- Age
- 29
- Shoots
- Right
- Height
- 185 cm
- Weight
- 86 kg
- Born
- Coquitlam, CAN
- Draft
- 2015, round 1, #16 (NYI)
Career · 2016–17 to 2025–26
- Games
- 611
- Goals
- 153
- Points
- 534
- TOI per game
- 19:02
- xGF% (5v5)
- 52.8%
- Goals above expected
- −15.0
Season by season
The regular-season line for each season, with the total, by team for traded players.
| 2016–17 |   NYI | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | −2 | 9:45 | 0 | – | 0 | 0.0 | 14.1% |
| 2017–18 | NYI | 82 | 22 | 63 | 85 | +1 | 17:46 | 170 | 12.9% | 27 | 19.3 | 51.2% |
| 2018–19 | NYI | 82 | 18 | 44 | 62 | −5 | 17:55 | 179 | 10.1% | 18 | 22.5 | 53.0% |
| 2019–20 | NYI | 68 | 19 | 41 | 60 | +5 | 20:03 | 171 | 11.1% | 13 | 19.4 | 52.9% |
| 2020–21 | NYI | 55 | 17 | 28 | 45 | +15 | 18:43 | 134 | 12.7% | 8 | 17.8 | 57.8% |
| 2021–22 | NYI | 73 | 15 | 44 | 59 | −15 | 18:01 | 161 | 9.3% | 20 | 18.2 | 48.7% |
| 2022–23 | NYI | 58 | 14 | 37 | 51 | +5 | 18:43 | 139 | 10.1% | 19 | 15.0 | 53.3% |
| 2023–24 | NYI | 80 | 23 | 57 | 80 | −4 | 20:08 | 240 | 9.6% | 25 | 22.2 | 52.6% |
| 2024–25 | NYI | 30 | 6 | 14 | 20 | +10 | 20:21 | 78 | 7.7% | 4 | 9.6 | 62.4% |
| 2025–26 | NYI | 81 | 19 | 53 | 72 | +10 | 20:39 | 184 | 10.3% | 20 | 23.9 | 51.7% |
| Total | 1 team | 611 | 153 | 381 | 534 | +20 | 19:02 | 1,456 | 10.5% | 154 | 168.0 | 52.8% |
Form
Rolling averages smooth out single games so the trend shows.
Points and individual expected goals per game (left scale), averaged over the previous ten games. Ice time is on the second chart.
Player card
How 2016–17 to 2025–26 compares with everyone else at the position over the same seasons, and the players with the most similar profile.
Overall rating
1st line
90th percentile among qualified forwards, blending scoring 40%, play-driving 40%, usage 20%.
- 1st line
- 2nd line
- 3rd line
- 4th line
- Extra / AHL
Scoring
2nd line- Goals /600.7965th pct
- Assists /601.9798th pct
- ixG /600.8774th pct
- Goals above expected−15.08th pct
Play-driving
1st line- xGF% (5v5)52.8%85th pct
- CF% (5v5)52.0%83rd pct
- Relative xGF%+5.598th pct
- Penalty diff /600.3884th pct
Usage
1st line- TOI per game19:0296th pct
- PP time share64.4%97th pct
- Offensive zone starts74.3%96th pct
- Quality of competition24.8%83rd pct
Percentiles among forwards with 200+ minutes at 5-on-5 and 20+ games. Ratings rank each column's average percentile among the same players and read it as a role on a depth chart (how).
Faceoffs
How often Barzal wins the draw over 2016–17 to 2025–26, against whom and where, and what a win leads to. Ranked among players with 1937+ draws over the same seasons.
Win rate
42.0%
1601–2215 · #205 of 210 regulars, 3rd percentile
Against an average centre
42.2%
Opponents won 50.3% of their draws; an average centre would have won 49.7% against them.
Wins above average
−297
Draws won beyond what an average centre facing the same opponents would have won.
Draws per game
7.2
3,816 draws in all.
By dot, attacking to the right
Win rate at each dot; the small numbers are draws and the xG swing (×100) of winning rather than losing there.
By zone
- Offensive zone42.3% 547–745
- Neutral zone40.4% 633–935
- Defensive zone44.0% 421–535
By strength
- Even strength41.9% 1501–2084
- Power play43.4% 89–116
- Shorthanded42.3% 11–15
What a win leads to
Shot attempts in the next 20 seconds, for minus against, per 100 draws: +12 after a win, −11 after a loss. Each win was worth 1.1 expected goals per 100 draws more than a loss.
Most-faced opponents
- Sidney Crosby40.0% 24–36
- Nic Dowd35.2% 19–35
- Dylan Larkin45.3% 24–29
- Nico Hischier28.8% 15–37
- Mika Zibanejad39.2% 20–31
- Nicklas Backstrom39.6% 19–29
- Travis Zajac47.9% 23–25
- Vincent Trocheck27.7% 13–34
Season by season
| Season | Draws | Win rate | Against average |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2016–17 | 13 | 46.2% | 45.7% |
| 2017–18 | 834 | 42.6% | 42.4% |
| 2018–19 | 580 | 41.6% | 41.8% |
| 2019–20 | 548 | 41.6% | 41.8% |
| 2020–21 | 350 | 43.4% | 44.0% |
| 2021–22 | 505 | 46.3% | 46.6% |
| 2022–23 | 292 | 35.6% | 36.2% |
| 2023–24 | 114 | 43.0% | 43.1% |
| 2024–25 | 52 | 42.3% | 43.4% |
| 2025–26 | 528 | 39.8% | 40.4% |
Cumulative goals (solid) and individual xG (dashed) through the season. The gap is finishing: above the dashed line, the player scored more than an average shooter would from the same chances.
−15.0 goals above expected
Goals above expected, everyone at the same position with 20+ games
Speed and tracking
From the NHL's EDGE tracking system (2021–22 on): skating speed, shot speed, distance and zone time, for the selected seasons and then every tracked season, to show improvement or decline.
Values from the NHL's puck and player tracking, with the NHL's own league percentile for each. Missing values mean the player wasn't tracked enough.
Tracking
- Top skating speed36.2 km/h63rd pct
- Speed bursts over 20 mph31399th pct
- Hardest shot135.0 km/h43rd pct
- Distance skated441 km99th pct
- Offensive-zone time45.4%89th pct
Each season against the other forwards that season with 20+ games. A season in progress appears once half its games are played, as provisional: season bests only grow. Bursts and distance are per 60 minutes of ice time, so seasons with fewer games still compare. Percentiles are on these rates, so they can differ from the NHL's, which are on season totals.
Top skating speed
36.2 km/h53rd pct
▼ −0.5 km/h since 2024–25
Bursts over 20 mph per 60
11.291st pct
▲ +1.3 since 2024–25
Distance skated per 60
15.8 km71st pct
▼ −0.1 km since 2024–25
Hardest shot
135.0 km/h32nd pct
▲ +3.8 km/h since 2024–25
Offensive-zone time
45.4%90th pct
▼ −0.5 points since 2024–25