 23, 2019 vs NYR L 5-6 0 1 1 -3 0 1 0 12:49
Nov 20, 2019 vs OTT L 1-2 (OT) 0 0 0 -1 0 3 1 09:59
Nov 19, 2019 @ CBJ L 2-5 0 0 0 0 0 1 2 10:06
Nov 16, 2019 vs NJD L 3-4 (OT) 0 0 0 0 0 1 2 07:55