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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

Compare with a similar player

The forwards closest to him in points in 2014-15. Pick one to see the two side by side, or choose someone else.

Alexander Semin CAR · 19 P in 57 GP Paul Byron CGY · 19 P in 57 GP Sean Bergenheim MIN · 19 P in 56 GP Jason Chimera WSH · 19 P in 77 GP Mikhail Grabovski NYI · 19 P in 51 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

2014-15 season totals

GP G A P +/- PIM Shots Hits P/GP Shooting % Avg TOI
64 12 7 19 4 51 91 127 0.30 13.2 13:37

Contract

$633KCap hit2014-15
$33KCap dollars per point19 points in 64 games
$149KCap dollars per goal above replacement4.2 goals above replacement
$3.1MWorth at the going ratewhat teams paid for a season like his
+$2.5MValueworth 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 649 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
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 2014-15 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.

2014-15 analytics

Regular season Playoffs

Rating

+4.2Goals above replacement251st of 665 skaters, 183rd of 432 forwards
+0.7Wins above replacementgoals above replacement divided by six
+1.8Goals above averagethe five parts below added up

Each number is coloured by where it ranks among the 432 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-2.4 18th percentileEven-strength defence+3.0 94th percentilePower play-0.1 52nd percentilePenalty kill-0.2 17th percentilePenalties+1.5 85th 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.

-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

50.8Corsi for %600 attempts for, 580 against
-3.6CF% relative to teamagainst the team without him
52.1Expected goals for %24.2 expected for, 22.2 against
-4.4xGF% relative to teamagainst the team without him
52.6Fenwick for %unblocked attempts
50.0Goals for %18 for, 18 against
99.1PDO5.5% shooting + 93.6% saves
142Attempts takenhis own shot attempts

Each share is coloured by where it ranks among the 585 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
Valtteri Filppula · Brett Connolly · Cedric Paquette1386:4245.641.63-1
Alex Killorn · Cedric Paquette · Jonathan Drouin971:0358.858.15-2
Valtteri Filppula · Vladislav Namestnikov · Cedric Paquette961:4146.140.72-3
Valtteri Filppula · Ryan Callahan · Cedric Paquette1358:3457.371.11-0

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.

12Goalsnot counting empty-netters
9.7Expected goalsfrom 129 unblocked attempts
+2.3Goals above expectedgoals minus expected goals
Chances created 0.67 expected goals per 60 minutes45th
Shot quality 7.5% chance per attempt56th
Finishing +2.3 goals above expected77thOne season of finishing is mostly luck.

Each bar shows the share of forwards he is ahead of, among the 415 who played 300 minutes or more this season.

0510Game 20Game 40Game 60Goals 12Expected 9.7

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 11, 2015 vs BOS W 3-2 (SO) 0 0 0 0 0 2 3 17:41
Apr 9, 2015 vs NJD W 4-3 (OT) 0 0 0 -1 0 2 1 15:01
Apr 4, 2015 @ FLA W 4-0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 18:13
Apr 2, 2015 @ OTT L 1-2 (OT) 0 0 0 0 2 0 1 15:40
Mar 31, 2015 @ TOR L 1-3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 12:31
Mar 30, 2015 @ MTL W 5-3 0 0 0 1 0 1 7 14:41
Mar 28, 2015 @ DET L 0-4 0 0 0 -1 2 2 2 12:55
Mar 26, 2015 vs NSH L 2-3 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 11:36
Mar 10, 2015 @ MTL W 1-0 (OT) 0 0 0 0 0 3 4 13:24
Mar 7, 2015 vs DAL W 5-4 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 15:00
Mar 5, 2015 vs TOR W 4-2 0 0 0 0 7 2 1 13:54
Mar 3, 2015 vs BUF W 3-0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 14:07
Mar 1, 2015 @ FLA L 3-4 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 13:44
Feb 27, 2015 vs CHI W 4-0 0 0 0 0 0 2 2 13:23
Feb 22, 2015 @ COL L 4-5 0 1 1 1 0 1 1 13:23
Feb 21, 2015 @ ARI W 4-2 0 0 0 0 0 1 4 13:16
Feb 18, 2015 @ ANA W 4-1 0 0 0 -1 0 3 2 15:14
Feb 16, 2015 @ LAK L 2-3 0 0 0 -1 0 1 2 15:19
Feb 15, 2015 @ SJS W 5-2 1 0 1 1 0 2 2 14:30
Feb 8, 2015 vs ANA W 5-3 0 0 0 0 2 0 2 14:41
Feb 7, 2015 vs LAK L 2-4 0 0 0 -1 0 0 3 12:43
Feb 5, 2015 @ DAL W 5-3 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 15:05
Feb 3, 2015 @ STL L 1-2 (OT) 1 0 1 1 0 2 1 14:37
Jan 31, 2015 vs CBJ W 3-1 1 0 1 0 0 3 1 13:53
Jan 29, 2015 vs DET W 5-1 3 0 3 3 0 5 2 16:35
Jan 27, 2015 @ CAR L 2-4 1 0 1 2 0 3 2 13:16
Jan 20, 2015 vs VAN W 4-1 0 1 1 0 2 1 1 14:12
Jan 17, 2015 vs COL W 3-2 (SO) 0 0 0 -1 0 1 2 15:23
Jan 15, 2015 vs EDM W 3-2 0 0 0 0 0 2 3 17:12
Jan 13, 2015 @ BOS L 3-4 0 0 0 0 6 1 3 09:57
Jan 12, 2015 @ PHI L 3-7 0 1 1 0 0 2 4 17:32
Jan 9, 2015 vs BUF W 2-1 0 1 1 1 0 2 2 14:25
Jan 6, 2015 @ MTL W 4-2 0 1 1 1 0 1 5 16:29
Jan 4, 2015 @ OTT W 4-2 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 12:18
Jan 2, 2015 @ PIT L 3-6 0 0 0 -2 0 2 1 15:39
Dec 31, 2014 @ BUF W 5-1 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 17:00
Dec 29, 2014 vs TOR W 3-2 0 0 0 -1 0 4 3 13:39
Dec 27, 2014 vs CAR W 2-1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 12:42
Dec 23, 2014 vs PIT W 4-3 0 0 0 0 0 1 2 13:29
Dec 20, 2014 @ NYI L 1-3 0 0 0 -1 2 0 2 15:11
Dec 19, 2014 @ NJD L 2-3 (SO) 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 12:39
Dec 16, 2014 @ PHI W 3-1 0 1 1 1 0 2 1 10:03
Dec 15, 2014 @ PIT L 2-4 0 0 0 0 0 1 4 14:10
Dec 13, 2014 @ WSH L 2-4 0 0 0 -1 4 0 3 11:45
Dec 11, 2014 vs CAR W 2-1 0 0 0 0 0 2 2 14:18
Dec 9, 2014 vs WSH L 3-5 0 0 0 0 4 4 2 11:56
Dec 6, 2014 vs CBJ L 1-3 0 0 0 0 0 1 3 13:19
Dec 4, 2014 vs BUF W 5-0 0 0 0 0 5 2 2 15:10
Dec 2, 2014 @ BUF L 1-2 (SO) 0 0 0 -1 2 2 2 12:35
Dec 1, 2014 @ NYR W 6-3 0 0 0 -1 2 2 2 13:33
Nov 29, 2014 vs OTT W 4-1 0 1 1 1 0 0 1 10:58
Nov 26, 2014 vs NYR W 4-3 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 11:30
Nov 22, 2014 vs MIN W 2-1 0 0 0 -1 0 0 3 13:05
Nov 18, 2014 @ NYI L 2-5 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 02:40
Nov 17, 2014 @ NYR W 5-1 0 0 0 0 0 3 2 16:25
Nov 15, 2014 vs NYI W 5-2 1 0 1 1 2 1 3 14:25
Nov 11, 2014 @ CHI L 2-3 (SO) 1 0 1 1 2 1 2 11:54
Nov 9, 2014 @ DET W 4-3 (SO) 0 0 0 0 2 1 4 10:57
Nov 8, 2014 @ CBJ W 7-4 1 0 1 1 0 3 0 12:36
Nov 6, 2014 vs CGY W 5-2 2 0 2 2 0 4 1 11:47
Oct 30, 2014 vs PHI W 4-3 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 07:46
Oct 28, 2014 vs ARI W 7-3 0 0 0 0 5 3 2 09:53
Oct 25, 2014 @ MIN L 2-7 0 0 0 -1 0 0 0 13:57
Oct 24, 2014 @ WPG W 4-2 0 0 0 0 0 3 2 14:14