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
2026-27 regular season · source NHL, data as of 2026-10-23. Goals per game exclude shootout deciders. Standings · All 32 teams
- 4-6-0Record
- 8Points
- 27thNHL rank
- 2.70GF / GP
- 3.30GA / GP
- 21.9PP%
- 77.1PK%
- 43.7FO%
Possession · 5-on-5
Computed by Play-Pause Hockey from the league play-by-play, 2026-27, 165 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
- 48.6CF%19th of 32 · Share of shot attempts
- 48.3FF%19th of 32 · Unblocked attempts
- 98.2PDOShooting % + save %, 100 is neutral
- 51.6OZS%Share of zone faceoffs in the attacking end
Skaters
| Player | GP | G | A | PTS |
|---|---|---|---|---|
 Leo Carlsson | 10 | 2 | 9 | 11 |
 Beckett Sennecke | 10 | 5 | 3 | 8 |
 Jackson LaCombe | 10 | 1 | 7 | 8 |
 Mikael Granlund | 9 | 2 | 6 | 8 |
 Cutter Gauthier | 9 | 2 | 3 | 5 |
 Tim Washe | 10 | 3 | 2 | 5 |
 Alex Killorn | 10 | 2 | 2 | 4 |
 A.J. Greer | 9 | 1 | 2 | 3 |
 Frank Vatrano | 7 | 2 | 1 | 3 |
 Jeff Malott | 9 | 1 | 2 | 3 |
 Judd Caulfield | 8 | 1 | 2 | 3 |
 Nikita Nesterenko | 9 | 2 | 1 | 3 |
 Noah Warren | 10 | 0 | 3 | 3 |
 Pavel Mintyukov | 9 | 0 | 2 | 2 |
 Ryan Poehling | 5 | 1 | 1 | 2 |
 Sam Colangelo | 6 | 1 | 1 | 2 |
 Tristan Luneau | 10 | 0 | 2 | 2 |
 Nick Jensen | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
 Drew Helleson | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
 Nikita Klepov | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
 Roger McQueen | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
 Travis Mitchell | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
 Tyson Hinds | 10 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Goalies
| Goalie | GP | W | L | SV% | GAA |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
 Lukas Dostal | 7 | 3 | 4 | .881 | 3.16 |
 Ville Husso | 4 | 1 | 2 | .888 | 3.09 |
Ducks on NHL EDGE
Puck and player tracking, 2026-27 regular season · source NHL EDGE. Ranks are among the 32 clubs, 1st = best; defensive-zone time ranks the least time first. All 32 teams
- 23.0mphTop skating speed22nd of 32league avg 23.2
- 2Shots over 90 mph25th of 32league avg not published
- 247Bursts over 20 mph12th of 32league avg 238
- 457.1miDistance skated23rd of 32league avg 470.4
- 95.0mphTop shot speed16th of 32league avg 95.4
- 234Shots on goal28th of 32league avg 282
- 11.5%Shooting %15th of 32league avg 11.3
- 39.7%Offensive-zone time24th of 32league avg 41.0
- 41.8%Defensive-zone time23rd of 32league avg 41.0
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