Centre · #89
Frederick Gaudreau
- Age
- 33
- Shoots
- Right
- Height
- 183 cm
- Weight
- 83 kg
- Born
- Bromont, CAN
- Draft
- Undrafted
Career · 10 seasons
- Games
- 482
- Goals
- 69
- Points
- 177
- TOI per game
- 14:23
- xGF% (5v5)
- 47.6%
- Goals above expected
- +3.4
Season by season
The regular-season line for each season, with the total, by team for traded players.
| 2016–17 |   NSH | 9 | 0 | 1 | 1 | +1 | 8:40 | 8 | 0.0% | 0 | 0.8 | 55.8% |
| 2017–18 | NSH | 20 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 9:10 | 14 | 0.0% | 0 | 1.2 | 38.9% |
| 2018–19 | NSH | 55 | 3 | 1 | 4 | +1 | 9:01 | 43 | 7.0% | 0 | 4.8 | 58.5% |
| After a break: 2020–21 |   PIT | 19 | 2 | 8 | 10 | +10 | 13:04 | 20 | 10.0% | 0 | 2.3 | 55.8% |
| 2021–22 |   MIN | 76 | 14 | 30 | 44 | +12 | 16:19 | 132 | 10.6% | 3 | 13.9 | 54.2% |
| 2022–23 | MIN | 82 | 19 | 19 | 38 | +10 | 16:03 | 138 | 13.8% | 4 | 14.7 | 48.0% |
| 2023–24 | MIN | 67 | 5 | 10 | 15 | −23 | 13:57 | 105 | 4.8% | 7 | 7.5 | 46.7% |
| 2024–25 | MIN | 82 | 18 | 19 | 37 | −2 | 15:40 | 110 | 16.4% | 5 | 12.2 | 43.7% |
| 2025–26 |   SEA | 68 | 7 | 17 | 24 | −1 | 16:09 | 70 | 10.0% | 3 | 7.7 | 40.0% |
| 2026–27 | SEA | 4 | 1 | 0 | 1 | −1 | 14:35 | 5 | 20.0% | 0 | 0.5 | 35.9% |
| Total | 4 teams | 482 | 69 | 108 | 177 | +7 | 14:23 | 645 | 10.7% | 22 | 65.6 | 47.6% |
Form
Rolling averages smooth out single games so the trend shows.
Points and individual expected goals per game (left scale), averaged over the previous ten games. Ice time is on the second chart.
Player card
How 10 seasons compares with everyone else at the position over the same seasons, and the players with the most similar profile.
Overall rating
3rd line
45th percentile among qualified forwards, blending scoring 40%, play-driving 40%, usage 20%.
- 1st line
- 2nd line
- 3rd line
- 4th line
- Extra / AHL
Scoring
3rd line- Goals /600.6040th pct
- Assists /600.9357th pct
- ixG /600.5720th pct
- Goals above expected+3.478th pct
Play-driving
4th line- xGF% (5v5)47.6%38th pct
- CF% (5v5)46.7%26th pct
- Relative xGF%−3.128th pct
- Penalty diff /600.2065th pct
Usage
3rd line- TOI per game14:2362nd pct
- PP time share18.6%50th pct
- Offensive zone starts36.8%14th pct
- Quality of competition24.0%49th pct
Percentiles among forwards with 200+ minutes at 5-on-5 and 20+ games. Ratings rank each column's average percentile among the same players and read it as a role on a depth chart (how).
Faceoffs
How often Gaudreau wins the draw over 10 seasons, against whom and where, and what a win leads to. Ranked among players with 1776+ draws over the same seasons.
Win rate
48.5%
2401–2550 · #142 of 212 regulars, 33rd percentile
Against an average centre
48.8%
Opponents won 50.3% of their draws; an average centre would have won 49.7% against them.
Wins above average
−61
Draws won beyond what an average centre facing the same opponents would have won.
Draws per game
10.6
4,951 draws in all.
By dot, attacking to the right
Win rate at each dot; the small numbers are draws and the xG swing (×100) of winning rather than losing there.
By zone
- Offensive zone46.9% 629–711
- Neutral zone48.2% 675–724
- Defensive zone49.6% 1097–1115
By strength
- Even strength48.6% 1901–2007
- Power play53.6% 118–102
- Shorthanded46.4% 382–441
What a win leads to
Shot attempts in the next 20 seconds, for minus against, per 100 draws: +9 after a win, −18 after a loss. Each win was worth 1.3 expected goals per 100 draws more than a loss.
Most-faced opponents
- Jamie Benn45.1% 32–39
- Nazem Kadri42.0% 29–40
- Anze Kopitar43.3% 29–38
- Tomas Hertl42.4% 25–34
- Mikael Backlund36.8% 21–36
- Ryan O'Reilly36.8% 21–36
- Jonathan Toews28.6% 16–40
- Brock Nelson50.9% 27–26
Season by season
| Season | Draws | Win rate | Against average |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2016–17 | 12 | 33.3% | 34.5% |
| 2017–18 | 139 | 49.6% | 48.9% |
| 2018–19 | 323 | 48.3% | 48.2% |
| 2020–21 | 162 | 53.7% | 52.2% |
| 2021–22 | 922 | 50.0% | 49.9% |
| 2022–23 | 1015 | 49.3% | 50.2% |
| 2023–24 | 547 | 49.9% | 50.3% |
| 2024–25 | 1097 | 48.2% | 48.7% |
| 2025–26 | 681 | 43.5% | 43.6% |
| 2026–27 | 53 | 49.1% | 49.8% |
Cumulative goals (solid) and individual xG (dashed) through the season. The gap is finishing: above the dashed line, the player scored more than an average shooter would from the same chances.
+3.4 goals above expected
Goals above expected, everyone at the same position with 20+ games
Speed and tracking
From the NHL's EDGE tracking system (2021–22 on): skating speed, shot speed, distance and zone time, for the selected seasons and then every tracked season, to show improvement or decline.
Values from the NHL's puck and player tracking, with the NHL's own league percentile for each. Missing values mean the player wasn't tracked enough.
Tracking
- Top skating speed32.7 km/h14th pct
- Speed bursts over 20 mph336th pct
- Hardest shot123.9 km/h50th pct
- Distance skated15 km70th pct
- Offensive-zone time32.8%1st pct
Each season against the other forwards that season with 20+ games. A season in progress appears once half its games are played, as provisional: season bests only grow. Bursts and distance are per 60 minutes of ice time, so seasons with fewer games still compare. Percentiles are on these rates, so they can differ from the NHL's, which are on season totals.
Top skating speed
35.4 km/h26th pct
▼ −2.4 km/h since 2024–25
Bursts over 20 mph per 60
3.427th pct
▼ −1.5 since 2024–25
Distance skated per 60
15.8 km69th pct
▼ −0.2 km since 2024–25
Hardest shot
134.9 km/h31st pct
▼ −7.1 km/h since 2024–25
Offensive-zone time
35.7%1st pct
▼ −3.1 points since 2024–25