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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 2017-18. Pick one to see the two side by side, or choose someone else.

Lance Bouma CHI · 9 P in 53 GP Andy Andreoff LAK · 9 P in 45 GP Tage Thompson STL · 9 P in 41 GP Kasperi Kapanen TOR · 9 P in 38 GP Lee Stempniak CAR · 9 P in 37 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

2017-18 season totals

GP G A P +/- PIM Shots Hits P/GP Shooting % Avg TOI
56 5 4 9 -5 41 64 112 0.16 7.8 10:12

Contract

$813KCap hit2017-18
$90KCap dollars per point9 points in 56 games
$323KWorth at the going ratewhat teams paid for a season like his
-$489KValueworth 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 691 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 2017-18 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.

2017-18 analytics

Regular season Playoffs

Rating

-0.5Goals above replacement558th of 691 skaters, 379th of 451 forwards
-0.1Wins above replacementgoals above replacement divided by six
-2.0Goals above averagethe five parts below added up

Each number is coloured by where it ranks among the 451 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-2.9 10th percentileEven-strength defence+0.7 62nd percentilePower play+0.3 76th percentilePenalty kill+0.1 69th percentilePenalties-0.2 29th 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

49.3Corsi for %483 attempts for, 497 against
-3.4CF% relative to teamagainst the team without him
48.4Expected goals for %17.8 expected for, 19.0 against
-5.9xGF% relative to teamagainst the team without him
48.9Fenwick for %unblocked attempts
43.2Goals for %16 for, 21 against
98.6PDO6.3% shooting + 92.4% saves
107Attempts takenhis own shot attempts

Each share is coloured by where it ranks among the 600 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
Chris Kunitz · Ryan Callahan · Cedric Paquette35237:1555.853.610-11
Chris Kunitz · JT Brown · Cedric Paquette852:5748.859.61-0
Chris Kunitz · Cory Conacher · Cedric Paquette1030:3858.769.51-0
Ryan Callahan · Michael Bournival · Cedric Paquette429:0137.930.10-0

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.

5Goalsnot counting empty-netters
6.1Expected goalsfrom 81 unblocked attempts
-1.1Goals above expectedgoals minus expected goals
Chances created 0.64 expected goals per 60 minutes35th
Shot quality 7.6% chance per attempt53rd
Finishing -1.1 goals above expected41stOne season of finishing is mostly luck.

Each bar shows the share of forwards he is ahead of, among the 423 who played 300 minutes or more this season.

0246Game 20Game 40Expected 6.1Goals 5

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 7, 2018 @ CAR L 2-3 (OT) 0 0 0 1 0 3 1 13:20
Apr 6, 2018 vs BUF W 7-5 0 0 0 -1 0 1 0 12:20
Apr 3, 2018 vs BOS W 4-0 0 0 0 2 0 1 3 11:04
Apr 1, 2018 vs NSH L 1-4 0 0 0 -1 0 1 1 11:20
Mar 30, 2018 @ NYR W 7-3 2 1 3 2 0 6 5 12:16
Mar 29, 2018 @ BOS L 2-4 0 0 0 0 2 1 4 08:53
Mar 26, 2018 vs ARI L 1-4 0 0 0 0 2 1 2 11:37
Mar 17, 2018 vs BOS L 0-3 0 0 0 -1 0 1 4 12:38
Mar 13, 2018 vs OTT L 4-7 0 0 0 -2 0 2 1 10:56
Mar 10, 2018 vs MTL W 3-2 (SO) 0 0 0 0 5 1 5 09:27
Mar 8, 2018 vs NYR W 5-3 1 0 1 0 0 2 1 12:25
Mar 1, 2018 @ DAL W 5-4 (OT) 0 1 1 1 2 0 2 10:13
Feb 28, 2018 vs BUF L 1-2 (OT) 0 0 0 0 0 0 4 11:49
Feb 26, 2018 vs TOR W 4-3 (SO) 0 0 0 -1 0 1 3 10:19
Feb 24, 2018 @ MTL W 4-3 (SO) 0 0 0 -1 0 0 1 09:13
Feb 22, 2018 @ OTT W 4-3 0 0 0 -1 0 1 1 10:53
Feb 20, 2018 @ WSH W 4-2 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 10:06
Feb 17, 2018 vs NJD L 3-4 0 0 0 0 0 1 2 07:30
Feb 15, 2018 vs DET W 4-1 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 08:12
Feb 12, 2018 @ TOR L 3-4 0 0 0 0 0 1 2 11:07
Feb 10, 2018 vs LAK W 4-3 1 0 1 0 0 3 3 09:24
Jan 30, 2018 @ WPG L 1-3 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 08:43
Jan 25, 2018 @ PHI W 5-1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 09:43
Jan 23, 2018 @ NSH W 4-3 (OT) 0 0 0 0 2 1 0 09:11
Jan 22, 2018 @ CHI W 2-0 0 0 0 0 0 0 6 10:11
Jan 20, 2018 @ MIN L 2-5 0 0 0 0 0 1 4 10:21
Jan 18, 2018 vs VGK L 1-4 0 0 0 -1 2 2 4 11:36
Jan 11, 2018 vs CGY L 1-5 0 0 0 -1 0 1 2 07:57
Jan 9, 2018 vs CAR W 5-4 0 0 0 0 0 2 2 09:04
Jan 7, 2018 @ DET W 5-2 0 0 0 -1 0 0 0 11:15
Jan 6, 2018 @ OTT L 3-6 0 0 0 -1 0 2 2 08:22
Jan 4, 2018 @ MTL L 1-2 (SO) 0 0 0 0 0 1 3 10:38
Jan 2, 2018 @ TOR W 2-0 1 0 1 1 2 1 0 06:58
Dec 31, 2017 @ CBJ W 5-0 0 0 0 0 2 1 1 08:23
Dec 29, 2017 vs PHI L 3-5 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 07:33
Dec 28, 2017 vs MTL W 3-1 0 0 0 0 0 1 2 08:30
Dec 23, 2017 vs MIN W 3-0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 07:57
Dec 21, 2017 vs OTT W 4-3 (SO) 0 0 0 -1 0 0 1 08:42
Dec 19, 2017 @ VGK L 3-4 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 10:59
Dec 16, 2017 @ COL W 6-5 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 09:39
Dec 14, 2017 @ ARI W 4-1 0 0 0 0 2 1 3 10:47
Dec 12, 2017 @ STL W 3-0 0 0 0 0 2 3 2 10:49
Dec 9, 2017 vs WPG W 4-3 (OT) 0 0 0 -1 0 2 5 10:18
Dec 7, 2017 vs COL W 5-2 0 1 1 1 0 1 3 13:38
Dec 5, 2017 vs NYI W 6-2 0 0 0 1 0 4 1 12:24
Nov 29, 2017 @ BOS L 2-3 0 0 0 0 4 1 2 08:43
Nov 28, 2017 @ BUF W 2-0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 10:11
Nov 25, 2017 @ PIT L 2-5 0 0 0 0 4 3 3 12:55
Nov 24, 2017 @ WSH L 1-3 0 0 0 -1 0 1 2 11:56
Nov 22, 2017 vs CHI W 3-2 (OT) 0 0 0 1 2 0 2 09:31
Oct 17, 2017 @ NJD L 4-5 (SO) 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 10:11
Oct 16, 2017 @ DET W 3-2 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 10:12
Oct 14, 2017 vs STL W 2-1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 10:40
Oct 9, 2017 vs WSH W 4-3 (OT) 0 1 1 0 2 2 1 08:19
Oct 7, 2017 @ FLA L 4-5 0 0 0 0 4 0 4 08:26
Oct 6, 2017 vs FLA W 5-3 0 0 0 0 0 0 4 11:35