Frederick
Gaudreau
C · SEA · Limited · Very poor
- PAL
- 6
- WAR
- -0.4
- Value
- 9
- PTS
- 24
2025-26№ 561 / 615
Frederick Gaudreau (Seattle Kraken) stats and profile: offensive production, ice time, advanced stats, WAR and PAL rating.
Frederick Gaudreau
#89CPlays: Centre · 72% of faceoffs
Seattle Kraken
HEIGHT : 183 cm · WEIGHT : 83 kg · SHOOTS : R
Born : April 30, 1993 · Bromont, Canada
Contract : $2,100,000 · 2023-24 → 2027-28 · Standard Contract (Extension) · UFAM-NTC
NHL record
| Year | Team | GP | G | A | PTS | PIM |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026-27 | Seattle Kraken | 16 | 7 | 3 | 10 | 0 |
| 2025-26 | Seattle Kraken | 68 | 7 | 17 | 24 | 11 |
| 2024-25 | Minnesota Wild | 82 | 18 | 19 | 37 | 8 |
| 2023-24 | Minnesota Wild | 67 | 5 | 10 | 15 | 12 |
| 2022-23 | Minnesota Wild | 82 | 19 | 19 | 38 | 10 |
| 2021-22 | Minnesota Wild | 76 | 14 | 30 | 44 | 8 |
| 2020-21 | Pittsburgh Penguins | 19 | 2 | 8 | 10 | 2 |
| 2018-19 | Nashville Predators | 55 | 3 | 1 | 4 | 2 |
| 2017-18 | Nashville Predators | 20 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 2 |
| 2016-17 | Nashville Predators | 9 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 |
| NHL totals | 494 | 75 | 111 | 186 | 55 | |
Playoffs
| Year | Team | GP | G | A | PTS | PIM |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | Minnesota Wild | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 2022-23 | Minnesota Wild | 6 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 4 |
| 2021-22 | Minnesota Wild | 6 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| 2020-21 | Pittsburgh Penguins | 6 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 2 |
| 2016-17 | Nashville Predators | 8 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 0 |
| Playoff totals | 32 | 8 | 2 | 10 | 6 | |
Frederick Gaudreau: our analysis
2025-26 season: 68 GP, 7 G, 17 A, 24 PTS, -1 +/-, 16:09 TOI. WAR -0.4 (561st of 615) · PAL 6, very poor.
In 2025-26, Frederick Gaudreau, 33, posts a PAL Rating of 6 out of 100 (very poor), and his WAR of -0.4 ranks 561st among 615 regulars, in the bottom quarter.
His strengths: power play (65, above average). On the other hand, shooting (2, among the weakest in the league) and possession (3, among the weakest in the league) hold him back.
Breaking down his WAR (goals above average), his biggest contribution: penalties (+0.7); his biggest cost: EV offense (-3.3).
A slight dip from 2024-25, when his PAL was 13; his WAR went from 0.4 to -0.4.
Contract-wise, his Value score of 9 (very poor return) weighs his output against what he costs: 50 is what that salary should buy.
Frederick Gaudreau's story
Growing up in Bromont, Quebec, Frédérick Gaudreau made early waves at the Quebec pee-wee tournament with a Missisquoi entry before a serious wrist injury during his midget years slowed his emergence. A rule change that let 17-year-olds remain in midget opened the door for him to join the Shawinigan Cataractes as an unheralded walk-on in 2011.
His first full major-junior season saw him play 64 games and be part of Shawinigan’s 2012 Memorial Cup victory. He later earned the club captaincy but was traded to the Drummondville Voltigeurs in a package that included draft selections and a player; with Drummondville he captured the QMJHL’s Frank J. Selke Trophy as the league’s most sportsmanlike player.
Undrafted, Gaudreau began his professional career in June 2014 with the Milwaukee Admirals of the AHL and had a brief loan stint with the Cincinnati Cyclones in the ECHL. A breakout 2015–16 AHL campaign led Nashville to sign him to a two-year entry-level NHL contract on 6 January 2016; he finished that AHL season with personal bests of 15 goals and 42 points in 75 games. After an October 2016 NHL recall, he made his National Hockey League debut in a 5–1 win over Pittsburgh.
Playoff action pushed his profile higher in 2017: he debuted in the Western Conference Finals and then scored multiple game-winning goals in the Stanley Cup Final against Pittsburgh, an unusual start to a goal-scoring résumé. After six seasons in the Predators organisation he signed a one-year, two-way deal with Pittsburgh on 10 October 2020, beginning the pandemic‑delayed year in the AHL before contributing at the NHL level and setting new short‑term offensive marks.
Minnesota rewarded him with a two-year, $2.4 million contract on 28 July 2021 and later a five-year, $10.5 million deal in 2023; he posted a career-high 19 goals in 2022–23. The 2023–24 campaign included a rib-cage injury after an open-ice hit on 14 October and a difficult plus-minus (-23) across 67 games. On 26 June 2025 he was traded to the Seattle Kraken for a 2025 fourth-round pick. Gaudreau’s game centres on reliable two-way play at centre, occasional scoring on timely plays and adaptability across AHL and NHL roles.
Facts drawn from Wikipédia, told in our own words.
Advanced stats
- TOI/GP
- 15:36
- PP TOI/GP
- 0:02
- SH TOI/GP
- 2:18
- Pts/GP
- 0.63
- EV points
- 10
- Hits
- 6
- Blocks
- 16
- Takeaways
- 3
- Corsi % (SAT)
- 36.4 %
- Off. zone starts
- 16.3 %
- Faceoffs
- 51.4 %
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2026-27 projection
Projected points
33between 17 and 49 (80% range)
- Goals
- 16
- Assists
- 17
- Games
- 76
So far: 10 pts in 16 games. The team has played 16 of 84 games. Projected pace: 0.38 pts per game (last season: 0.35).
The projection follows last season's pace. Tested on 2,265 player seasons (2022-23 to 2025-26): average miss of 9 points over 82 games; for players at 0.9 points per game and up, it ran 5 points high on average.
Trend
Stable
- Points per game: 0.22 in 23-24, 0.35 in 25-26
- PAL Rating: 13 → 6
Outlook, age included
↘ Slight declineAge 33: the age when production usually declines
This is only a projection. It knows nothing about injuries, trades or role changes; one player in five finishes outside the range.
Player ratings, 2025-26
All ratings →Fourteen ratings from 0 to 100 drawn from data, never by hand: 75 = established NHL player, 95+ = elite.
OV · OverallConfidence 82 %
54
Replacement or prospect
- SK
- Skating
- 73
- Confidence 73 %
- ST
- Strength
- 55
- Confidence 85 %
- EN
- Endurance
- 77
- Confidence 80 %
- DU
- Durability
- 79
- Confidence 77 %
- CK
- Checking
- 65
- Confidence 85 %
- FG
- Fighting
- 73
- Confidence 65 %
- DI
- Discipline
- 78
- Confidence 85 %
- FO
- Faceoffs
- 68
- Confidence 89 %
- PA
- Passing
- 62
- Confidence 82 %
- SC
- Scoring
- 58
- Confidence 82 %
- DF
- Defense
- 72
- Confidence 79 %
- PS
- Penalty shot
- 90
- Confidence 66 %
- EX
- Experience
- 81
- Confidence 100 %
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SK — Skating73
- Top speed (35 %)36.1 · 75
- Bursts > 20 mph /60 (30 %)4.675 · 68
- Distance /60 (20 %)16.4 · 78
- Speed consistency (15 %)35.2 · 71
ST — Strength55
- Contact absorbed /60 (50 %)2.864 · 63
- Body mass (50 %)-1.012 · 63
EN — Endurance77
- Ice time per game (45 %)15.3 · 77
- Total ice time (20 %)1,072 · 75
- Shift length (15 %)45.5 · 76
- Lowest recent ice time per game (15 %)13.6 · 74
- Special-teams time per game (5 %)2.649 · 77
DU — Durability79
- Share of games played (100 %)0.845 · 79
CK — Checking65
- Hits /60 (70 %)2.491 · 65
- Lowest seasonal rate (20 %)2.086 · 67
- Season volume (10 %)3.584 · 67
FG — Fighting73
- Fights per 82 games (100 %)0.795 · 73
DI — Discipline78
- Net penalty value /60 (50 %)0.018 · 76
- Penalties taken /60 (30 %)0.304 · 94
- Penalties drawn /60 (20 %)0.413 · 47
FO — Faceoffs68
- Faceoff % (85 %)47.3 · 65
- Faceoffs /60 (15 %)41.8 · 78
PA — Passing62
- Primary assists /60 (40 %)0.597 · 71
- Secondary assists /60 (20 %)0.367 · 65
- Offensive creation (RAPM) (20 %)-0.154 · 50
- Power-play points /60 (10 %)4.788 · 80
- Assist consistency (10 %)0.313 · 64
SC — Scoring58
- Goals /60 (25 %)0.644 · 66
- Individual xG /60 (20 %)0.559 · 52
- Finishing (goals − xG per shot) (20 %)-0.082 · 77
- High-danger chances /60 (15 %)0.707 · 42
- xG per shot (10 %)0.078 · 58
- Shot attempts /60 (10 %)10.3 · 62
DF — Defense72
- RAPM defense /60 (35 %)-0.023 · 69
- Relative xG against (20 %)-0.01 · 73
- On-ice xG against /60 (15 %)2.631 · 74
- Penalty kill /60 (10 %)-0.143 · 62
- Takeaways − giveaways /60 (10 %)-0.727 · 90
- Shot attempts against /60 (5 %)59.2 · 68
- Blocked shots /60 (5 %)3.035 · 81
PS — Penalty shot90
- Shootouts (60 %)36.7 · 93
- Penalty shots (40 %)26.7 · 76
EX — Experience81
- Career regular-season games (65 %)87
- Career playoff games (25 %)66
- NHL seasons (10 %)81
OV — Overall54
- SC · Scoring (20 %)58
- PA · Passing (20 %)62
- DF · Defense (20 %)72
- SK · Skating (12 %)73
- FO · Faceoffs (10 %)68
- EN · Endurance (8 %)77
- DI · Discipline (5 %)78
- ST · Strength (3 %)55
- CK · Checking (2 %)65
| Season | OV | SK | SC | DF |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025-26 | 54 | 73 | 58 | 72 |
| 2024-25 | 59 | 75 | 68 | 73 |
| 2023-24 | 51 | 70 | 52 | 71 |
| 2022-23 | 65 | 73 | 70 | 70 |
The bars show confidence (sample size), not player quality. — : not enough data, not a zero. Engine version 1.0.
WAR and PAL ratings, 2025-26
How we rate →PAL Rating scores performance from 0 to 100 against players at the same position (50 = average player), starting from the player's strength, offensive or defensive. Value Rating compares that performance with what the player costs: 50 means paid what the play is worth.
WAR
-0.4
wins above replacement
561 of 615
PAL Rating
6/ 100
Performance · Very poor
446 of 476 at the position
Value Rating
9/ 100
Very poor return
2.10 M$ · expected PAL 49
ProfileLimitedBelow average at both ends
- Offense
- 4
- Defense
- 27
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- Offense
- 21
- Creation
- 6
- Shooting
- 2
- Possession
- 3
- Defense
- 56
- Discipline
- 61
- Power play
- 65
- Penalty kill
- 7
From 0 to 100; 50 is the average player at the same position, adjusted for ice time.
| Season | Team | WAR | PAL | Value | Cap hit |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025-26 | SEA | -0.4 | 6 | 9 | 2.10 M$ |
| 2024-25 | MIN | 0.4 | 13 | 13 | 2.10 M$ |
| 2023-24 | MIN | -0.7 | 5 | 5 | 2.10 M$ |
| 2022-23 | MIN | 0.4 | 20 | 26 | 1.20 M$ |
Hockey IQ, 2025-26
Rankings and method →The quality of the player's decisions with and against the puck at 5-on-5, against regulars at the same position (50 = average). PAL measures output; IQ measures how the player plays.
Overall IQ
46/ 100
Average
better than 46% of forwards, offense and defense combined
Offensive IQ
4/ 100
Low
passing, shots, puck
Defensive IQ
94/ 100
Elite
takeaways, discipline, own zone
Overall IQ isn't an average of the two scores: it's the player's rank with offense and defense combined, 227 of 424 forwards.
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Offense
- Playmaking passes
- 47
- Shot selection
- 6
- Penalties drawn
- 10
- Puck management
- 43
Defense
- Takeaways
- 81
- Discipline
- 95
- Safe zone exits
- 49
Percentiles: 80 means better than 80% of regulars at the same position. Play without the puck (positioning, coverage) isn't measured: the NHL doesn't publish that data.
| Season | Team | IQ | Off. | Def. |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025-26 | SEA | 46 | 4 | 94 |
| 2024-25 | MIN | 48 | 14 | 81 |
| 2023-24 | MIN | 9 | 0 | 75 |
| 2022-23 | MIN | 68 | 12 | 94 |
WAR, 2025-26
How it's calculated →Wins added to the team, compared with a replacement-level player called up from the AHL.
-0.4
wins above replacement
-1.3 to 0.3 — 90% interval
561 of 615 forwards
-2.1 goals above replacement
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- EV offense
- -3.3
- EV defense
- -0.2
- Power play
- +0.0
- Penalty kill
- -0.5
- Shooting
- -1.6
- Penalties
- +0.7
- Average → replacement
- +2.8
In goals.
| Season | Team | GP | WAR | 90% interval | Rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025-26 | SEA | 68 | -0.4 | -1.3 to 0.3 | 561/615 |
| 2024-25 | MIN | 79 | 0.4 | -1.0 to 1.8 | 244/596 |
| 2023-24 | MIN | 67 | -0.7 | -1.9 to -0.1 | 578/608 |
| 2022-23 | MIN | 82 | 0.4 | -1.0 to 1.5 | 237/617 |
Player tracking (NHL EDGE)
League EDGE leaderboards →Speed, shot power, distance covered, time by zone: measured by chips in the puck and shoulder pads. 90th percentile = better than 90% of players.
- Hardest shot
- 142.4 km/h85th percentileleague avg. 130.1 km/h
- Top skating speed
- 34.2 km/h24th percentileleague avg. 35.2 km/h
- Bursts over 20 mph, season
- 927th percentileleague avg. 21
- Offensive zone time
- 34.6 %1st percentileleague avg. 43.1 %
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- Total distance, season
- 63.9 km59th percentileleague avg. 52.2 km
- Distance, single-game high
- 4.87 km63rd percentileleague avg. 4.52 km
- Offensive zone at 5v5
- 37.2 %4th percentileleague avg. 42.4 %
- Neutral zone time
- 17.3 %15th percentileleague avg. 16.8 %
- Defensive zone time
- 48.2 %1st percentileleague avg. 40.1 %
Shooting
| Shots on goal | Goals | Shooting % | |
|---|---|---|---|
| All | 1845th percentile | 791st percentile | 38.9 %100th percentile |
| High danger | 646th percentile | 491st percentile | 66.7 %99th percentile |
| Mid range | 334th percentile | 177th percentile | 33.3 %96th percentile |
| Long range | 593rd percentile | 199th percentile | 20.0 %93rd percentile |
Shots on goal by zone
2026-2027 regular season. Measured by puck and player tracking chips; the percentile ranks the player within the league.
Game log, 2026-27
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EDMFrederick Gaudreau: frequently asked questions
How many goals does Frederick Gaudreau have in 2026-27?
Frederick Gaudreau has 7 goals and 10 points (3 assists) in 16 games in 2026-27.
How old is Frederick Gaudreau?
Frederick Gaudreau is 33 years old: he was born on May 1, 1993.
How tall is Frederick Gaudreau, and how much does he weigh?
Frederick Gaudreau is 6'0" (183 cm) and weighs 183 lb (83 kg).
Where is Frederick Gaudreau from?
Canada: Frederick Gaudreau was born in Bromont, Quebec, Canada.
What team does Frederick Gaudreau play for?
Frederick Gaudreau plays for the Seattle Kraken in the NHL, at C, wearing number 89.
Is Frederick Gaudreau injured?
No: Frederick Gaudreau is not on the latest NHL injury report. This answer is updated throughout the season.
How good is Frederick Gaudreau?
Frederick Gaudreau produced -0.4 wins above replacement (WAR) in 2025-26, 561st of 615 players at his position in the NHL. His PAL rating is 6 out of 100: very poor for his position.
How much does Frederick Gaudreau make?
Frederick Gaudreau earns $2.1M for the 2025-26 season. His Value Rating is 9 out of 100 (very poor return): it measures the on-field return for that salary, compared with players at his position.
When does Frederick Gaudreau's contract end?
Frederick Gaudreau's contract runs through the 2027-28 season; he will then be an unrestricted free agent. It includes a M-NTC clause.
Is Frederick Gaudreau overpaid?
Yes, his output falls short of what his salary should buy. His Value rating is 9 out of 100 (very poor return), where 50 is the output expected for his salary, compared with players at his position.
Is Frederick Gaudreau a top-10 player at his position?
No: by WAR, he ranks 561st of 615 players at his position in the NHL in 2025-26. Our comparison tool puts him side by side with any other player.
Is Frederick Gaudreau getting better?
No, he is slipping: his PAL rating went from 13 in 2024-25 to 6 in 2025-26 (out of 100, 50 = average player at his position).
How has Frederick Gaudreau played lately?
Over his last 10 games, Frederick Gaudreau has 5 points (3 goals, 2 assists).
What are Frederick Gaudreau's career stats?
Over his NHL career, Frederick Gaudreau has 494 games, 75 goals, 111 assists and 186 points. His best season: 2021-22, with 44 points in 76 games.
Is Frederick Gaudreau better at home or on the road?
On the road: in 2026-27, he averages 0.25 points per game at home (2 in 8 games) and 1.00 on the road (8 in 8 games).
How does Frederick Gaudreau perform in the playoffs?
In the playoffs, Frederick Gaudreau has 32 games and 10 points in his career. His pace (0.31 points per game) is similar to his regular-season pace (0.38).
Which player is most similar to Frederick Gaudreau?
Ryan Lomberg: he is the player at his position whose PAL profile (the 0-to-100 dimensions) is closest to his in 2025-26.
Ryan Lomberg's page →Is Frederick Gaudreau a good fantasy pick?
Probably not, except in deep leagues: our projection has him at 33 points in 2026-27, or 0.43 points per game.
What is Frederick Gaudreau's nationality?
Frederick Gaudreau is Canadian.
What awards has Frederick Gaudreau won?
Frank J. Selke Memorial Trophy (QMJHL most sportsmanlike player).
How many championships has Frederick Gaudreau won?
1: 2012 Memorial Cup with the Shawinigan Cataractes.
Where did Frederick Gaudreau play before turning pro?
Shawinigan Cataractes (walk-on in 2011; rookie season during the 2012 Memorial Cup win); also traded to the Drummondville Voltigeurs and played midget hockey with the Magog Cantonniers.
How many points is Frederick Gaudreau projected to score in 2026-27?
Our projection has him at 33 points in 76 games in 2026-27 (17 to 49 points, 80% interval), based on his recent seasons, age and role.
See also: his Seattle Kraken teammates
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