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Paul Cotter
Vancouver Canucks Left Wing #47
Two hundred and ninety-six games, and twenty-four goals for against forty-five.
| Season | GP | G | A | PTS | +/- | PIM | PP | SH | GW | S | S% | TOI |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025-26 | 79 | 9 | 6 | 15 | -24 | 19 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 61 | 14.8 | 10:41 |
| Career | 296 | 47 | 35 | 82 | -53 | 143 | 2 | 0 | 5 | 338 | 13.9 | 12:12 |
Last Season
Nine goals and six assists in 79 games — 15 points, minus-24, at 10:41 a night with nineteen penalty minutes. His five-on-five work was done in New Jersey.
Eighty-two points in 296 career games.
The Finesse Game
A hundred and six unblocked attempts produced eleven goals — a good conversion — from a median of 20 feet with 51 per cent from inside twenty.
That is a fourth-line winger shooting from the right place. Six assists in 79 games is among the lowest returns in this edition.
The Physical Game
Six foot two, 213, and he plays a genuinely heavy forechecking game — he finishes checks, wins the wall, and fights. Nineteen penalty minutes is surprisingly low for the way he plays.
The skating is honest and the size is the tool.
The Intangibles
Forty-two point eight per cent of the expected goals, sixth percentile, and 44.1 per cent of the shot attempts, seventh, across 827 minutes in New Jersey, with the goals 24 for and 45 against.
New Jersey scored 136 goals at five-on-five against an expected 173.9 — the worst finishing gap in the league — and a fourth-line winger playing ten minutes a night on that club wears a great deal of it.
He is 26, a fourth-round pick, and joins the one team in the league that finished worse in chance share than the one he left.
The numbers underneath
On the ice
Five-on-five, 2025-26 · 827 minutes
- Expected goals
- 42.8%
- 6th pct
- Shot attempts
- 44.1%
- 7th pct
share of the chances while he was out there
share of the attempts while he was out there
Goals while he was on the ice: 24 for, 45 against. Expected: 27.3 and 36.6.
The eye and the numbers
The numbers are colder on him than this report is — worth asking who he played with, and against whom.
Recent form
Last 20 appearances, 2025-26, oldest first
5
points in his last 10 games — 4 goals, 1 assists, 14 shots
Each bar is one game by points. Filled bars are games he scored in.
Usual linemates
2025-26 with NJD · 827 minutes at five-on-five
- Luke Glendeningoff the roster31%
- Connor Brown22%
Share of his five-on-five ice time spent alongside each player, measured from shift charts. Special teams are excluded: a power-play unit is not a line.
Where he shoots from
goal on goal missed
106 unblocked shots in 2025-26, 11 of them goals. His median goal came from 8 feet. 51% of his shots came from inside twenty feet, 13% from beyond forty.