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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 2018-19. Pick one to see the two side by side, or choose someone else.

Sammy Blais STL · 4 P in 32 GP Andreas Martinsen CHI · 4 P in 24 GP Phillip Di Giuseppe NSH · 4 P in 24 GP Corban Knight PHI · 4 P in 23 GP Patrik Berglund BUF · 4 P in 23 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

2018-19 season totals

GP G A P +/- PIM Shots Hits P/GP Shooting % Avg TOI
55 3 1 4 1 2 43 25 0.07 7.0 9:01

Contract

$667KCap hitends in 2020, then UFA
$167KCap dollars per point4 points in 55 games
$224KCap dollars per goal above replacement3.0 goals above replacement
$2.7MWorth at the going ratewhat teams paid for a season like his
+$2MValueworth 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 696 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 1 season 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 2018-19 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.

2018-19 analytics

Rating

+3.0Goals above replacement311th of 699 skaters, 223rd of 455 forwards
+0.5Wins above replacementgoals above replacement divided by six
+1.6Goals above averagethe five parts below added up

Each number is coloured by where it ranks among the 455 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-2.7 13th percentileEven-strength defence+3.1 93rd percentilePower play0.0 59th percentilePenalty kill+0.0 51st percentilePenalties+1.2 77th 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.

-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

55.3Corsi for %471 attempts for, 380 against
+2.6CF% relative to teamagainst the team without him
58.6Expected goals for %19.9 expected for, 14.0 against
+7.0xGF% relative to teamagainst the team without him
58.8Fenwick for %unblocked attempts
54.2Goals for %13 for, 11 against
98.9PDO4.6% shooting + 94.2% saves
72Attempts takenhis own shot attempts

Each share is coloured by where it ranks among the 591 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
Rocco Grimaldi · Miikka Salomaki · Frederick Gaudreau1370:5668.373.81-1
Rocco Grimaldi · Ryan Hartman · Frederick Gaudreau1142:3358.953.41-0
Zac Rinaldo · Rocco Grimaldi · Frederick Gaudreau626:2646.852.21-1
Colin Blackwell · Rocco Grimaldi · Frederick Gaudreau320:1674.474.20-0

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.

3Goalsnot counting empty-netters
4.5Expected goalsfrom 63 unblocked attempts
-1.5Goals above expectedgoals minus expected goals
Chances created 0.54 expected goals per 60 minutes14th
Shot quality 7.1% chance per attempt24th
Finishing -1.5 goals above expected40thOne season of finishing is mostly luck.

Each bar shows the share of forwards he is ahead of, among the 426 who played 300 minutes or more this season.

01234Game 20Game 40Expected 4.5Goals 3

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 30, 2019 vs CBJ L 2-5 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 08:10
Mar 29, 2019 @ PIT W 3-1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 08:27
Mar 16, 2019 @ SJS W 4-2 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 09:45
Mar 14, 2019 @ LAK W 3-1 0 0 0 -1 0 2 0 09:58
Mar 9, 2019 vs CAR L 3-5 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 10:49
Mar 3, 2019 @ MIN W 3-2 (SO) 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 08:57
Mar 1, 2019 @ WPG L 3-5 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 06:14
Feb 26, 2019 @ STL L 0-2 0 0 0 0 0 2 1 09:56
Feb 25, 2019 vs EDM W 3-2 (SO) 0 0 0 1 0 1 2 07:46
Feb 23, 2019 vs COL L 0-5 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 08:22
Feb 19, 2019 @ DAL W 5-3 0 0 0 0 0 3 2 12:28
Feb 5, 2019 vs ARI W 5-2 0 1 1 1 0 1 0 11:30
Feb 2, 2019 vs DAL L 1-3 0 0 0 0 0 2 1 07:52
Feb 1, 2019 @ FLA W 4-1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 06:57
Jan 21, 2019 @ COL W 4-1 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 07:48
Jan 19, 2019 vs FLA L 2-4 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 09:04
Jan 17, 2019 vs WPG L 1-5 0 0 0 -1 0 0 1 10:25
Jan 15, 2019 vs WSH W 7-2 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 10:29
Jan 10, 2019 @ CBJ L 3-4 (OT) 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 10:55
Jan 9, 2019 @ CHI W 4-3 (OT) 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 09:13
Jan 7, 2019 @ TOR W 4-0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 10:49
Jan 5, 2019 @ MTL W 4-1 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 13:00
Jan 4, 2019 @ DET L 3-4 (OT) 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 15:40
Jan 1, 2019 vs PHI W 4-0 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 08:43
Dec 31, 2018 @ WSH W 6-3 1 0 1 0 0 2 0 11:51
Dec 29, 2018 vs NYR L 3-4 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 08:14
Dec 27, 2018 vs DAL L 0-2 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 07:36
Dec 22, 2018 @ BOS L 2-5 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 07:44
Dec 20, 2018 @ PHI L 1-2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 08:02
Dec 18, 2018 @ CHI L 1-2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 10:44
Dec 17, 2018 @ OTT L 3-4 (OT) 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 09:47
Dec 15, 2018 vs NJD W 2-1 (SO) 1 0 1 1 0 1 2 07:56
Dec 13, 2018 vs VAN W 4-3 (OT) 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 07:50
Dec 11, 2018 vs OTT W 3-1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 09:50
Dec 8, 2018 @ CGY L 2-5 0 0 0 -1 0 1 0 10:24
Dec 6, 2018 @ VAN L 3-5 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 11:19
Dec 3, 2018 vs BUF W 2-1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 07:23
Dec 1, 2018 vs CHI W 5-2 0 0 0 -1 0 1 0 08:45
Nov 29, 2018 vs ARI L 0-3 0 0 0 -1 0 3 1 11:33
Nov 27, 2018 vs COL L 2-3 0 0 0 0 0 2 1 10:21
Nov 25, 2018 vs ANA W 5-2 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 07:53
Nov 23, 2018 @ STL L 2-6 0 0 0 -1 0 1 1 11:56
Nov 21, 2018 vs STL W 4-1 1 0 1 2 0 3 0 06:59
Nov 19, 2018 vs TBL W 3-2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 07:05
Nov 17, 2018 vs LAK W 5-3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 06:21
Nov 15, 2018 @ ARI L 1-2 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 06:42
Nov 13, 2018 @ SJS L 4-5 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 07:03
Nov 12, 2018 @ ANA L 1-2 (SO) 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 07:50
Nov 10, 2018 @ DAL W 5-4 (OT) 0 0 0 -1 0 2 0 07:32
Nov 7, 2018 @ COL W 4-1 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 09:16
Nov 3, 2018 vs BOS W 1-0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 06:33
Nov 1, 2018 @ TBL W 4-1 0 0 0 -1 0 1 0 07:04
Oct 20, 2018 @ EDM W 3-0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 06:35
Oct 9, 2018 vs CGY L 0-3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 05:54
Oct 6, 2018 @ NYI W 4-3 0 0 0 -1 0 0 0 08:28