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Left wing · #61

Cutter Gauthier

Anaheim Ducks
Age
22
Shoots
Left
Height
188 cm
Weight
93 kg
Born
Skelleftea, SWE
Draft
2022, round 1, #5 (PHI)

Career · 2023–24 to 2026–27

Games
163
Goals
63
Points
118
TOI per game
15:45
xGF% (5v5)
46.1%
Goals above expected
+15.0

Season by season

The regular-season line for each season, with the total, by team for traded players.

2023–24ANA1011+115:2430.0%00.246.8%
2024–25ANA82202444+814:0919010.5%617.543.2%
2025–26ANA76412869−217:1528514.4%1928.349.0%
2026–27ANA4224−220:181711.8%31.942.4%
Total1 team1636355118+515:4549512.7%2848.046.1%

Form

Rolling averages smooth out single games so the trend shows.

Form, ten-game rolling

Points and individual expected goals per game (left scale), averaged over the previous ten games. Ice time is on the second chart.

Points per gameixG per gameTOI per game (minutes)
00.511.520406080100120140160
12m14m16m18m20m20406080100120140160Game

Player card

Model-based

How 2023–24 to 2026–27 compares with everyone else at the position over the same seasons, and the players with the most similar profile.

Overall rating

1st line

80th percentile among qualified forwards, blending scoring 40%, play-driving 40%, usage 20%.

  1. 1st line
  2. 2nd line
  3. 3rd line
  4. 4th line
  5. Extra / AHL

Scoring

1st line
  • Goals /601.4797th pct
  • Assists /601.2877th pct
  • ixG /601.1290th pct
  • Goals above expected+15.094th pct

Play-driving

3rd line
  • xGF% (5v5)46.1%28th pct
  • CF% (5v5)50.2%62nd pct
  • Relative xGF%0.057th pct
  • Penalty diff /600.0545th pct

Usage

2nd line
  • TOI per game15:4569th pct
  • PP time share44.0%73rd pct
  • Offensive zone starts62.9%71st pct
  • Quality of competition24.7%64th 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).

Most similar players this season

  1. Tage ThompsonBUF0.92
  2. Tyler ToffoliSJS0.91
  3. Cole CaufieldMTL0.90
  4. Alex DeBrincatDET0.89
  5. Dylan GuentherUTA0.89
  6. Filip ForsbergNSH0.88

Faceoffs

How often Gauthier wins the draw over 2023–24 to 2026–27, against whom and where, and what a win leads to. Ranked among players with 627+ draws over the same seasons.

Win rate

46.5%

127–146 · below the 627 draws of a regular

Against an average centre

47.5%

Opponents won 51.0% of their draws; an average centre would have won 49.0% against them.

Wins above average

−7

Draws won beyond what an average centre facing the same opponents would have won.

Draws per game

2.8

273 draws in all.

By dot, attacking to the right

59%22 · +1.651%135 · +2.837%62 · +4.067%9 · +5.360%5 · −4.250%2 · +15.617%6 · +15.446%13 · +4.326%19 · −2.3Attacking zone →← Defending zone

Win rate at each dot; the small numbers are draws and the xG swing (×100) of winning rather than losing there.

By zone

  • Offensive zone46.7% 92–105
  • Neutral zone54.5% 24–20
  • Defensive zone34.4% 11–21

By strength

  • Even strength43.5% 74–96
  • Power play51.5% 51–48
  • Shorthanded50.0% 2–2

What a win leads to

Shot attempts in the next 20 seconds, for minus against, per 100 draws: +44 after a win, +1 after a loss. Each win was worth 2.5 expected goals per 100 draws more than a loss.

Most-faced opponents

Season by season

SeasonDrawsWin rateAgainst average
2023–2410.0%-4.3%
2024–255637.5%38.7%
2025–2620849.0%50.0%
2026–27850.0%49.9%

Finishing

Model-based

Did the goals match the chances?

Goals against expected goals

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.

+15.0 goals above expected

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Goals above expected, everyone at the same position with 20+ games

−30−20−100+10+20+30+40+50

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.

Tracking data (NHL EDGE)

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 speed36.5 km/h95th pct
  • Speed bursts over 20 mph559th pct
  • Hardest shot140.6 km/h94th pct
  • Distance skated10 km35th pct
  • Offensive-zone time42.1%54th pct
Tracking, season by season

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.

This playerMedian forwardMiddle half (25th–75th percentile)Hollow dot: too few games to rank, or a season in progress (*, dashed). Dotted line: no NHL games that season.

Top skating speed

37.1 km/h82nd pct

▼ −0.5 km/h since 2024–25

323436384023–2424–2525–262023–24: 33.3 km/h, 1st percentile (1 games, too few to rank reliably)2024–25: 37.6 km/h, 93rd percentile (82 games)2025–26: 37.1 km/h, 82nd percentile (76 games)

Bursts over 20 mph per 60

9.484th pct

▼ −1.0 since 2024–25

2468101223–2424–2525–262023–24: 3.9, 36th percentile (1 games, too few to rank reliably)2024–25: 10.3, 88th percentile (82 games)2025–26: 9.4, 84th percentile (76 games)

Distance skated per 60

16.1 km84th pct

▼ −0.0 km since 2024–25

141516171823–2424–2525–262023–24: 17.3 km, 100th percentile (1 games, too few to rank reliably)2024–25: 16.2 km, 83rd percentile (82 games)2025–26: 16.1 km, 84th percentile (76 games)

Hardest shot

160.8 km/h99th pct

▲ +10.8 km/h since 2024–25

10012014016018023–2424–2525–262023–24: 108.6 km/h, 0th percentile (1 games, too few to rank reliably)2024–25: 150.0 km/h, 90th percentile (82 games)2025–26: 160.8 km/h, 99th percentile (76 games)

Offensive-zone time

43.7%74th pct

▲ +4.4 points since 2024–25

36%38%40%42%44%46%23–2424–2525–262023–24: 38.1%, 11th percentile (1 games, too few to rank reliably)2024–25: 39.3%, 17th percentile (82 games)2025–26: 43.7%, 74th percentile (76 games)