Cutter Gauthier Is Playing a Card He Doesn't Hold
A podcast floater turned Cutter Gauthier into an $18M winger overnight. The cap sheet, the comps, and the CBA all say otherwise.
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Ducks by the numbers
Final 2025-26 regular season · source NHL, data as of 2026-09-28. Goals per game exclude shootout deciders. Standings · All 32 teams
- 43-33-6Record
- 92Points
- 18thNHL rank
- 3.23GF / GP
- 3.51GA / GP
- 18.6PP%
- 76.4PK%
- 48.0FO%
Possession · 5-on-5
Computed by Play-Pause Hockey from the league play-by-play, 2025-26, 1312 regular-season games. Where a rank is shown it is among the 32 clubs, 1st = best. PDO and zone starts carry none: a high PDO means hot rather than good, and zone starts are how a club is deployed rather than how well it plays. All 32 teams
- 52.4CF%6th of 32 · Share of shot attempts
- 52.5FF%6th of 32 · Unblocked attempts
- 98.1PDOShooting % + save %, 100 is neutral
- 51.2OZS%Share of zone faceoffs in the attacking end
Skaters
| Player | GP | G | A | PTS |
|---|---|---|---|---|
 Cutter Gauthier | 76 | 41 | 28 | 69 |
 Leo Carlsson | 70 | 29 | 38 | 67 |
 Beckett Sennecke | 82 | 23 | 37 | 60 |
 John Carlson | 71 | 14 | 46 | 60 |
 Jackson LaCombe | 82 | 10 | 48 | 58 |
 Troy Terry | 61 | 19 | 38 | 57 |
 Chris Kreider | 75 | 22 | 28 | 50 |
 Mason McTavish | 75 | 17 | 24 | 41 |
 Mikael Granlund | 58 | 19 | 22 | 41 |
 Ryan Poehling | 75 | 11 | 25 | 36 |
 Jacob Trouba | 81 | 10 | 25 | 35 |
 Alex Killorn | 82 | 15 | 18 | 33 |
 Olen Zellweger | 76 | 7 | 15 | 22 |
 Pavel Mintyukov | 73 | 8 | 14 | 22 |
 Drew Helleson | 60 | 2 | 13 | 15 |
 Ross Johnston | 62 | 3 | 11 | 14 |
 Radko Gudas | 56 | 2 | 11 | 13 |
 Ian Moore | 67 | 4 | 8 | 12 |
 Jeff Viel | 45 | 3 | 7 | 10 |
 Frank Vatrano | 50 | 5 | 4 | 9 |
 Nikita Nesterenko | 29 | 1 | 8 | 9 |
 Jansen Harkins | 44 | 3 | 5 | 8 |
 Tim Washe | 39 | 2 | 3 | 5 |
 Sam Colangelo | 9 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
 Tristan Luneau | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
 Nathan Gaucher | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
 Tyson Hinds | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Goalies
| Goalie | GP | W | L | SV% | GAA |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
 Lukas Dostal | 56 | 30 | 20 | .888 | 3.10 |
 Ville Husso | 20 | 10 | 8 | .884 | 3.25 |
 Petr Mrazek | 10 | 3 | 5 | .858 | 4.07 |
 Vyacheslav Buteyets | 1 | 0 | 0 | .769 | 9.00 |
Ducks on NHL EDGE
Puck and player tracking, 2025-26 regular season · source NHL EDGE. Ranks are among the 32 clubs, 1st = best; defensive-zone time ranks the least time first. All 32 teams
- 24.0mphTop skating speed11th of 32league avg 23.8
- 57Shots over 90 mph13th of 32league avg not published
- 1984Bursts over 20 mph8th of 32league avg 1762
- 3782.9miDistance skated3rd of 32league avg 3727.0
- 99.9mphTop shot speed14th of 32league avg 99.7
- 2526Shots on goal3rd of 32league avg 2282
- 10.5%Shooting %24th of 32league avg 11.1
- 41.6%Offensive-zone time8th of 32league avg 41.1
- 40.0%Defensive-zone time6th of 32league avg 41.1
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