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Cayden Primeau

#30 · Goalie · Carolina Hurricanes

Born Aug 11, 1999 in Farmington Hills, Michigan, USA (age 27) · 6'3", 205 lb · Catches left · Drafted 199th overall in 2017 by MTL (round 7)

Compare with a similar player

The goalies closest to him in games played in 2025-26. Pick one to see the two side by side, or choose someone else.

Artur Akhtyamov TOR · 3 GP, 0.877 Drew Commesso CHI · 3 GP, 0.918 Dylan Garand NYR · 3 GP, 0.948 Nico Daws NJD · 3 GP, 0.908 Nikke Kokko SEA · 3 GP, 0.890

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.

051015202019-20: 2 games219-202020-21: 4 games420-212021-22: 12 games1221-222022-23: 3 games322-232023-24: 23 games2323-242024-25: 11 games1124-252025-26: 3 games325-26

Games played by season. The darker bar is the season shown below.

Season Team GP WLOTLSO Shots against Saves Goals against GAA Save % Cap hit
2019-20 MTL 2 1100 72 67 5 2.52 0.931 $881K
2020-21 MTL 4 1210 93 79 14 4.16 0.849 $881K
2021-22 MTL 12 1710 302 262 40 4.62 0.868 $881K
2022-23 MTL 3 0200 54 46 8 3.46 0.852 $890K
2023-24 MTL 23 8942 731 665 66 2.99 0.910 $890K
2024-25 MTL 11 2310 250 209 41 4.70 0.836 $890K
2025-26 TOR 3 2100 80 67 13 4.30 0.838 $775K
7 seasons Career 58 152572 1582 1395 187 3.73 0.882

2025-26 season totals

GP Starts WLOTLSO Shots against Saves Goals against GAA Save %
3 3 2100 80 67 13 4.30 0.838

Contract

$775KCap hitends in 2026

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.

The contract

Who signed him to it, and when, are not on record. It runs through 2025-26, so this is its last season.

Season Cap hit
2025-26 $775K

Each season left on the contract. Only its cap hit and its end are known: how the pay is split by season, and any signing bonus, are not.

Contracts he has signed

Signed Signed by Kind Seasons Years In all Cap hit
Sep 9, 2026 Carolina Hurricanes New contract 2026-27 to 2027-28 2 $1.825M $913K
2025-26 to 2025-26 $775K
Sep 8, 2022 Montreal Canadiens New contract 2022-23 to 2024-25 3 $2.67M $890K
Mar 31, 2019 Montreal Canadiens Entry-level 2019-20 to 2021-22 3 $2.9M $881K

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

-5.3Goals above replacementsix goals are worth about one win
-0.9Wins above replacementgoals above replacement divided by six
-6.0Goals above averagehis goals saved above expected

The goals he saved for his team, compared with a spare-part goalie facing the same shots. A goalie's season is about one-third the goalie and two-thirds chance, so read one year lightly. He has played fewer than 20 games, too few to be ranked.

-10-50510152019-202020-212021-222022-232023-242024-252025-26Goals above replacementGoals above replacement, by season

Shots faced

Expected goals adds up how likely each shot he faced was to go in, judged by where it came from, what kind of shot it was and whether it was a rebound. A goalie who lets in fewer than that has saved goals above expected. Only shots taken while he was in net count, and the league's goalies as a whole come out at zero. What these numbers mean

-6.0Goals saved above expectedexpected goals minus goals against
7.0Expected goals againstfrom 115 unblocked attempts
13Goals againstwhile he was in net
0.838Save %0.912 expected from his shots
Goals saved -1.98 above expected per 60 minutes1st
Shot difficulty 6.1% chance per attempt faced1stA higher bar means his team gives up more dangerous shots.

Each bar shows the share of goalies he is ahead of, among the 68 who played at least a quarter as much as the busiest this season.

0510Allowed 13Expected 7.0

The goals he was expected to let in and the goals he did, as the season went on. When the allowed line runs below the expected line, he is saving more than his shots were worth.

Where he was shot at

Every unblocked attempt he faced this season, with his 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 Decision Shots against Saves Goals against Save % TOI
Oct 29, 2025 @ CBJ L 3-6 L 24 18 6 0.750 60:00
Oct 25, 2025 vs BUF W 4-3 (OT) W 26 23 3 0.885 61:28
Oct 14, 2025 vs NSH W 7-4 W 30 26 4 0.867 60:00