San Jose Sharks · #81 · Right wing

Adam Gaudette

Age 30 · Shoots right · 6′1″ · 190 lb · Born Braintree, Massachusetts, USA

Drafted 2015, #149 overall by Vancouver

Next game · Thu 8 Octat St. Louis · 8:00 PM ET1 P in the last 3 vs STLGame preview →
Games662025-26 · missed 16
Goals177th on SJS
Assists817th on SJS
Points2510th on SJS
P / GP0.38326th in the NHL
Shots9617.7% shooting
TOI / GP11:2825th on SJS

Adam Gaudette scored 25 points (17 goals, 8 assists) in 66 games in 2025-26, 10th on San Jose. Against St. Louis: 1 point in the last 3 meetings.

This season

2026-27 regular season · 0 games

San Jose have played 3 games and Adam Gaudette has not dressed yet (ir, upper body). Next game on Thursday 8 October at St. Louis. 2025-26 in full below.

Last season

2025-26 regular season · 66 games
2025-26 · The season

25 points in 66 games on a team that finished 24th

Where he ranks among NHL forwards with 40+ games, then his scoring rate through the season in ten-game blocks.

Percentile among NHL forwards

Goals / 601.3591st
Shooting %17.7%89th
PP points653rd
Blocked shots3351st
Shots / GP1.4545th
Hits5339th
Points / GP0.3838th
Takeaways1335th
Assists / 600.6317th
Penalty differential−417th
Ice time11:2813th

Bars show the percentile against 411 forwards with 40+ games in 2025-26; the thin line marks the league median.

Points per game · rolling blocks

0.40.41–100.211–200.521–300.631–400.441–500.351–600.261–66

Dashed line: season average (0.4). Dark blocks sit at or above it.

Points2510th on SJS
Points per game0.38326th in NHL
Goals17T-163rd in NHL
Assists817th on SJS
Shooting %17.7%Above avg (11.1%)
Ice time11:2825th on SJS
Stats hub

Ice time and special teams

A depth forward who plays mostly at even strength

Even-strength, power-play and shorthanded minutes, and how much of San Jose's power play went through him.

Ice time by strength

Even strength10:29
Power play0:59
Shorthanded0:01
Total11:28

15.5 shifts a game, averaging 44 seconds each.

Special teams

PP goals3T-8th on SJS
PP assists39th on SJS
PP points69th on SJS · T-237th NHL
SH goals0
PP points / 605.535th on SJS

Power-play involvement

Goals on the PP54San Jose total
Involved in6goals or assists
Share11.1%of every SJS PPG
PP TOI share18.5%of SJS PP time

Team power-play goals from the season team report; involvement is his power-play points.


Scoring detail

Most of the goals come at even strength

How the 17 goals and 8 assists were scored: when, at what strength, in what game state, and per 60 minutes.

Goal detail

Game-winning goals3T-4th on SJS
Overtime goals0T-11th on SJS
First goal of the game2
Empty-net goals2
Even-strength goals14
Power-play goals3

Goals by period

1st6
2nd6
3rd5
Overtime0

Goals by game state

Tied7
Leading6
Trailing4

7 of 17 goals broke a tie; 4 came with San Jose trailing.

Assists

Primary3 · 38%
Secondary5 · 63%

Primary assists are the stronger playmaking signal.

Rates per 60

Points / 601.98
Goals / 601.35
Shots / 607.6
ES points / 601.6519 ES points
PP points / 605.536 PP points

Shot locations

Most attempts from the slot, goals from the slot

Every attempt, attacking right, from the games with a stored shot map.

GoalOn goalMissedBlocked

By zone

Crease20 att · 5 G
Slot82 att · 8 G
Wing70 att · 4 G
Point13 att · 0 G
Neutral zone2 att · 0 G

187 attempts across the 62 games with a stored shot map.

Expected goals (ixG)12.4256th
Goals17
Goals vs expected+4.6
Unblocked attempts145
xG per attempt.086
ixG per 600.98

2025-26 · 66 games. Rank among all skaters by ixG.

Every unblocked attempt he took, weighed by its chance of scoring from that spot, shot type and strength. Above zero is finishing better than the chances.

xG leaders

2025-26 · Skating and shot power

Top speed in the 90th percentile of forwards: 23.41 mph

How fast he skated, how far, how hard he shot and where on the ice his shifts were spent, against the average NHL forward.

Tracking percentile among NHL forwards

Top speed, mph23.4190th
Distance / 60, mi9.5948th
Average shot, mph52.048th
Defensive-zone time40.1%45th
Offensive-zone time41.5%40th
90+ mph shots038th
Hardest shot, mph84.7732nd
22+ mph bursts130th
Distance skated, mi121.016th
20+ mph bursts4315th

Bars show the percentile against 370 forwards with 40+ games in 2025-26; the thin line marks the median. Higher is better on every row: less defensive-zone time ranks higher.

Top speed, mph23.41Forward average 22.51
Hardest shot, mph84.77Forward average 87.1
Distance skated121.0 mi2.60 mi in his longest game
Offensive-zone starts23.0%42.1% defensive · 34.9% neutral

Where his shifts were spent

41.5%All situations40.1%
OffensiveNeutralDefensive

Share of his time on ice in each zone.

Fastest moments

22+ mph1 · avg 5.7
20-22 mph42 · avg 102
18-20 mph311 · avg 448

Bursts per speed band, against the forward average.

Hardest shots

100+ mph0 · avg 0.0
90-99 mph0 · avg 1.0
80-89 mph10 · avg 15
70-79 mph28 · avg 42

Shot attempts per speed band.


Physical play, discipline and faceoffs

Takes more penalties than he draws

Possession events, penalties drawn against penalties taken, and faceoffs.

Possession and physical

Takeaways13T-11th on SJS
Giveaways26
TK / GV ratio0.50
Hits53T-13th on SJS
Blocked shots3316th on SJS

Discipline

Penalty minutes20
Minors10
Majors0
Penalties drawn6
Net penalties−4drawn minus taken

Faceoffs

Taken2794.2 a game
Won133
Win %47.7%
Offensive zone26 of 66

A part-time centre on the draw.


Consistency

A point in one game of three (23 of 66)

How often he scores, how long the streaks run.

How often he scores

Games with a point2335% of games
Multi-point games23%
Goals in17 games26%
Pointless games4365%

Streaks

Longest point streak5 games20 Dec – 10 Jan
Longest goal streak3 games
Longest pointless run6 games
Final ten2 in 10point in 2

Game log

Against St. Louis, a point in one of three

Full game log →
DateOpponentResultGAPSOG+/-TOI
30 Mar 2026vsSTLW 5-41013+110:00
26 Mar 2026@STLOTL 1-2 OT0000010:07
6 Mar 2026vsSTLOTL 2-3 OT0001−111:30

Splits · 2025-26

Better at home

Home and road

SplitGPPP/GP
Home29130.45
Road37120.32

By opponent

SplitGPPP/GP
vs St. Louis310.33
vs Pacific20130.65
vs Eastern Conf.2770.26

By month

SplitGPPP/GP
October940.44
November1340.31
December1160.55
January1060.60
February200.00
March1440.29
April710.14

Contract

Final season of his deal: an unrestricted free agent next summer

In 2025-26 he scored 12.5 points per $1M of cap hit, 89th of 370 forwards with 40 or more games and a current contract.

Cap hit$2M1.9% of the $104M ceiling
Term2 yearsYear 2 of 2
Expires2026-27UFA at 30
Cap value$4MCap hit × 2 years

Cap hit is the average annual charge against the salary cap, not a yearly salary; cap value is cap hit times the years of the deal, not a reported total. As of 2 Oct 2026.


With San Jose

One season · 2025-26 to 2025-26
Linemates and opponents

William Eklund sets him up more than anyone

Built from goal and assist records: who assists on his goals, whose goals he assists, and his scoring against each opponent.

Who sets him up

William Eklund5
Collin Graf4
Michael Misa3
Macklin Celebrini3
Dmitry Orlov2

Assists on his 17 goals, 2025-26.

Who he sets up

William Eklund2
Pavol Regenda2
Ryan Reaves1
Igor Chernyshov1
Mario Ferraro1

Scorers on his 8 assists.

By opponent

2025-26 · top 6 by P/GP

Anaheim3 P in 31.00 P/GP
Los Angeles2 P in 21.00 P/GP
Vancouver3 P in 40.75 P/GP
Dallas2 P in 30.67 P/GP
Edmonton2 P in 30.67 P/GP
Pittsburgh1 P in 20.50 P/GP

since 1990-91 · regular season

Points25152nd for San Jose
Goals1799th
Assists8219th
Games played66203rd
Team history

Career

Regular season and playoffs
Career · regular season

Eight seasons, with 5 clubs

Career · regular season

SeasonTeamGPGAPP/GPSH%Points
2017-18VAN50000.000.0%
2018-19VAN5657120.219.1%
2019-20VAN591221330.5616.0%
2020-21CHI, VAN4056110.287.6%
2021-22CHI, OTT5859140.245.3%
2023-24STL20000.00—
2024-25OTT81197260.3221.1%
2025-26SJS66178250.3817.7%
Career36763581210.3313.0%

Season rows reconcile with the official career totals.

Draft

2015Vancouver · round 5#149

Teammates in the stats

2025-26 · SJS points

Games16
Goals1
Points30.19 P/GP
Game-winning goals0
Career page

Updated after every final · through 6 Oct