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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 2025-26. Pick one to see the two side by side, or choose someone else.

Jake Evans MTL · 24 P in 68 GP Jonathan Drouin STL · 24 P in 64 GP Ross Colton COL · 24 P in 73 GP Ethen Frank WSH · 24 P in 62 GP Noah Laba NYR · 24 P in 74 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

2025-26 season totals

GP G A P +/- PIM Shots Hits P/GP Shooting % Avg TOI
68 7 17 24 -1 11 70 35 0.35 10.0 16:09

Contract

$2.1MCap hitends in 2028, then UFA
$88KCap dollars per point24 points in 68 games
$338KWorth at the going ratewhat teams paid for a season like his
-$1.8MValueworth 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 715 ranked skaters whose contract is known. How value is worked out.

The contract

Signed by the Minnesota Wild on Apr 13, 2023, as an extension of the contract he was on: 5 years and $10.5M, beginning in 2023-24. It runs through 2027-28, 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
2023-24 $2.1M $2.95M $0 $2.95M M-NTC
2024-25 $2.1M $2.24M $0 $2.24M M-NTC
2025-26 $2.1M $1.77M $0 $1.77M M-NTC
2026-27 $2.1M $1.77M $0 $1.77M M-NTC
2027-28 $2.1M $1.77M $0 $1.77M M-NTC

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 2025-26 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.

2025-26 analytics

Rating

-0.5Goals above replacement561st of 715 skaters, 391st of 476 forwards
-0.1Wins above replacementgoals above replacement divided by six
-3.6Goals above averagethe five parts below added up

Each number is coloured by where it ranks among the 476 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-4.8 4th percentileEven-strength defence+0.7 61st percentilePower play+0.6 83rd percentilePenalty kill-0.7 5th percentilePenalties+0.7 68th 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.

-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

42.4Corsi for %730 attempts for, 990 against
-4.8CF% relative to teamagainst the team without him
41.7Expected goals for %28.4 expected for, 39.7 against
-6.9xGF% relative to teamagainst the team without him
41.7Fenwick for %unblocked attempts
46.9Goals for %30 for, 34 against
101.6PDO9.3% shooting + 92.3% saves
134Attempts takenhis own shot attempts

Each share is coloured by where it ranks among the 615 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
Chandler Stephenson · Frederick Gaudreau · Eeli Tolvanen27196:2838.540.27-5
Frederick Gaudreau · Ryan Winterton · Ben Meyers1697:1139.942.62-5
Frederick Gaudreau · Tye Kartye · Ryan Winterton1354:2555.443.52-2
Frederick Gaudreau · Tye Kartye · Jani Nyman738:2839.238.21-0

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.

6Goalsnot counting empty-netters
6.8Expected goalsfrom 117 unblocked attempts
-0.8Goals above expectedgoals minus expected goals
Chances created 0.37 expected goals per 60 minutes1st
Shot quality 5.8% chance per attempt2nd
Finishing -0.8 goals above expected51stOne season of finishing is mostly luck.

Each bar shows the share of forwards he is ahead of, among the 444 who played 300 minutes or more this season.

0246Game 20Game 40Game 60Expected 6.8Goals 6

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 16, 2026 @ COL L 0-2 0 0 0 -2 0 0 2 15:10
Apr 15, 2026 @ VGK L 1-4 0 0 0 -1 0 0 2 14:37
Apr 13, 2026 vs LAK L 3-5 1 0 1 1 0 2 0 18:17
Apr 11, 2026 vs CGY W 4-1 1 0 1 1 0 4 0 15:16
Apr 9, 2026 vs VGK W 4-3 (SO) 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 15:06
Apr 7, 2026 @ MIN L 2-5 0 0 0 -1 0 0 0 16:44
Apr 6, 2026 @ WPG L 2-6 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 14:41
Apr 4, 2026 vs CHI L 2-4 0 0 0 0 0 2 1 14:05
Apr 2, 2026 vs UTA L 2-6 0 0 0 -3 0 1 0 16:16
Mar 31, 2026 @ EDM L 0-3 0 0 0 -1 0 0 0 14:23
Mar 28, 2026 @ BUF L 2-3 (SO) 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 17:54
Mar 26, 2026 @ TBL W 4-3 (OT) 0 1 1 1 0 2 1 16:26
Mar 24, 2026 @ FLA L 4-5 (SO) 0 0 0 -1 0 2 2 17:43
Mar 21, 2026 @ CBJ L 2-5 0 1 1 1 0 0 0 17:57
Mar 19, 2026 @ NSH L 1-3 1 0 1 0 0 2 3 17:16
Mar 17, 2026 vs TBL L 2-6 0 0 0 -1 0 1 0 16:53
Mar 15, 2026 vs FLA W 6-2 0 1 1 2 0 0 3 17:22
Mar 14, 2026 @ VAN W 5-2 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 13:24
Mar 12, 2026 vs COL L 1-5 0 0 0 -2 0 1 0 15:58
Mar 10, 2026 vs NSH L 2-4 0 0 0 -1 0 7 1 17:15
Mar 4, 2026 vs STL L 2-3 0 0 0 -1 0 0 0 15:18
Mar 2, 2026 vs CAR W 2-1 0 1 1 1 0 0 1 14:36
Feb 28, 2026 vs VAN W 5-1 0 0 0 -1 0 0 0 14:19
Feb 26, 2026 @ STL L 1-5 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 13:51
Feb 25, 2026 @ DAL L 1-4 0 0 0 -2 2 0 0 17:22
Feb 4, 2026 @ LAK W 4-2 0 2 2 1 0 0 0 18:16
Feb 3, 2026 @ ANA L 2-4 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 14:50
Jan 31, 2026 @ VGK W 3-2 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 14:42
Jan 29, 2026 vs TOR W 5-2 0 1 1 1 0 1 0 20:11
Jan 27, 2026 vs WSH W 5-1 0 1 1 1 0 1 0 16:04
Jan 25, 2026 vs NJD W 4-2 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 13:39
Jan 23, 2026 vs ANA L 2-4 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 13:25
Jan 21, 2026 vs NYI W 4-1 0 0 0 0 2 0 1 16:30
Jan 19, 2026 vs PIT L 3-6 0 0 0 -1 0 1 0 15:51
Jan 17, 2026 @ UTA L 3-6 0 1 1 1 0 1 1 18:28
Jan 15, 2026 @ BOS L 2-4 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 15:09
Jan 14, 2026 @ NJD L 2-3 (OT) 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 16:27
Jan 12, 2026 @ NYR W 4-2 0 1 1 1 0 2 0 16:30
Jan 10, 2026 @ CAR L 2-3 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 18:02
Jan 8, 2026 vs MIN L 2-3 (OT) 0 0 0 -1 0 2 0 19:54
Jan 6, 2026 vs BOS W 7-4 0 2 2 1 0 2 0 18:50
Jan 5, 2026 @ CGY W 5-1 1 0 1 1 0 2 2 17:20
Jan 2, 2026 @ VAN W 4-3 (SO) 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 15:26
Jan 1, 2026 vs NSH W 4-1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 17:58
Dec 29, 2025 vs VAN L 2-3 (SO) 0 0 0 0 0 3 2 20:33
Dec 28, 2025 vs PHI W 4-1 0 0 0 3 0 0 0 16:35
Dec 23, 2025 @ LAK W 3-2 1 0 1 1 0 2 1 19:06
Dec 22, 2025 @ ANA W 3-1 1 0 1 0 0 2 1 19:46
Dec 20, 2025 @ SJS W 4-2 0 1 1 1 0 5 0 21:21
Dec 18, 2025 @ CGY L 2-4 0 1 1 0 0 1 0 16:18
Dec 16, 2025 vs COL L 3-5 0 0 0 -2 0 1 0 19:50
Dec 14, 2025 vs BUF L 1-3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 20:39
Dec 12, 2025 @ UTA L 3-5 0 1 1 0 0 0 2 14:51
Dec 10, 2025 vs LAK W 3-2 (OT) 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 13:32
Dec 8, 2025 vs MIN L 1-4 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 13:05
Dec 6, 2025 vs DET L 3-4 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 13:10
Dec 4, 2025 @ EDM L 4-9 1 0 1 0 0 3 0 14:06
Nov 29, 2025 vs EDM L 0-4 0 0 0 -1 5 0 0 12:51
Nov 26, 2025 vs DAL L 2-3 0 0 0 -2 0 0 2 15:14
Nov 23, 2025 @ NYI L 0-1 (SO) 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 16:34
Nov 22, 2025 @ PIT W 3-2 (OT) 0 1 1 0 0 1 0 18:22
Nov 20, 2025 @ CHI W 3-2 0 0 0 2 0 0 1 14:25
Nov 18, 2025 @ DET L 2-4 0 0 0 -1 0 1 0 13:35
Nov 15, 2025 vs SJS W 4-1 0 0 0 0 2 2 0 16:44
Oct 16, 2025 @ OTT L 3-4 (SO) 0 0 0 -1 0 0 0 08:02
Oct 14, 2025 @ MTL L 4-5 (OT) 0 1 1 1 0 0 1 14:35
Oct 11, 2025 vs VGK W 2-1 (OT) 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 16:02
Oct 9, 2025 vs ANA W 3-1 0 0 0 0 0 2 1 12:49