47 G · 35 A · 296 GP
0.277 P/GP · 5 PPP · 12:12 ATOI
Vancouver Canucks#47Active
Paul Cotter
L · 6′2″ / 213 lb · Shoots L · Canton, USA · Age 26 · 2018 #115 by VGK
82Career points
0.277Career P/GP
296Games played
47Goals
5 seasonsNHL service
Overview
2025-2615points
The latest read.
15 points in 79 games in 2025-26. Career: 82 points across 296 games.
79GP
9goals
6assists
15points
61shots
1PP points
The career ledger.
Regular season and playoffsofficial NHL landing
0 G · 1 A · 5 GP
0.200 P/GP · 0 PPP · 14:25 ATOI
0.327 → 0.190P/GP by season · 4 seasons of 10+ GP · peak 2023-24
The arc.
Points and points per game by seasonNHL season log · 5 seasons
When it mattered.
Postseason against the field. A smaller, self-selected population, so it is marked on the scale rather than filled1,215 all-time peers
Playoff career · 5 GP · 0 G · 1 A · 1 pts (0.200 P/GP)
48.0
27.2
26.0
Honours.
Trophies won and near missesofficial NHL landing
Stanley Cup2022-23
Milestone watch.
The next round number on the league's own fileleague milestone watch · api.nhle.com · fetched 2026-10-05
4away from 300 games playedGames Played · 296 now · regular season
Published by the league, not computed here: the milestone and the current total are both on the NHL milestone feed, and the number printed is the difference. Playoff milestone rows are held out, because a playoff total read as a career total is a false statement.
What this draft slot returns.
Base rate for the exact pick, a history, never a forecastdraft-position study · 2026-07-14-prospect-translation-v2.32
2018 draft#115round 4 · VGK
Rates: insufficient sample (n=10 of 32): no NHLer/impact/star/stayer rate shown for this cohort.
Sample: 10 players taken #115, drawn only from classes old enough to judge, on the Schuckers-style pick curve published on Draft Value. A base rate describes a slot, not a person: it cannot predict this career and is not used to grade it.
Floor rule: rates below a minimum sample are suppressed, not shown thin. Exact slot needs 12+ players, the pooled pick-curve band needs 32+, matching this site's builders to the nhl-draft-intel engine's own bucket-calibration floors (12 / 18 / 32).
Against history.
Percentile against every NHL peercareer totals · position-aware
The height of the career.
Peak season and the best five41+ GP qualified seasons
2023-24 peak: 76 GP / 7 G / 18 A / 25 Pts / 0.329 P/GP · 12:44 TOI
| Best five | GP | G | A | PTS | P/GP |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2023-24 | 76 | 7 | 18 | 25 | 0.329 |
| 2022-23 | 55 | 13 | 5 | 18 | 0.327 |
| 2024-25 | 79 | 16 | 6 | 22 | 0.278 |
| 2025-26 | 79 | 9 | 6 | 15 | 0.190 |
| Prime-five | 289 | 45 | 35 | 80 | 0.277 |
Last five games.
Most recent official appearancesofficial game log
2026-04-14@ BOS12:31 TOI0G 0A0 P · 4 S
2026-04-12vs OTT10:23 TOI0G 0A0 P · 0 S
2026-04-11@ DET8:54 TOI0G 0A0 P · 0 S
2026-04-09vs PIT10:49 TOI1G 0A1 P · 1 S
2026-04-07vs PHI11:55 TOI0G 0A0 P · 0 S
Career
Where he stands right now.
2025-26 league position and career shapeNHL league browser 2025-26
Season by season.
Every NHL season · peak highlighted, split seasons kept apart5 regular-season rows
| Season | Team | GP | G | A | PTS | +/- | PPP | S |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025-26 | New Jersey Devils | 79 | 9 | 6 | 15 | -24 | 1 | 61 |
| 2024-25 | New Jersey Devils | 79 | 16 | 6 | 22 | -14 | 0 | 90 |
| 2023-24Peak | Vegas Golden Knights | 76 | 7 | 18 | 25 | -11 | 4 | 100 |
| 2022-23 | Vegas Golden Knights | 55 | 13 | 5 | 18 | -5 | 0 | 76 |
| 2021-22 | Vegas Golden Knights | 7 | 2 | 0 | 2 | +1 | 0 | 11 |
| Season | Team | GP | G | A | PTS | +/- | PPP | S |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | New Jersey Devils | 5 | 0 | 1 | 1 | -1 | 0 | 5 |
The same numbers, in the league that produced them.
Every qualified season levelled to a 3.00-goal NHLofficial final standings · 1990-91 onward
2023-24 is the best season either way: 0.329 raw, 0.317 once the league it happened in is levelled out.
| Season | GP | Raw P/GP | League GF/gm | Adj. P/GP |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025-26 | 79 | 0.190 | 3.13 | 0.182 |
| 2024-25 | 79 | 0.278 | 3.04 | 0.275 |
| 2023-24Best adjusted | 76 | 0.329 | 3.11 | 0.317 |
| 2022-23 | 55 | 0.327 | 3.18 | 0.309 |
Method: each season's raw points per game is multiplied by 3.00 ÷ that season's league goals per team-game, taken from the official final standings. Seasons under 20 games are excluded. It levels scoring climate and nothing else (not role, ice time, teammates, schedule or injury), so treat it as one comparison, not a verdict.
Before the NHL.
Junior, college, European and international rowsofficial NHL landing · season totals
| Season | League | Team | GP | G | A | PTS |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2021-22 | AHL | Henderson Silver Knights | 59 | 19 | 15 | 34 |
| 2021-22 | AHL | Henderson Silver Knights | 2 | 1 | 1 | 2 |
| 2020-21 | AHL | Henderson Silver Knights | 38 | 5 | 11 | 16 |
| 2020-21 | AHL | Henderson Silver Knights | 4 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 2019-20 | AHL | Chicago Wolves | 56 | 4 | 5 | 9 |
| 2018-19 | NCAA | Western Michigan Univ. | 8 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 2018-19 | OHL | London Knights | 48 | 9 | 17 | 26 |
| 2018-19 | OHL | London Knights | 11 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 2017-18 | USHL | Lincoln Stars | 51 | 18 | 21 | 39 |
| 2017-18 | WJAC-19 | USA U19 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 3 |
| 2017-18 | USHL | Lincoln Stars | 7 | 4 | 4 | 8 |
| 2016-17 | NAHL | St. Cloud Norsemen | 59 | 28 | 32 | 60 |
| 2016-17 | USA-S17 | Team Forest | 5 | 0 | 2 | 2 |
| 2016-17 | NAHL | St. Cloud Norsemen | 5 | 0 | 2 | 2 |
| 2015-16 | HPHL 16U | Little Caesars 16U AAA | 23 | 9 | 10 | 19 |
| 2015-16 | USA-S16 | Team Black | 5 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 2013-14 | HPBHL | Compuware Bantam Major AAA | 17 | 5 | 5 | 10 |
| 2012-13 | HPMBHL | Compuware Bantam Minor AAA | 17 | 15 | 6 | 21 |
The comparable set.
Chosen by a printed rule, not by feelNHL dossier pool · 1,162 careers
Selection rule. Forwards only; career games played within ±20% of 296 (or ±10 games, whichever band is wider: 237 to 355); then the five nearest by career P/GP, ties broken by the closest games played. The pool is the 1,162 players in this site's NHL dossier set who own at least one official regular-season game: 73 of them cleared the band.
Michael EyssimontC · 2016 #142 · active269 GP · 33 G · 41 A · 74 P0.275 P/GP · −0.002Sammy BlaisL · 2014 #176 · active278 GP · 30 G · 49 A · 79 P0.284 P/GP · +0.007Jonny BrodzinskiC · 2013 #148 · active264 GP · 33 G · 38 A · 71 P0.269 P/GP · −0.008Phillip Di GiuseppeL · 2012 #38 · retired302 GP · 28 G · 53 A · 81 P0.268 P/GP · −0.009Nicolas Aube-KubelR · 2014 #48 · retired310 GP · 32 G · 50 A · 82 P0.265 P/GP · −0.013
Similar career shape is not similar player. The rule matches volume and rate only; it knows nothing about era, position within the group, usage or role, and two careers can land on the same line for opposite reasons.
Game log
Compare observed minutes, shots and finishing across game windows →
Official game ledger
Every 2025-26 appearance.
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Insights
NHL Edge tracking.
Measured puck and player tracking · 2025-26 regular seasonNHL Edge tracking · api-web.nhle.com · coverage from 2021-22 · fetched 2026-08-17
Tracked axisMeasuredPercentile, 0 to 100Pct
Top shot speed91.7mph89.2
147.6 km/h equivalent · league average 83.6 mph
Max skating speed23.1mph87.9
37.2 km/h equivalent · league average 22.2 mph
Distance skated224.5km53.1
139.5 mi equivalent · league average 198.8 km
Most distance in one game4.4km41.2
2.7 mi equivalent · league average 4.7 km
Bursts over 20 mph164bursts88.9
league average 75.2
Where the shift was spent
Offensive zone time40.2%23.3
league average 43.1
Neutral zone time18.0%64.0
league average 16.8
Defensive zone time41.8%23.5
league average 40.1
Shots on goal, by location
All shots on goal61shots42.8
league average 85.9 shots
High-danger shots on goal30shots52.1
league average 31.6 shots
Method: every figure and every percentile on this panel is published by the NHL Edge endpoint. This site converts nothing and ranks nothing. The percentile column is the league's own, against the tracked population for 2025-26. Speeds arrive in mph and km/h; distance is read in kilometres with the mile conversion stated beside it. Tracked seasons on file for this player: 2021-22, 2022-23, 2023-24, 2024-25, 2025-26.
The shot map.
Where his shots came from · 2025-26 regular season · NHL Edge areasNHL Edge shot-location detail · api-web.nhle.com · fetched 2026-08-18
Hover, tap or focus an area for its exact figures. Net at the top; left and right as the shooter sees them.
AreaShotsShare of hisPct
Low Slot253 G50th
High Slot71 G50th
Crease54 G61th
L Circle40 G35th
Offensive Neutral Zone40 G80th
R Circle30 G31th
R Net Side31 G63th
Beyond Red Line20 G59th
Center Point20 G49th
Outside L20 G33th
Outside R20 G36th
L Net Side10 G31th
R Point10 G33th
Behind the Net00 G0th
L Corner00 G0th
L Point00 G0th
R Corner00 G0th
30high danger7 G · 23.3%
14mid danger1 G · 7.1%
3long range0 G · 0.0%
Method: 61 shots on goal in 2025-26, placed by the NHL into the areas it names; each area is shaded by its share of his total, so this map is his distribution and not a comparison to any other player. The percentile column is the league's own for shots from that area, where it publishes one; nothing is converted, ranked or combined. Areas as the NHL names them; the drawing is to rink proportion with the net at the top.
Development trails.
How the scoring rate movedNHL AI Development contract
Strict monotonic scoring-rate chains ending in 2025-26. Only 25-plus-game seasons count, and a trail needs at least three consecutive qualified seasons.
Points / game
3 consecutive qualified seasons · 78.0 average GP
Descriptive, not evaluative: raw P/GP, G/GP or A/GP movement. It does not control for age, role, ice time, teammates, injury, schedule or uncertainty, and it is not a forecast or player-quality grade.
Opponent atlas.
Career results by opponentlocal NHL AI Opponent Atlas
Career volume leaders
Career vs.BUF12 points9 GP · 6 G · 6 A15 shots · 1 PP points
Career vs.WSH6 points11 GP · 4 G · 2 A15 shots · 1 PP points
Career vs.ANA5 points9 GP · 3 G · 2 A11 shots · 0 PP points
Career vs.BOS5 points9 GP · 5 G · 0 A14 shots · 0 PP points
Career vs.MIN5 points9 GP · 4 G · 1 A13 shots · 0 PP points
Career vs.TBL5 points10 GP · 2 G · 3 A11 shots · 0 PP pointsBest points-per-game matchups
Pace vs.BUF1.33 P/GP9 GP · 6 G · 6 A15 shots · 1 PP pointsPace vs.ANA0.56 P/GP9 GP · 3 G · 2 A11 shots · 0 PP pointsPace vs.BOS0.56 P/GP9 GP · 5 G · 0 A14 shots · 0 PP pointsPace vs.MIN0.56 P/GP9 GP · 4 G · 1 A13 shots · 0 PP pointsPace vs.WSH0.55 P/GP11 GP · 4 G · 2 A15 shots · 1 PP pointsPace vs.TBL0.50 P/GP10 GP · 2 G · 3 A11 shots · 0 PP pointsFrozen from the local NHL AI Opponent Atlas. These are descriptive career splits through the source snapshot, not a projection of the next matchup and not evidence that the opponent caused the result.
Against the goaltenders.
Goaltenders faced, from play-by-playNHL play-by-play · 2023-24, 2024-25, 2025-26 · 4,192 games · fetched 2026-08-18
Paul Cotter has faced 74 goaltenders in this dataset but none of them for the 20 shots on goal a published rate requires here. The counts exist; the rates would be noise, so they are not printed.
The source receipt.
Official basics plus named researchOfficial NHL API Web player landing, with local nhl api draft cache reuse
Career, season, game-log, bio, draft and award rows come from official NHL endpoints. Redraft is a separate hindsight model with its own snapshot clock. Pressure is a descriptive Gamelogs layer. Development Trails uses its own declared clock. Missing evidence stays unavailable rather than being drawn as zero.
Official endpoint: player landing · redraft 2026-07-10-redraft-v5.2 snapshot 2026-07-09.
The room.
Every current Vancouver Canucks teammate, one click awaycanonical player directory
