Cutter Gauthier

23.1

#61Left Wing6'2"203 lb

0.0 in 2 days

2025-26 regular season

285

SOG

14.4% SH

17:15

TOI/GP

LW · ANA · NHL id 8483445

Cutter Gauthier has played 76 games for the Anaheim Ducks in 2025-26, scoring 41 goals and 28 assists (69 points) on 285 shots while averaging 17:15 a night (13:38 at even strength, 2:45 on the power play and 0:19 shorthanded). At 5v5 he has skated 48% of his 5v5 minutes with Jackson LaCombe and 42% with Jacob Trouba over the last 10 games, and the Ducks have controlled 55% of shot attempts with Gauthier on the ice (55-56 in goals, 58% offensive-zone starts). In the Ducks' most recent game against VGK he was on L3 with Jeffrey Viel and Mason McTavish and on PP2; demoted to PP2 (from PP1) in the last game. He is shooting 14.4% this season against 12.6% across the 171 games in our data.

Right now

From the May 14 game vs VGK, detected from shift data

Line

Jeffrey Viel Mason McTavish

Power play

PP2

Alex Killorn Jackson LaCombe Mason McTavish Beckett Sennecke

Penalty kill

No PK unit

Demoted to PP2 (from PP1) in the last gameLast 5: L2/PP1 · L2/PP2 · L4/PP1 · L2/PP1 · L2/PP2

Deployment timeline

2025-26 · per-game ice time by strength, with line and power-play unit changes

Even strength
Power play
Penalty kill
5-game average
Did not play
▲ promoted · ▼ demoted

15 games shown, 15:32 average. Line and PP unit come from where the player's ice time ranks among his teammates that night.

NHL EDGE tracking

2025-26 percentiles among skaters at his position

Source: NHL EDGE

Top speed86th8623.1 mph

Bursts 20+ mph95th96205

Hardest shot99th10099.9 mph

Offensive-zone time71st7243.7%

Distance skated87th87218.8 mi

High-danger SOG76th7652

Percentile among position peers│ tick = 3-season weighted

Season-level NHL EDGE puck and player tracking, refreshed nightly. The percentile is the league rank among skaters this season; the label at the right is the raw value.

Shot map

Last 10 games · 82 attempts, 34 on goal, 2 goals

Even strength
Power play
Penalty kill
Goal
Shot on goal
Missed
Blocked

Every attempt (goals, shots, misses and blocks), attacking toward the right (or the top on phones).

Luck

2025-26 · 76 GP · 69 points vs 62.6 expected

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Luck meter+23

Last 20 games: -8. Positive means running hot (sell), negative running cold (buy).

Shooting+6.0 G

On-ice SH%+0.4 G

On-ice SV%−11.4 G

IPP+1.0 G

Points vs expected+6.4 P

: 14.4%
: 98.1
: 69.7%
G vs xG: 41 / 35.0

• Role shrank over the last 10 games (TOI down 1:30 a game, 4 demotion events): the cold spell may not be all luck.
• Shot diet improved: 0.093 xG per attempt lately vs 0.066 before (more from the slot).

Goals against expected goals

Actual goals
Expected
±1σ
Above expected
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Player analytics

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2025-26 regular season. Rank is among all qualified players; the bar is his percentile among forwards. Each stat links to its explainer.

Fantasy box score

Games played76
Goals4111th of 715
Assists28157th of 715
Points6953rd of 715
Power-play points1985th of 715
Shorthanded points0227th of 715
Shots on goal2856th of 715
Hits64317th of 715
Blocked shots20586th of 715
Plus/minus−2368th of 715
Penalty minutes28321st of 715
Faceoffs won102178th of 715

Possession & shot quality (5-on-5 on-ice)

Corsi (CF%)54.8%73rd of 719
Fenwick (FF%)54.6%80th of 719
Expected goals (xGF%)49.7%333rd of 719
Sequence xG (sxGF%)49.3%353rd of 719
High-danger chances (HDCF%)49.3%384th of 719
Scoring chances (SCF%)51.1%256th of 719

Transition, turnovers & faceoffs

Transition attempts /603.191st of 719
Turnover Ledger /60−0.021236th of 719
Forecheck xG /60 (on-ice)0.28369th of 719
Faceoff win %49.0%121st of 238
Draw Equity /100−0.018127th of 238

Usage

Ice time per game17:15282nd of 715
Power-play time per game2:45126th of 715
Power-play share52.9%156th of 713
Ice-time share28.2%283rd of 715
Offensive-zone start %58.3%181st of 719

Special teams & discipline

Net penalties drawn /60+0.14199th of 719

Luck & trend

On-ice PDO981527th of 719
Goals above expected+6.016th of 715
Luck Meter+23229th of 828
Ascension score—

NHL EDGE tracking

Top skating speed23.1107th of 715
20+ mph bursts20527th of 715
Hardest shot99.915th of 715
Offensive-zone time43.7%167th of 715

Compare head to head

Unranked rows are below the sample minimum (20 GP, 200 five-on-five minutes, 100 draws or 10 goalie games).

Beyond the box score

2025-26 regular season · 76 of 76 games through the sequence engine

Method Leaders

: −0.051
Season net: −0.85xG

Offensive TK/600.42 (7)

Offensive GV/601.68 (28)

Neutral TK/600.12 (2)

Neutral GV/600.84 (14)

Defensive TK/600.30 (5)

Defensive GV/601.26 (21)

5-on-5. Each takeaway is credited, and each giveaway charged, at the league xG value of the zone.

Method Leaders

Per 100 draws: −0.018
Season: −0.04G
: 49.0%208 draws

Wins by zone: OZ 75-80 · NZ 19-17 · DZ 8-9

Method Leaders

Per 60: 3.19
Attempts: 53
: 0.136

5-on-5 shots within 10 seconds of winning the puck outside the offensive zone.

Method Leaders

Season: +0.61G
Per 60: +0.028
Drawn / taken: 17 / 14minors

Method Leaders

: 49.3%
: 49.3%
: 49.7%
Transition CF/60: 6.9
Turnovers won/60: 23.1
Turnovers lost/60: 22.5

5-on-5 while he is on the ice.

Method Leaders

More of his shots than the league
Fewer

285 shots on goal, 41 goals, all situations
Area	His share	League	G
Low Slot	12%	23%	12
R Circle	20%	12%	14
L Circle	19%	13%	2
High Slot	11%	7%	4
L Point	2%	5%	0
Center Point	7%	9%	2
Outside L	6%	4%	0

Role changes

Notable promotions, demotions and ice-time swings from Line Watch

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Played 5:18 more than his 5-game averageMay 12, 2026 alerts →
Dropped off PP1 to PP2Apr 28, 2026 alerts →
Moved up to L2 from L3Apr 24, 2026 alerts →
Dropped off PP1 to PP2Mar 15, 2026 alerts →
Moved up to L1 from L2Jan 21, 2026 alerts →
Moved up to PP1 from PP2Dec 11, 2025 alerts →
Moved up to L3 from L4Nov 19, 2024 alerts →
Moved up to PP1 from PP2Nov 18, 2024 alerts →

How his goals happened

40 goals since 2023-24 with NHL EDGE tracking: press Replay to watch the tracking animation

Method

Goal anatomy
Game	Play	Entry	Passes	Shot mph	Notes
Apr 30, 2026 vs EDM	Forecheck turnover	—	4*	30.7	one-timer
Apr 26, 2026 vs EDM	Cycle	—	2	56.9	—
Apr 22, 2026 @ EDM	Rebound	—	0	58.5	rebound
Apr 22, 2026 @ EDM	Forecheck turnover	—	0	68.7	—
Apr 16, 2026 @ NSH	Odd-man rush	carry	2*	51.1	3-on-2, one-timer
Apr 12, 2026 vs VAN	Cycle	—	4*	54.7	one-timer
Apr 12, 2026 vs VAN	Rebound	carry	0	59.0	4-on-2, rebound
Mar 30, 2026 vs TOR	Forecheck turnover	—	0	68.8	—
Mar 28, 2026 @ EDM	Rebound	—	0	41.7	one-timer, rebound
Mar 20, 2026 @ UTA	Odd-man rush	carry	2	68.3	2-on-1
Mar 18, 2026 vs PHI	Forecheck turnover	—	0	25.9	—
Mar 15, 2026 @ MTL	Deflection	—	0	47.7	deflection
Mar 12, 2026 @ TOR	Point shot	—	3	50.7	one-timer
Mar 6, 2026 vs MTL	Dump and chase	dump	0	54.7	2-on-1, one-timer
Mar 4, 2026 vs NYI	Odd-man rush	carry	0	80.1	2-on-1
Mar 4, 2026 vs NYI	Odd-man rush	carry	1	51.1	5-on-4, one-timer
Mar 3, 2026 vs COL	Odd-man rush	carry	2*	65.3	3-on-2, one-timer
Mar 1, 2026 vs CGY	Cycle	—	6*	58.9	one-timer
Mar 1, 2026 vs CGY	Odd-man rush	carry	0	10.5	3-on-2
Feb 25, 2026 vs EDM	Forecheck turnover	loose	1	32.6	—
Feb 3, 2026 vs SEA	Forecheck turnover	—	2	53.2	—
Feb 1, 2026 vs VGK	Cycle	—	2*	73.4	—
Jan 23, 2026 @ SEA	Rush	carry	2	29.9	—
Jan 19, 2026 vs NYR	Odd-man rush	carry	1	64.9	3-on-1
Jan 19, 2026 vs NYR	Forecheck turnover	—	1	70.1	—
Jan 6, 2026 @ PHI	Forecheck turnover	—	0	64.7	—
Dec 29, 2025 vs SJS	Deflection	carry	3	23.0	—
Dec 15, 2025 @ NYR	Odd-man rush	carry	1	47.9	1-on-0
Dec 15, 2025 @ NYR	Odd-man rush	carry	1*	68.5	4-on-2
Dec 5, 2025 vs WSH	Forecheck turnover	—	0	35.0	—
Nov 30, 2025 @ CHI	Odd-man rush	carry	0	62.8	4-on-1, one-timer
Nov 26, 2025 vs VAN	Deflection	—	0	14.9	—
Nov 22, 2025 vs VGK	Cycle	pass	0	44.5	—
Nov 13, 2025 @ DET	Odd-man rush	carry	0	48.6	2-on-1
Nov 6, 2025 @ DAL	Odd-man rush	carry	0	61.4	3-on-2
Nov 4, 2025 vs FLA	Cycle	—	5*	53.9	one-timer
Nov 4, 2025 vs FLA	Forecheck turnover	—	1*	66.2	one-timer
Nov 4, 2025 vs FLA	Odd-man rush	carry	1	62.9	1-on-0
Nov 2, 2025 vs NJD	Forecheck turnover	—	3	48.7	—
Oct 28, 2025 @ FLA	Forecheck turnover	—	0	60.5	one-timer

* includes a royal-road (cross-slot) pass. Derived from NHL EDGE puck and player tracking.

Linemates

2025-26 · 5v5 time together and how each pairing performs with and without Gauthier

Teammate	Pos	GP		Share	CF% together	GF% together	CF% Gauthier apart	CF% mate apart
Mason McTavish	C	58	491:37	43%	56.3%	52% (25-23)	53.1% 270:40	48.8% 237:58
Jackson LaCombe	D	87	445:50	39%	56.9%	61% (28-18)	54.6% 699:02	53.4% 1151:35
Jacob Trouba	D	86	415:34	36%	57.4%	52% (26-24)	54.3% 715:54	50.8% 1162:19
Beckett Sennecke	RW	42	394:40	34%	56.4%	56% (23-18)	53.6% 177:17	44.5% 193:54
Pavel Mintyukov	D	81	329:31	29%	51.6%	38% (11-18)	57.8% 734:05	48.4% 897:49
Leo Carlsson	C	41	323:54	28%	57.0%	63% (20-12)	54.8% 232:33	54.9% 239:10
Olen Zellweger	D	72	293:41	26%	59.3%	55% (23-19)	53.4% 667:11	50.0% 768:28
Drew Helleson	D	60	264:02	23%	50.3%	43% (12-16)	56.6% 536:48	47.1% 604:26
Ryan Poehling	C	29	227:43	20%	53.3%	41% (11-16)	58.7% 141:24	46.4% 115:02
Radko Gudas	D	54	223:41	20%	51.4%	40% (8-12)	56.9% 499:58	51.4% 561:52
Jeffrey Viel	LW	26	193:20	17%	53.9%	35% (6-11)	57.8% 152:00	50.9% 143:55
Ian Moore	D	45	166:30	15%	56.8%	31% (5-11)	54.1% 416:54	50.5% 447:17
Chris Kreider	C	21	126:45	11%	55.7%	57% (8-6)	54.5% 145:26	51.8% 120:33
Alex Killorn	C	23	110:54	10%	59.9%	50% (5-5)	54.0% 188:57	52.7% 182:38

Game log

88 games in 2025-26, newest first

Season

Date	Opp	Result	G	A	P	+/-		PIM	HIT	BLK			EV	PP	PK
May 14PO	vs VGK	L 1-5	0	0	0	-2	2	0	2	0	100%	17:34	11:13	3:20	—
May 12PO	@ VGK	OTL 2-3	0	2	2	0	4	0	2	1	33%	20:05	16:51	3:14	—
May 10PO	vs VGK	W 4-3	0	3	3	+1	4	0	3	0	67%	12:39	8:03	3:55	—
May 8PO	vs VGK	L 2-6	0	0	0	-3	2	0	3	1	100%	15:49	12:23	1:47	0:59
May 6PO	@ VGK	W 3-1	0	0	0	0	4	0	2	1	0%	16:42	12:55	3:47	—
May 4PO	@ VGK	L 1-3	0	0	0	-1	2	0	2	0	67%	14:04	9:32	3:01	—
Apr 30PO	vs EDM	W 5-2	1	1	2	+1	5	0	1	0	100%	14:39	11:44	1:55	—
Apr 28PO	@ EDM	L 1-4	0	1	1	0	2	0	6	0	—	16:39	15:03	0:22	0:23
Apr 26PO	vs EDM	W 4-3	1	0	1	0	5	0	4	0	50%	17:25	12:55	4:26	—
Apr 24PO	vs EDM	W 7-4	0	0	0	+1	4	0	5	0	—	18:27	15:32	2:19	—
Apr 22PO	@ EDM	W 6-4	2	1	3	+1	4	4	1	0	—	17:55	15:26	2:29	—
Apr 20PO	@ EDM	L 3-4	0	0	0	-1	1	0	5	0	—	13:02	10:22	0:57	—
Apr 16	@ NSH	W 5-4	1	0	1	+1	6	2	2	0	—	18:19	12:29	5:46	—
Apr 14	@ MIN	L 2-3	0	1	1	-1	4	0	1	0	0%	18:14	12:53	3:15	—
Apr 12	vs VAN	OTL 3-4	2	0	2	0	4	0	2	0	—	13:47	12:57	0:50	—
Mar 30	vs TOR	OTL 4-5	1	0	1	0	1	0	0	0	—	3:20	0:30	2:50	—
Mar 28	@ EDM	L 2-4	1	0	1	0	5	0	0	0	75%	15:02	11:36	1:59	—
Mar 26	@ CGY	W 3-2	0	1	1	0	5	0	2	0	60%	22:03	16:54	5:09	—
Mar 24	@ VAN	W 5-3	0	0	0	0	3	0	0	1	40%	16:50	14:21	2:19	—
Mar 22	vs BUF	W 6-5	0	0	0	-3	2	0	1	0	0%	16:22	12:42	2:14	0:28

Season splits by strength

2025-26 regular season · on-ice numbers from shift and play-by-play data

Strength	GP		TOI/GP						SA	GF	GA	GF%
All situations	76	1311:13	17:15	1730	1159	59.9%	59.7%	804	559	99	73	58%	86.3	68.0	67%
Even strength	76	1036:03	13:38	1251	1029	54.9%	54.7%	573	485	56	57	50%	51.0	51.4	58%
5v5	76	997:21	13:07	1213	1002	54.8%	54.6%	553	472	55	56	50%	48.6	49.1	58%
Power play	76	209:16	2:45	372	51	87.9%	85.3%	184	39	30	3	91%	25.8	3.8	96%
Penalty kill	34	23:43	0:42	7	36	16.3%	19.4%	6	18	0	3	0%	0.5	2.6	7%
4v4	21	17:37	0:50	16	10	61.5%	66.7%	6	3	0	0	—	0.5	0.3	63%
3v3 (OT)	19	21:05	1:07	22	17	56.4%	55.9%	14	10	1	1	50%	1.9	2.0	67%
5v4	76	201:09	2:39	348	50	87.4%	84.7%	172	38	28	3	90%	23.3	3.8	97%
4v5	33	23:37	0:43	7	36	16.3%	19.4%	6	18	0	3	0%	0.5	2.6	7%
5v3	6	4:37	0:46	13	1	92.9%	91.7%	6	1	1	0	100%	1.6	0.0	100%
6v5, own net empty	32	29:02	0:54	82	23	78.1%	76.3%	32	8	6	8	43%	3.9	8.7	100%
5v6, opponent net empty	23	9:25	0:25	12	18	40.0%	44.4%	5	8	5	1	83%	4.5	1.1	0%
4v3	6	3:30	0:35	11	0	100.0%	100.0%	6	0	1	0	100%	0.9	0.0	75%
6v4, own net empty	4	3:26	0:52	5	2	71.4%	80.0%	3	1	1	1	50%	0.4	0.4	—

Career by season

Seasons in Edgehalla's data (2025-26 is being backfilled; earlier seasons follow)

Season	Team	GP	G	A	P	+/-	PIM			HIT	BLK	TOI/GP
2025-26Playoffs	ANA	12	4	8	12	-3	4	39	10.3%	36	3	16:15
2025-26	ANA	76	41	28	69	-2	28	285	14.4%	64	20	17:15
2024-25	ANA	82	20	24	44	+8	20	190	10.5%	68	51	14:09
2023-24	ANA	1	0	1	1	+1	0	3	0.0%	0	0	15:24

Cutter Gauthier news

Breaking News: Ducks Sign Cutter Gauthier 6 Yr Deal + Caps Sign Justin Sourdif To 8 Yr Deal Fca Us 2019-2023 Recall (4MDKJHPLWV)
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URGENT: Anaheim Ducks' PLAYOFF Hopes FADING Without Cutter Gauthier-Will He Come Back? Sarah Ferguson (WJNqheCuKf)
Unisba MediaSep 30, 2026
NHL Rumors: Alexander Nikishin and the Hurricanes … Will Smith and the Sharks
NHLRumors.comSep 29, 2026
McKeen's Dynasty Battle: Ivan Demidov vs. Cutter Gauthier
McKeen's HockeySep 26, 2026
Oilers Trade Package for Shane Wright — Would You Accept?
NHL Trade TalkSep 24, 2026
Is Cutter Gauthier's deal the path for Adam Fantilli?
NHLRumors.comSep 20, 2026
Is Cutter Gauthier’s deal the path for Adam Fantilli?
NHLRumors.comSep 20, 2026
Cutter Gauthier's New Contract: Fair Deal Or Ducks Cap Trouble Brewing?
The Hockey NewsSep 19, 2026

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On-ice and deployment numbers are derived by Edgehalla from NHL play-by-play and shift data. Tracking percentiles are from NHL EDGE. Data updates after every game.

Right now

Deployment timeline

NHL EDGE tracking

Shot map

Luck

Player analytics

Fantasy box score

Possession & shot quality (5-on-5 on-ice)

Transition, turnovers & faceoffs

Usage

Special teams & discipline

Luck & trend

NHL EDGE tracking

Compare head to head

Beyond the box score

Turnover LedgerTurnover Ledger (TO±)Takeaways credited and giveaways charged at the league xG value of the zone where possession changed, per 60.Glossary →

Draw EquityDraw Equity (DrEq)Faceoff results in goals: each win or loss scored against a coin flip and weighted by the zone. 100 extra offensive- or defensive-zone wins are worth about 1.9 goals.Σ (win − 0.5) × V(zone)Glossary →

Transition attemptsTransition attempt (TRN)An attempt within 10 s of a turnover, recovery, hit-forced recovery or faceoff win in the neutral or defensive zone, in the same play.Glossary →

Penalty ValuePenalty Value (PenV)Minor penalties drawn minus taken, times the net xG of a power play (about 0.20 per two-minute minor).(minors drawn − minors taken) × 0.20Glossary →

On-ice sequence resultsSequence xG (sxG)xG adjusted for flurries: a rebound only counts for the chance that the earlier shots in the same play did not already score.sxG_i = xG_i × Π (1 − xG_j) over earlier same-team shots in the playGlossary →

Shot DietShot diet (ixG/att)Average xG per individual unblocked attempt: how dangerous a player's typical shot is. One of the most stable traits we measure (split-half r 0.68).Shot diet = ixG / iFFGlossary →

Role changes

How his goals happened

Linemates

Game log

Season splits by strength

Career by season

Cutter Gauthier news