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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 2015-16. Pick one to see the two side by side, or choose someone else.

Andreas Martinsen COL · 11 P in 55 GP Erik Condra TBL · 11 P in 54 GP Quinton Howden FLA · 11 P in 58 GP Chris Terry CAR · 11 P in 68 GP Bryan Rust PIT · 11 P in 41 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

2015-16 season totals

GP G A P +/- PIM Shots Hits P/GP Shooting % Avg TOI
56 6 5 11 -2 51 50 137 0.20 12.0 12:44

Contract

$633KCap hit2015-16
$58KCap dollars per point11 points in 56 games
$296KCap dollars per goal above replacement2.1 goals above replacement
$1.9MWorth at the going ratewhat teams paid for a season like his
+$1.3MValueworth 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 668 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 2015-16 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.

2015-16 analytics

Regular season Playoffs

Rating

+2.1Goals above replacement362nd of 675 skaters, 250th of 445 forwards
+0.4Wins above replacementgoals above replacement divided by six
+0.2Goals above averagethe five parts below added up

Each number is coloured by where it ranks among the 445 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-3.0 10th percentileEven-strength defence+1.7 84th percentilePower play-0.1 37th percentilePenalty kill+0.2 82nd percentilePenalties+1.3 82nd 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

50.6Corsi for %514 attempts for, 501 against
-2.2CF% relative to teamagainst the team without him
51.5Expected goals for %19.4 expected for, 18.2 against
-2.2xGF% relative to teamagainst the team without him
50.6Fenwick for %unblocked attempts
40.0Goals for %12 for, 18 against
97.8PDO4.4% shooting + 93.4% saves
95Attempts takenhis own shot attempts

Each share is coloured by where it ranks among the 561 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 · JT Brown · Cedric Paquette21166:5552.455.25-2
Valtteri Filppula · Ryan Callahan · Cedric Paquette1468:4854.551.92-2
Vladislav Namestnikov · JT Brown · Cedric Paquette1660:1755.861.91-0
Brian Boyle · Erik Condra · Cedric Paquette1151:1158.865.20-0

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.

6Goalsnot counting empty-netters
5.4Expected goalsfrom 75 unblocked attempts
+0.6Goals above expectedgoals minus expected goals
Chances created 0.45 expected goals per 60 minutes11th
Shot quality 7.1% chance per attempt41st
Finishing +0.6 goals above expected66thOne season of finishing is mostly luck.

Each bar shows the share of forwards he is ahead of, among the 412 who played 300 minutes or more this season.

0246Game 20Game 40Goals 6Expected 5.4

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 9, 2016 @ MTL L 2-5 0 0 0 0 0 1 5 14:24
Apr 7, 2016 @ NJD W 4-2 1 0 1 2 0 1 1 12:05
Apr 5, 2016 @ NYR L 2-3 0 0 0 -2 2 1 0 12:41
Apr 4, 2016 @ NYI L 2-5 0 0 0 -2 5 1 3 12:05
Apr 2, 2016 vs NJD W 3-1 0 1 1 1 0 0 2 12:23
Mar 31, 2016 vs MTL L 0-3 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 16:00
Mar 28, 2016 vs TOR W 3-0 0 0 0 0 2 0 3 12:01
Mar 26, 2016 vs FLA L 2-5 0 0 0 -3 0 2 5 17:13
Mar 25, 2016 vs NYI W 7-4 0 0 0 1 0 0 3 13:18
Mar 22, 2016 vs DET W 6-2 0 0 0 0 2 2 2 14:35
Mar 19, 2016 @ ARI W 2-0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 13:22
Mar 17, 2016 @ DAL L 3-4 0 0 0 0 0 0 5 11:31
Mar 11, 2016 vs PHI L 1-3 0 0 0 0 0 2 1 11:39
Mar 8, 2016 vs BOS L 0-1 (OT) 0 0 0 0 0 1 5 13:53
Mar 7, 2016 @ PHI L 2-4 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 11:33
Mar 5, 2016 vs CAR W 4-3 (OT) 0 0 0 0 2 1 2 13:00
Mar 3, 2016 @ OTT W 4-1 1 0 1 0 0 2 5 17:21
Feb 29, 2016 @ TOR W 2-1 0 0 0 0 2 2 2 15:20
Feb 28, 2016 @ BOS W 4-1 0 0 0 0 2 2 4 12:30
Feb 26, 2016 @ NJD W 4-0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 12:56
Feb 23, 2016 vs ARI W 2-1 1 0 1 0 0 1 2 15:46
Feb 21, 2016 @ CAR W 4-2 0 2 2 2 0 1 3 13:26
Feb 20, 2016 @ PIT W 4-2 0 0 0 0 2 0 3 11:08
Feb 18, 2016 vs WPG W 6-5 (SO) 0 0 0 1 2 1 2 15:33
Feb 16, 2016 vs SJS L 2-4 1 0 1 1 0 1 2 16:08
Feb 14, 2016 vs STL L 1-2 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 10:00
Feb 12, 2016 vs NSH W 4-3 (OT) 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 10:20
Feb 9, 2016 @ MTL L 2-4 0 0 0 0 5 0 2 06:34
Feb 8, 2016 @ OTT L 1-5 0 0 0 0 2 1 4 11:41
Feb 5, 2016 vs PIT W 6-3 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 10:38
Feb 3, 2016 vs DET W 3-1 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 10:47
Jan 27, 2016 vs TOR W 1-0 0 0 0 0 2 1 1 12:32
Jan 23, 2016 @ FLA L 2-5 0 0 0 1 0 1 1 12:41
Jan 21, 2016 vs CHI W 2-1 0 0 0 0 0 0 4 07:39
Jan 19, 2016 vs EDM W 6-4 0 0 0 -1 0 0 1 12:55
Jan 17, 2016 vs FLA W 3-1 0 0 0 0 5 1 2 09:12
Jan 15, 2016 vs PIT W 5-4 (OT) 0 1 1 0 2 1 2 16:35
Jan 12, 2016 @ COL W 4-0 0 0 0 0 0 1 3 16:46
Jan 9, 2016 @ VAN W 3-2 (OT) 0 0 0 -1 0 0 3 13:27
Jan 8, 2016 @ EDM W 3-2 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 10:35
Jan 5, 2016 @ CGY L 1-3 0 0 0 -2 2 3 3 10:34
Jan 2, 2016 vs MIN W 3-2 (SO) 0 0 0 -1 2 1 2 12:52
Dec 30, 2015 vs NYR L 2-5 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 13:12
Dec 28, 2015 vs MTL L 3-4 (SO) 0 0 0 1 0 1 4 10:47
Dec 26, 2015 vs CBJ W 5-2 0 0 0 0 0 1 2 13:57
Dec 22, 2015 vs VAN L 1-2 0 0 0 -1 0 1 2 10:59
Nov 14, 2015 vs FLA L 4-5 (SO) 1 0 1 1 6 1 2 08:50
Nov 12, 2015 vs CGY W 3-1 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 12:53
Nov 10, 2015 vs BUF L 1-4 0 0 0 0 2 0 2 11:18
Nov 7, 2015 @ MIN L 0-1 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 16:09
Nov 5, 2015 @ BUF W 4-1 0 0 0 1 0 2 2 11:32
Oct 24, 2015 @ CHI L 0-1 (OT) 0 0 0 0 0 3 1 12:41
Oct 23, 2015 @ WPG W 4-3 (OT) 1 1 2 1 2 1 3 10:55
Oct 20, 2015 @ NSH L 4-5 (SO) 0 0 0 -1 0 0 0 15:11
Oct 17, 2015 vs BUF W 2-1 0 0 0 0 0 3 3 13:41
Oct 15, 2015 vs DAL L 3-5 0 0 0 -1 0 3 4 13:40