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Cedric Paquette

#13 · Centre · Montréal Canadiens

Born Aug 13, 1993 in Gaspe, Quebec, CAN · 6'0", 205 lb · Shoots left · Drafted 101st overall in 2012 by TBL (round 4)

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Stanley Cup NHL Champion 2019-20

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The forwards closest to him in points in 2013-14. Pick one to see the two side by side, or choose someone else.

Bobby Butler FLA · 1 P in 2 GP Matt Carey CHI · 1 P in 2 GP Michael Zalewski VAN · 1 P in 2 GP Carl Klingberg WPG · 1 P in 3 GP Jason Akeson PHI · 1 P in 1 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.

0510152013-14: 1 points113-142014-15: 19 points1914-152015-16: 11 points1115-162016-17: 10 points1016-172017-18: 9 points917-182018-19: 17 points1718-192019-20: 18 points1819-202020-21: 8 points820-212021-22: 2 points221-22

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 TBL 2 0 1 1 1 0 1 2 0.50
2014-15 TBL 64 12 7 19 4 51 91 127 0.30 $633K
2015-16 TBL 56 6 5 11 -2 51 50 137 0.20 $633K
2016-17 TBL 58 4 6 10 -6 80 68 144 0.17 $813K
2017-18 TBL 56 5 4 9 -5 41 64 112 0.16 $813K
2018-19 TBL 80 13 4 17 7 80 87 269 0.21 $1M
2019-20 TBL 61 7 11 18 -1 42 78 175 0.30 $1.65M
2020-21 OTT 9 1 0 1 -8 4 4 27 0.11 $1.65M
2020-21 CAR 38 3 4 7 -4 17 29 109 0.18
2021-22 MTL 24 0 2 2 -6 25 16 58 0.08 $950K
9 seasons Career 448 51 44 95 -20 391 488 1160 0.21

Playoffs

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

Season Team GP G A P +/- PIM Shots Hits P/GP
2013-14 TBL 4 0 2 2 -2 16 3 11 0.50
2014-15 TBL 24 3 0 3 -6 28 17 62 0.13
2015-16 TBL 17 0 1 1 0 24 14 39 0.06
2017-18 TBL 17 1 1 2 -1 37 13 44 0.12
2018-19 TBL 4 1 0 1 -1 0 4 15 0.25
2019-20 TBL 22 0 3 3 -3 16 18 97 0.14
2020-21 CAR 4 0 1 1 0 2 1 11 0.25
7 seasons Playoffs 92 5 8 13 -13 123 70 279 0.14

2013-14 season totals

GP G A P +/- PIM Shots Hits P/GP Shooting % Avg TOI
2 0 1 1 1 0 1 2 0.50 0.0 14:33

Contract

Contracts he has signed

Signed Signed by Kind Seasons Years In all Cap hit
2021-22 to 2021-22 $950K
2020-21 to 2020-21 $1.65M
2019-20 to 2020-21 $1.65M
2018-19 to 2018-19 $1M
2016-17 to 2017-18 $813K
2014-15 to 2015-16 $633K

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 2013-14 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.

2013-14 analytics

Regular season Playoffs

Rating

+0.2Goals above replacementsix goals are worth about one win
+0.0Wins above replacementgoals above replacement divided by six
+0.1Goals above averagethe five parts below added up
Even-strength offence+0.1Even-strength defence0.0Power play0.0Penalty kill0.0Penalties+0.0

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.

-202462013-142015-162017-182019-202021-22Goals 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

35.1Corsi for %13 attempts for, 24 against
-23.6CF% relative to teamagainst the team without him
38.8Expected goals for %0.6 expected for, 1.0 against
-20.2xGF% relative to teamagainst the team without him
42.9Fenwick for %unblocked attempts
100.0Goals for %1 for, 0 against
110.0PDO10.0% shooting + 100.0% saves
2Attempts 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
Ryan Callahan · Teddy Purcell · Cedric Paquette113:2936.837.60-0
Nikita Kucherov · JT Brown · Cedric Paquette15:0654.550.61-0
Ryan Callahan · JT Brown · Cedric Paquette11:580.00.00-0
Ryan Callahan · Richard Panik · Cedric Paquette11:420.00.00-0

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.

0Goalsnot counting empty-netters
0.1Expected goalsfrom 1 unblocked attempts
-0.1Goals above expectedgoals minus expected goals
Chances created 0.27 expected goals per 60 minutes1st
Shot quality 13.2% chance per attempt99th
Finishing -0.1 goals above expected52ndOne season of finishing is mostly luck.

Each bar shows the share of forwards he is ahead of, among the 403 who played 300 minutes or more this season.

00.20.40.60.81Expected 0.1Goals 0

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
Apr 13, 2014 @ WSH W 1-0 (SO) 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 16:19
Apr 11, 2014 vs CBJ W 3-2 0 1 1 1 0 0 1 12:46