Charles Hudon was the Montreal Canadiens fifth round pick in the 2012 NHL Entry draft. The 5'10", 171 lbs left-handed winger scored 25 goals and added 41 assists in 59 QMJHL games in 2011-12. The Chicoutimi Sagueneens veteran also posted a traditional plus/minus rating of plus-28. Hudon has an ability to change direction quickly, while also maintaining puck-possession. He has a short-stride, but does show good speed over short distances.
He played only one substantial powerplay shift during the game, but was a huge part of the penalty-killing unit, with 7 short-handed appearances.
OVERALL GRADE
Hudon produced an above-average overall grade of 72. He had no points, and 3 shots on goal. He had a solid short-handed ratio of 4.5 successful plays for every 1 unsuccessful play. As with game-1 of the series, Sixty-three percent of his even-strength events took place in the offensive-zone. It is also important to note that due to some discipline issues withing Team Canada, 22% of Hudon's overall ice-time was spent killing penalties.
EVEN-STRENGTH RISK/REWARD RATING AND RATIO
Hudon had an above-average even-strength risk/reward rating of 0.95, and an even-strength ratio of 1.73 successful plays for every 1 unsuccessful play. His best rating was produced in the offensive-zone, and he engaged in 3.53 even-strength events per-minute played. Hudon was less involved in this game than he was in game-1.
*the average ES risk/reward among forwards is 1.10
*the average ES ratio among forwards is 1.87
OFFENSIVE-ZONE RISK/REWARD RATING AND RATIO
Hudon had an above-average offensive-zone risk/reward rating of 0.69, and an offensive-zone ratio of 1.89 successful plays for every 1 unsuccessful play. He recovered 4 loose-pucks, but failed to recover 3 others. He completed 5 of 7 o-zone pass-attempts, and 4 of 5 attempts to beat opposition players 1on1 (deke). He was able to get 3 of his 4 shot-attempts through to the net, and engaged in 2.24 offensive-zone events per-minute played.
*the average offensive-zone risk/reward among forwards is 0.39
*the average offensive-zone ratio among forwards is 1.62
DEFENSIVE-ZONE RISK/REWARD RATING AND RATIO
Hudon had a defensive-zone risk/reward rating of 0.09, and a defensive-zone ratio of 2 successful plays for every 1 unsuccessful play. He had far fewer defensive-zone events in this game than he did in game-1. He was successful with his only attempt to remove puck-possession from the opposition in the defensive-zone, and recovered 1 loose-puck. He failed to recover one other loose-puck, and engaged in 0.26 defensive-zone events per-minute played.
*the average defensive-zone risk/reward among forwards is 0.38
*the average defensive-zone ratio among forwards is 1.95
NEUTRAL-ZONE RISK/REWARD RATING AND RATIO
Hudon had a neutral-zone risk/reward rating of 0.20, and a neutral-zone ratio of 1.4 successful plays for every 1 unsuccessful play. He recovered 3 loose-pucks, and completed only 1 of his 3 pass-attempts. He was successful with 2 of his 4 attempts to beat opposing players 1on1 (deke). He dumped the puck into the offensive-zone on one occasion, and engaged in 1.20 neutral-zone events per-minute played.
*the average neutral-zone risk/reward among forwards is 0.30
*the average neutral-zone ratio among forwards is 2.14