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Adam Gaudette

#81 · Right wing · San Jose Sharks

Born Oct 3, 1996 in Braintree, Massachusetts, USA (age 30) · 6'1", 190 lb · Shoots right · Drafted 149th overall in 2015 by VAN (round 5)

Compare with a similar player

The forwards closest to him in points in 2019-20. Pick one to see the two side by side, or choose someone else.

Brandon Saad CHI · 33 P in 58 GP Roope Hintz DAL · 33 P in 60 GP Joonas Donskoi COL · 33 P in 65 GP Brett Connolly FLA · 33 P in 69 GP Kevin Labanc SJS · 33 P in 70 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.

01020302017-18: 0 points017-182018-19: 12 points1218-192019-20: 33 points3319-202020-21: 11 points1120-212021-22: 14 points1421-222023-24: 0 points023-242024-25: 26 points2624-252025-26: 25 points2525-26

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

Season Team GP G A P +/- PIM Shots Hits P/GP Cap hit
2017-18 VAN 5 0 0 0 2 0 9 2 0.00 $917K
2018-19 VAN 56 5 7 12 -8 18 55 48 0.21 $917K
2019-20 VAN 59 12 21 33 -7 37 75 29 0.56 $917K
2020-21 VAN 33 4 3 7 -13 12 59 12 0.21 $950K
2020-21 CHI 7 1 3 4 -2 0 7 4 0.57
2021-22 CHI 8 1 1 2 -3 4 10 9 0.25 $998K
2021-22 OTT 50 4 8 12 -6 13 84 63 0.24
2023-24 STL 2 0 0 0 0 4 0 4 0.00 $775K
2024-25 OTT 81 19 7 26 12 12 90 68 0.32 $775K
2025-26 SJS 66 17 8 25 -9 20 96 53 0.38 $2M
8 seasons Career 367 63 58 121 -34 120 485 292 0.33

Playoffs

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

Season Team GP G A P +/- PIM Shots Hits P/GP
2019-20 VAN 10 0 0 0 -1 2 4 18 0.00
2024-25 OTT 6 1 2 3 2 4 4 9 0.50
2 seasons Playoffs 16 1 2 3 1 6 8 27 0.19

2019-20 season totals

GP G A P +/- PIM Shots Hits P/GP Shooting % Avg TOI
59 12 21 33 -7 37 75 29 0.56 16.0 12:23

Contract

$917KCap hitends in 2020
$28KCap dollars per point33 points in 59 games
$503KCap dollars per goal above replacement1.8 goals above replacement
$2.2MWorth at the going ratewhat teams paid for a season like his
+$1.3MValueworth 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 668 ranked skaters whose contract is known. How value is worked out.

The contract

Signed by the Vancouver Canucks on Mar 26, 2018, as an entry-level contract: 3 years and $4.475M, beginning in 2017-18. It runs through 2019-20, so this is its last season.

Season Cap hit Base salary Signing bonus Performance bonuses Paid in all Clause
2017-18 $917K $808K $93K $25K $900K
2018-19 $917K $833K $93K $850K $925K
2019-20 $917K $833K $93K $850K $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
Jul 1, 2025 San Jose Sharks New contract 2025-26 to 2026-27 2 $4M $2M
Jul 2, 2024 Ottawa Senators New contract (two-way) 2024-25 to 2024-25 1 $775K $775K
Jun 21, 2023 St. Louis Blues Extension 2023-24 to 2023-24 1 $775K $775K
Jul 13, 2022 Toronto Maple Leafs New contract 2022-23 to 2022-23 1 $750K $750K
Jul 26, 2021 Chicago Blackhawks Extension 2021-22 to 2021-22 1 $998K $998K
Oct 19, 2020 Vancouver Canucks New contract 2020-21 to 2020-21 1 $950K $950K
Mar 26, 2018 Vancouver Canucks Entry-level 2017-18 to 2019-20 3 $4.475M $917K

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 2019-20 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.

2019-20 analytics

Regular season Playoffs

Rating

+1.8Goals above replacement347th of 670 skaters, 242nd of 439 forwards
+0.3Wins above replacementgoals above replacement divided by six
-0.2Goals above averagethe five parts below added up

Each number is coloured by where it ranks among the 439 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+0.2 55th percentileEven-strength defence-0.2 39th percentilePower play+0.1 67th percentilePenalty kill0.0 51st percentilePenalties-0.3 24th 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.

-3-2-10122017-182019-202021-222024-252026-27Goals 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

46.9Corsi for %560 attempts for, 634 against
-0.8CF% relative to teamagainst the team without him
46.7Expected goals for %24.4 expected for, 27.9 against
-0.8xGF% relative to teamagainst the team without him
46.5Fenwick for %unblocked attempts
50.0Goals for %29 for, 29 against
102.5PDO10.4% shooting + 92.1% saves
122Attempts takenhis own shot attempts

Each share is coloured by where it ranks among the 583 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
Antoine Roussel · Jake Virtanen · Adam Gaudette32177:1345.846.58-7
Antoine Roussel · Brock Boeser · Adam Gaudette1752:1048.249.93-3
Brandon Sutter · Antoine Roussel · Adam Gaudette1033:5148.345.22-2
Tanner Pearson · Bo Horvat · Adam Gaudette531:0953.876.80-0

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.

12Goalsnot counting empty-netters
9.4Expected goalsfrom 117 unblocked attempts
+2.6Goals above expectedgoals minus expected goals
Chances created 0.77 expected goals per 60 minutes51st
Shot quality 8.0% chance per attempt54th
Finishing +2.6 goals above expected80thOne season of finishing is mostly luck.

Each bar shows the share of forwards he is ahead of, among the 410 who played 300 minutes or more this season.

0510Game 20Game 40Goals 12Expected 9.4

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 10, 2020 vs NYI W 5-4 (SO) 1 0 1 1 2 2 0 08:15
Mar 8, 2020 vs CBJ L 1-2 0 0 0 -1 0 1 1 12:54
Mar 6, 2020 vs COL W 6-3 0 2 2 2 0 1 0 11:26
Mar 4, 2020 vs ARI L 2-4 0 0 0 -1 0 0 0 09:22
Mar 1, 2020 @ CBJ L 3-5 0 0 0 -1 0 2 0 12:40
Feb 29, 2020 @ TOR L 2-4 0 0 0 -1 2 1 0 11:16
Feb 27, 2020 @ OTT L 2-5 0 0 0 -1 0 2 1 15:50
Feb 25, 2020 @ MTL W 4-3 (OT) 0 2 2 1 0 0 0 12:38
Feb 22, 2020 vs BOS W 9-3 1 0 1 2 0 2 0 14:48
Feb 19, 2020 vs MIN L 3-4 (SO) 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 11:55
Feb 16, 2020 vs ANA L 1-5 0 0 0 -3 0 3 0 13:47
Feb 12, 2020 vs CHI W 3-0 1 0 1 1 7 1 1 08:28
Feb 10, 2020 vs NSH W 6-2 0 2 2 1 0 1 0 13:10
Feb 8, 2020 vs CGY L 2-6 1 0 1 -1 0 2 0 13:10
Feb 6, 2020 @ MIN L 2-4 0 0 0 0 12 0 1 11:54
Feb 4, 2020 @ BOS L 0-4 0 0 0 -1 0 2 1 11:47
Feb 2, 2020 @ CAR L 3-4 (SO) 0 0 0 0 0 1 2 13:28
Feb 1, 2020 @ NYI W 4-3 (OT) 0 1 1 0 2 0 1 08:53
Jan 29, 2020 @ SJS W 5-2 0 1 1 1 0 1 0 11:27
Jan 27, 2020 vs STL W 3-1 0 0 0 -1 0 1 0 10:42
Jan 18, 2020 vs SJS W 4-1 0 2 2 1 0 3 0 14:09
Jan 16, 2020 vs ARI W 3-1 0 0 0 -1 0 0 1 13:00
Jan 14, 2020 @ WPG L 0-4 0 0 0 -2 0 2 0 16:18
Jan 12, 2020 @ MIN W 4-1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 14:09
Jan 11, 2020 @ BUF W 6-3 0 1 1 0 0 3 1 14:56
Jan 9, 2020 @ FLA L 2-5 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 13:25
Jan 7, 2020 @ TBL L 2-9 0 0 0 -1 0 2 0 12:31
Jan 4, 2020 vs NYR W 2-1 0 0 0 -1 0 0 1 12:10
Jan 2, 2020 vs CHI W 7-5 1 0 1 0 2 1 1 10:44
Dec 29, 2019 @ CGY W 5-2 0 1 1 0 0 1 0 12:22
Dec 28, 2019 vs LAK W 3-2 0 0 0 1 0 2 1 11:06
Dec 23, 2019 vs EDM W 4-2 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 12:02
Dec 21, 2019 vs PIT W 4-1 0 0 0 0 4 0 1 10:59
Dec 19, 2019 vs VGK W 5-4 (OT) 0 1 1 1 0 2 0 11:17
Dec 17, 2019 vs MTL L 1-3 1 0 1 -1 0 1 0 12:12
Dec 15, 2019 @ VGK L 3-6 0 0 0 -2 0 2 1 11:31
Dec 14, 2019 @ SJS L 2-4 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 12:33
Dec 12, 2019 vs CAR W 1-0 (OT) 0 0 0 0 0 2 1 14:21
Dec 10, 2019 vs TOR L 1-4 0 0 0 -2 0 1 0 11:46
Dec 7, 2019 vs BUF W 6-5 (OT) 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 13:04
Dec 3, 2019 vs OTT W 5-2 0 2 2 2 0 1 0 14:04
Dec 1, 2019 vs EDM L 2-3 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 13:26
Nov 30, 2019 @ EDM W 5-2 0 1 1 0 2 0 0 13:31
Nov 27, 2019 @ PIT L 6-8 2 0 2 0 0 2 3 13:52
Nov 25, 2019 @ PHI L 1-2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 13:24
Nov 23, 2019 @ WSH W 2-1 (SO) 0 0 0 -1 0 0 0 13:24
Nov 21, 2019 @ NSH W 6-3 0 0 0 0 2 0 1 11:14
Nov 19, 2019 @ DAL L 1-6 0 0 0 -1 0 1 0 12:26
Nov 16, 2019 vs COL L 4-5 (OT) 2 0 2 -1 2 2 1 14:00
Nov 14, 2019 vs DAL L 2-4 0 0 0 -1 0 4 0 14:31
Nov 12, 2019 vs NSH W 5-3 1 1 2 0 0 2 1 12:16
Nov 10, 2019 vs NJD L 1-2 0 0 0 0 0 3 1 09:47
Nov 7, 2019 @ CHI L 2-5 0 1 1 1 0 1 3 08:55
Nov 5, 2019 vs STL L 1-2 (OT) 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 12:52
Nov 2, 2019 @ SJS W 5-2 1 0 1 1 0 4 1 13:56
Nov 1, 2019 @ ANA L 1-2 (OT) 0 1 1 1 0 1 0 12:03
Oct 12, 2019 vs PHI W 3-2 (SO) 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 10:14
Oct 9, 2019 vs LAK W 8-2 0 1 1 0 0 2 0 12:22
Oct 5, 2019 @ CGY L 0-3 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 11:56