Cutter Gauthier

#61 · Left wing · Anaheim Ducks

Shoots left · 22 years old

	GamesGP	GoalsG	AssistsA	PointsP	ShotsSOG	Ice timeTOI
This season	4	2	2	4	17	20:18
Last season	76	41	28	69	285	17:15

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Role

Where he fits on Anaheim right now.

Line: L4 with M. Granlund and N. Nesterenko · 8:14 a game together
Power play: PP1 Trigger
Penalty kill: Rarely kills penalties · not a regular in 15 kills
Ice time: 20:18 a game, 2nd-most among Anaheim forwards · 13:40 5-on-5 · 3:54 PP
Competition: Easier opponents than 56% of forwards · home tougher than 69%, road 76%
Tougher opponents than 76% of forwards

Where he stands out

What he does better or worse than most players at his position.

Better than most at his position

Shooting volume2nd
22.5 shot attempts /60better than 99% of wingers
Hardest shot1st
99.9 mphharder than 99% of wingers
FinishingTop 10
+0.7 goals above expected /100 shotsbetter than 98% of forwards
Creating his own chances
0.96 expected goals /60better than 93% of wingers

Behind most at his position

Preventing chances
+0.21 expected goals against /60behind 96% of forwards
Shot blocking
blocking score 641.16 blocks /60behind 83% of wingersfewer than 94% of wingers

Listed only when we can be confident he is above or below average. Numbers from this season and last, through Oct 10. Compared with forwards who have played at least 20 games over the two seasons.

Better than most at his position

Top speed
22.7 mphfaster than 92% of forwards
Hardest shot
87.3 mphharder than 90% of wingers
Shooting volume
16.7 shot attempts /60better than 86% of wingers

Behind most at his position

Staying out of the box
0.96 penalties taken /60behind 80% of forwards
Preventing chances
+0.09 expected goals against /60behind 79% of forwards

Listed only when we can be confident he is above or below average. Numbers from this season, through Oct 10. Compared with forwards who have played at least 3 games.

All ratings

Every rating, against other forwards.

Cutter GauthierAverage forwardLikely range

This season’s 4 games blended with last season’s 76, and pulled toward the average forward by an amount that depends on how quickly each rating settles.

Shooting volume, creating his own chances, shot blocking, hardest shot and distance skated compare wingers with wingers, because centers and wingers really differ there. Everything else compares all forwards.

This season’s 4 games only, pulled toward the average forward. Expect wide ranges this early.

Driving play at 5-on-5

Creating chances
Along for the rideDrives play
+0.07 expected goals /60top 37%
+0.00 expected goals /60bottom 43%
Preventing chances
Chances against riseShuts it down
+0.21 expected goals against /60bottom 4%
+0.09 expected goals against /60bottom 21%

Scoring

Shooting volume2nd
Rarely shootsFires away
22.5 shot attempts /60top 1%
16.7 shot attempts /60top 14%
Creating his own chances
Few chancesDangerous
0.96 expected goals /60top 7%
0.78 expected goals /60top 39%
FinishingTop 10
Below expectedSniper
+0.7 goals above expected /100 shotstop 2%
−0.3 goals above expected /100 shotstop 42%
Setting up goals
Rarely sets upPlaymaker
0.56 first assists /60average
0.54 first assists /60average

Special teams

Power-play chances
QuietThreat
2.08 expected goals /60top 9%
1.89 expected goals /60top 29%
Shorthanded threat
Pure defensePower kill
0.93 expected goals for /60too few games
0.89 expected goals for /60too few games

Physical and puck

Hitting
Avoids contactPhysical
hitting score 58bottom 42%2.97 hits /60bottom 40%
hitting score 64average3.70 hits /60average
Shot blocking
Rarely blocksShot blocker
blocking score 64bottom 17%1.16 blocks /60bottom 6%
blocking score 97average2.22 blocks /60average
Takeaways
RarePuck thief
takeaway score 90bottom 40%0.86 takeaways /60average
takeaway score 99average0.74 takeaways /60bottom 27%

Penalties and faceoffs

Drawing penalties
RarelyDraws calls
0.68 penalties drawn /60bottom 30%
0.69 penalties drawn /60bottom 33%
Staying out of the box
Often penalizedClean
0.93 penalties taken /60bottom 22%
0.96 penalties taken /60bottom 20%
Faceoffs
Loses drawsWins draws
49.4% wonaverage
50.0% wontoo few games

Hitting, shot blocking and takeaways are arena-adjusted scores (100 is the average forward); switch “Hits and takeaways” to Raw in the settings to see the numbers as recorded. How the ratings work.

Shots

Where his shots come from, and how his misses miss.

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451 unblocked shots, this season and last, from his point of view. 13 more from outside the zone. Empty nets left out.

30 unblocked shots, this season, from his point of view. Empty nets left out.

How his misses miss

Wide left39
Wide right72
Over the net14
Off the post or crossbar12
Short or other18

155 missed shots. “Wide left” is from his point of view.

Wide left3
Wide right4
Over the net3
Off the post or crossbar2
Short or other2

14 missed shots. “Wide left” is from his point of view.

The NHL’s game data records how a shot missed, but not where in the net a goal or save went (glove side, blocker, five-hole). That needs paid camera tracking, so we don’t show it.

Skating and shot

Speed, bursts, shot power and where he spends his shifts, from the NHL’s own tracking (NHL EDGE).

Top speed
SlowerBurner
23.1 mphtop 20%
22.7 mphtop 8%
Fast bursts
RareFrequent
9.1 bursts /60top 17%
5.2 bursts /60average
Hardest shot1st
SofterCannon
99.9 mphtop 1%
87.3 mphtop 10%
Distance skated
ShorterCovers ground
9.98 miles /60top 15%
9.46 miles /60bottom 32%
Time in the offensive zone
DefendingAttacking
41.2% of his timeaverage
37.7% of his timebottom 20%

Top speed and hardest shot are his best single moments over this season and lastthis season; bursts and distance are per 60 minutes of his ice time. Tracking data: NHL EDGE.