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Hudson Fasching

#20 · Right wing · Free agent, last with the New York Islanders

Born Jul 28, 1995 in Apple Valley, Minnesota, USA · 6'3", 214 lb · Shoots right · Drafted 118th overall in 2013 by LAK (round 4)

Compare with a similar player

The forwards closest to him in points in 2016-17. Pick one to see the two side by side, or choose someone else.

Blake Pietila NJD · 1 P in 10 GP Jake Virtanen VAN · 1 P in 10 GP Jujhar Khaira EDM · 1 P in 10 GP Bryan Bickell CAR · 1 P in 11 GP Cal O'Reilly BUF · 1 P in 11 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.

0510152015-16: 2 points215-162016-17: 1 points116-172017-18: 0 points017-182020-21: 0 points020-212021-22: 0 points021-222022-23: 19 points1922-232023-24: 14 points1423-242024-25: 4 points424-25

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 BUF 7 1 1 2 2 4 9 8 0.29 $925K
2016-17 BUF 10 0 1 1 -1 2 6 17 0.10 $925K
2017-18 BUF 5 0 0 0 -1 2 1 7 0.00 $925K
2020-21 ARI 5 0 0 0 -3 0 7 6 0.00 $738K
2021-22 ARI 11 0 0 0 -3 0 3 16 0.00 $750K
2022-23 NYI 49 10 9 19 10 10 61 45 0.39 $750K
2023-24 NYI 45 4 10 14 -7 6 41 40 0.31 $775K
2024-25 NYI 43 2 2 4 -4 6 51 28 0.09 $775K
8 seasons Career 175 17 23 40 -7 30 179 167 0.23

Playoffs

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

Season Team GP G A P +/- PIM Shots Hits P/GP
2022-23 NYI 6 0 0 0 -1 2 10 9 0.00
2023-24 NYI 4 0 0 0 0 2 3 2 0.00
2 seasons Playoffs 10 0 0 0 -1 4 13 11 0.00

2016-17 season totals

GP G A P +/- PIM Shots Hits P/GP Shooting % Avg TOI
10 0 1 1 -1 2 6 17 0.10 0.0 10:25

Contract

$925KCap hitends in 2018
$925KCap dollars per point1 points in 10 games
$10.036MCap dollars per goal above replacement0.1 goals above replacement

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.

The contract

Signed by the Buffalo Sabres on Mar 21, 2016, as an entry-level contract: 3 years and $4.05M, beginning in 2015-16. It runs through 2017-18, with 1 season left after this one.

Season Cap hit Base salary Signing bonus Performance bonuses Paid in all Clause
2015-16 $925K $833K $93K $925K
2016-17 $925K $833K $93K $638K $925K
2017-18 $925K $833K $93K $638K $925K

Each season of the contract, with this one marked. The cap hit is the same every year; what he is paid is not. The pay is as written when the contract was recorded in October 2024, so a later change, such as the rise in the lowest salary for 2026-27, is not shown.

Contracts he has signed

Signed Signed by Kind Seasons Years In all Cap hit
Aug 18, 2025 Columbus Blue Jackets New contract 2025-26 to 2025-26 1 $775K $775K
May 1, 2023 New York Islanders Extension 2023-24 to 2024-25 2 $1.55M $775K
Aug 23, 2022 New York Islanders New contract 2022-23 to 2022-23 1 $750K $750K
Jul 29, 2021 Arizona Coyotes New contract 2021-22 to 2021-22 1 $750K $750K
Jul 4, 2019 Arizona Coyotes New contract 2019-20 to 2020-21 2 $1.475M $738K
Jul 14, 2018 Arizona Coyotes New contract 2018-19 to 2018-19 1 $874K $874K
Mar 21, 2016 Buffalo Sabres Entry-level 2015-16 to 2017-18 3 $4.05M $925K

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 2016-17 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.

2016-17 analytics

Rating

+0.1Goals above replacementsix goals are worth about one win
+0.0Wins above replacementgoals above replacement divided by six
-0.2Goals above averagethe five parts below added up
Even-strength offence-0.3Even-strength defence-0.1Power play0.0Penalty kill+0.1Penalties+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.

-1012342015-162016-172017-182020-212021-222022-232023-242024-25Goals 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

50.0Corsi for %82 attempts for, 82 against
+4.4CF% relative to teamagainst the team without him
43.1Expected goals for %3.0 expected for, 4.0 against
-0.1xGF% relative to teamagainst the team without him
47.3Fenwick for %unblocked attempts
33.3Goals for %1 for, 2 against
98.7PDO2.3% shooting + 96.4% saves
13Attempts 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
Marcus Foligno · Hudson Fasching · Evan Rodrigues433:4056.748.20-0
Derek Grant · Nicolas Deslauriers · Hudson Fasching419:3034.343.90-1
Matt Moulson · Zemgus Girgensons · Hudson Fasching27:2658.329.50-1
Kyle Okposo · Ryan O'Reilly · Hudson Fasching23:3760.040.20-0

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.

0Goalsnot counting empty-netters
0.7Expected goalsfrom 9 unblocked attempts
-0.7Goals above expectedgoals minus expected goals
Chances created 0.43 expected goals per 60 minutes7th
Shot quality 8.3% chance per attempt73rd
Finishing -0.7 goals above expected46thOne season of finishing is mostly luck.

Each bar shows the share of forwards he is ahead of, among the 421 who played 300 minutes or more this season.

00.20.40.60.81Expected 0.7Goals 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
Mar 21, 2017 vs PIT L 1-3 0 1 1 1 0 1 0 11:48
Mar 20, 2017 @ DET W 2-1 0 0 0 0 0 0 4 12:44
Mar 17, 2017 @ ANA W 2-1 (SO) 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 14:36
Mar 16, 2017 @ LAK L 0-2 0 0 0 0 0 2 1 12:29
Oct 30, 2016 @ WPG W 3-1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 00:53
Oct 29, 2016 vs FLA W 3-0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 13:19
Oct 27, 2016 vs MIN L 0-4 0 0 0 -1 0 2 2 08:52
Oct 25, 2016 @ PHI L 3-4 (SO) 0 0 0 0 2 0 5 10:48
Oct 16, 2016 @ EDM W 6-2 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 08:08
Oct 13, 2016 vs MTL L 1-4 0 0 0 -1 0 1 1 10:28