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Frederick Gaudreau

#89 · Centre · Seattle Kraken

Born May 1, 1993 in Bromont, Quebec, CAN (age 33) · 6'0", 184 lb · Shoots right

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.

Alan Quine NYI · 3 P in 21 GP Seth Griffith BUF · 3 P in 21 GP A.J. Greer COL · 3 P in 17 GP Marko Dano WPG · 3 P in 23 GP Nikolay Kulemin NYI · 3 P in 13 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.

0102030402016-17: 1 points116-172017-18: 3 points317-182018-19: 4 points418-192020-21: 10 points1020-212021-22: 44 points4421-222022-23: 38 points3822-232023-24: 15 points1523-242024-25: 37 points3724-252025-26: 24 points2425-262026-27: 3 points326-27

Points by season. The darker bar is the season shown below.

Season Team GP G A P +/- PIM Shots Hits P/GP Cap hit
2016-17 NSH 9 0 1 1 1 0 8 1 0.11 $595K
2017-18 NSH 20 0 3 3 0 2 14 8 0.15 $667K
2018-19 NSH 55 3 1 4 1 2 43 25 0.07 $667K
2020-21 PIT 19 2 8 10 10 2 20 9 0.53 $700K
2021-22 MIN 76 14 30 44 12 8 132 48 0.58 $1.2M
2022-23 MIN 82 19 19 38 10 10 138 42 0.46 $1.2M
2023-24 MIN 67 5 10 15 -23 12 105 24 0.22 $2.1M
2024-25 MIN 82 18 19 37 -2 8 110 47 0.45 $2.1M
2025-26 SEA 68 7 17 24 -1 11 70 35 0.35 $2.1M
2026-27 SEA 5 3 0 3 1 0 7 3 0.60 $2.1M
10 seasons Career 483 71 108 179 9 55 647 242 0.37

Playoffs

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

Season Team GP G A P +/- PIM Shots Hits P/GP
2016-17 NSH 8 3 0 3 2 0 7 7 0.38
2020-21 PIT 6 1 2 3 3 2 14 6 0.50
2021-22 MIN 6 1 0 1 -1 0 11 5 0.17
2022-23 MIN 6 3 0 3 0 4 17 9 0.50
2024-25 MIN 6 0 0 0 2 0 2 8 0.00
5 seasons Playoffs 32 8 2 10 6 6 51 35 0.31

2017-18 season totals

GP G A P +/- PIM Shots Hits P/GP Shooting % Avg TOI
20 0 3 3 0 2 14 8 0.15 0.0 9:10

Contract

$667KCap hitends in 2020, then UFA
$222KCap dollars per point3 points in 20 games
$308KWorth at the going ratewhat teams paid for a season like his
-$358KValueworth 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

Signed by the Nashville Predators on Jul 17, 2017, as a new contract: 3 years and $2M, beginning in 2017-18. It runs through 2019-20, with 2 seasons left after this one, and he is then an unrestricted free agent.

Season Cap hit Base salary Signing bonus Performance bonuses Paid in all Clause
2017-18 $667K $650K $0 $650K
2018-19 $667K $650K $0 $650K
2019-20 $667K $700K $0 $700K

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
Apr 13, 2023 Minnesota Wild Extension 2023-24 to 2027-28 5 $10.5M $2.1M
Jul 28, 2021 Minnesota Wild New contract 2021-22 to 2022-23 2 $2.4M $1.2M
Oct 10, 2020 Pittsburgh Penguins New contract 2020-21 to 2020-21 1 $700K $700K
Jul 17, 2017 Nashville Predators New contract 2017-18 to 2019-20 3 $2M $667K
Jan 5, 2016 Nashville Predators Entry-level 2015-16 to 2016-17 2 $1.19M $595K

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

Rating

-0.5Goals above replacement559th of 691 skaters, 380th of 451 forwards
-0.1Wins above replacementgoals above replacement divided by six
-1.0Goals 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-1.4 31st percentileEven-strength defence-0.2 40th percentilePower play0.0 61st percentilePenalty kill+0.1 69th percentilePenalties+0.5 58th 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. Provisional: under 40 games it is more chance than player. 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.

-4-202462016-172018-192021-222023-242025-26Goals 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

47.2Corsi for %154 attempts for, 172 against
-3.5CF% relative to teamagainst the team without him
38.0Expected goals for %4.7 expected for, 7.7 against
-8.3xGF% relative to teamagainst the team without him
44.6Fenwick for %unblocked attempts
50.0Goals for %7 for, 7 against
102.2PDO9.2% shooting + 93.0% saves
31Attempts 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
Cody McLeod · Austin Watson · Frederick Gaudreau1159:5541.135.02-1
Austin Watson · Miikka Salomaki · Frederick Gaudreau722:3556.740.00-0
Scott Hartnell · Craig Smith · Frederick Gaudreau614:5151.931.10-1
Scott Hartnell · Pontus Aberg · Frederick Gaudreau37:0966.752.01-1

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
1.2Expected goalsfrom 23 unblocked attempts
-1.2Goals above expectedgoals minus expected goals
Chances created 0.38 expected goals per 60 minutes3rd
Shot quality 5.1% chance per attempt1st
Finishing -1.2 goals above expected40thOne 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.

00.51Game 20Expected 1.2Goals 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
Jan 18, 2018 vs ARI W 3-2 (SO) 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 06:59
Jan 16, 2018 vs VGK W 1-0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 07:19
Dec 30, 2017 vs MIN W 3-0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 06:21
Dec 8, 2017 vs VGK L 3-4 (SO) 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 08:01
Dec 5, 2017 @ DAL W 5-2 0 1 1 1 0 2 1 12:39
Dec 4, 2017 vs BOS W 5-3 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 09:23
Dec 2, 2017 vs ANA W 3-2 (SO) 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 07:27
Nov 30, 2017 vs VAN L 3-5 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 07:29
Nov 26, 2017 @ CAR L 3-4 (SO) 0 0 0 -1 0 0 2 07:56
Nov 22, 2017 vs MTL W 3-2 (SO) 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 06:39
Nov 7, 2017 @ CBJ W 3-1 0 0 0 -1 0 2 0 11:00
Nov 4, 2017 @ LAK W 4-3 (OT) 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 12:27
Nov 3, 2017 @ ANA W 5-3 0 2 2 2 0 1 0 12:18
Nov 1, 2017 @ SJS L 1-4 0 0 0 -2 0 2 1 07:47
Oct 28, 2017 vs NYI L 2-6 0 0 0 -1 0 2 1 13:27
Oct 27, 2017 @ CHI W 2-1 0 0 0 0 0 2 1 08:52
Oct 24, 2017 vs CGY L 2-3 (SO) 0 0 0 -2 0 0 0 11:40
Oct 21, 2017 @ NYR L 2-4 0 0 0 0 2 1 1 08:28
Oct 19, 2017 @ PHI W 1-0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 09:34
Oct 17, 2017 vs COL W 4-1 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 07:27