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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 2020-21. Pick one to see the two side by side, or choose someone else.

Kirby Dach CHI · 10 P in 18 GP Cody Glass VGK · 10 P in 27 GP Nick Merkley NJD · 10 P in 27 GP James Neal EDM · 10 P in 29 GP Nikita Gusev FLA · 10 P in 31 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: 5 points526-27

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 6 4 1 5 3 0 9 4 0.83 $2.1M
10 seasons Career 484 72 109 181 11 55 649 243 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

2020-21 season totals

GP G A P +/- PIM Shots Hits P/GP Shooting % Avg TOI
19 2 8 10 10 2 20 9 0.53 10.0 13:04

Contract

$700KCap hitends in 2021, then UFA
$70KCap dollars per point10 points in 19 games
$290KCap dollars per goal above replacement2.4 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 Pittsburgh Penguins on Oct 10, 2020, as a new contract: 1 year and $700K, beginning in 2020-21. It runs through 2020-21, so this is its last season, after which he is an unrestricted free agent.

Season Cap hit Base salary Signing bonus Performance bonuses Paid in all Clause
2020-21 $700K $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 2020-21 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.

2020-21 analytics

Regular season Playoffs

Rating

+2.4Goals above replacementsix goals are worth about one win
+0.4Wins above replacementgoals above replacement divided by six
+1.7Goals above averagethe five parts below added up
Even-strength offence+0.8Even-strength defence+1.0Power play+0.1Penalty kill+0.0Penalties-0.1

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.

-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

52.7Corsi for %184 attempts for, 165 against
+3.1CF% relative to teamagainst the team without him
58.0Expected goals for %9.9 expected for, 7.2 against
+7.6xGF% relative to teamagainst the team without him
52.5Fenwick for %unblocked attempts
70.6Goals for %12 for, 5 against
105.2PDO10.7% shooting + 94.5% saves
32Attempts 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
Frederick Gaudreau · Sam Lafferty · Zachary Aston-Reese745:0754.759.41-2
Jeff Carter · Frederick Gaudreau · Jared McCann439:0150.758.86-0
Colton Sceviour · Frederick Gaudreau · Anthony Angello426:5753.363.70-0
Colton Sceviour · Frederick Gaudreau · Sam Lafferty321:5779.364.31-1

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.

2Goalsnot counting empty-netters
2.1Expected goalsfrom 28 unblocked attempts
-0.1Goals above expectedgoals minus expected goals
Chances created 0.50 expected goals per 60 minutes10th
Shot quality 7.4% chance per attempt29th
Finishing -0.1 goals above expected48thOne season of finishing is mostly luck.

Each bar shows the share of forwards he is ahead of, among the 411 who played 300 minutes or more this season.

00.511.52Expected 2.1Goals 2

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
May 8, 2021 vs BUF W 1-0 0 1 1 1 0 0 0 11:46
May 6, 2021 vs BUF W 8-4 0 3 3 4 0 0 0 13:34
May 4, 2021 @ PHI W 7-3 0 1 1 2 0 0 0 12:56
May 3, 2021 @ PHI L 2-7 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 13:01
May 1, 2021 @ WSH W 3-0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 11:23
Apr 29, 2021 @ WSH W 5-4 (OT) 1 0 1 1 0 1 0 07:52
Apr 11, 2021 @ NJD W 5-2 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 10:31
Apr 9, 2021 @ NJD W 6-4 0 0 0 1 0 3 1 16:04
Apr 8, 2021 @ NYR W 5-2 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 16:02
Apr 6, 2021 @ NYR L 4-8 0 0 0 -2 0 1 0 13:40
Apr 3, 2021 @ BOS L 5-7 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 13:25
Apr 1, 2021 @ BOS W 4-1 0 1 1 1 0 3 1 17:10
Mar 29, 2021 vs NYI W 2-1 0 0 0 0 0 2 1 18:09
Mar 27, 2021 vs NYI W 6-3 1 0 1 0 2 1 1 17:01
Mar 25, 2021 vs BUF W 4-0 0 1 1 1 0 1 0 12:51
Mar 24, 2021 vs BUF W 5-2 0 1 1 1 0 2 0 12:35
Mar 21, 2021 vs NJD L 1-2 (OT) 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 11:49
Mar 20, 2021 @ NJD W 3-1 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 09:19
Mar 18, 2021 @ NJD L 2-3 0 0 0 -1 0 2 1 09:05