Centre · #79
Ross Colton
- Age
- 30
- Shoots
- Left
- Height
- 183 cm
- Weight
- 88 kg
- Born
- Robbinsville, USA
- Draft
- 2016, round 4, #118 (TBL)
Career · 2020–21 to 2026–27
- Games
- 408
- Goals
- 89
- Points
- 177
- TOI per game
- 12:55
- xGF% (5v5)
- 54.3%
- Goals above expected
- −12.2
Season by season
The regular-season line for each season, with the total, by team for traded players.
| 2020–21 |   TBL | 30 | 9 | 3 | 12 | +3 | 10:34 | 46 | 19.6% | 0 | 5.4 | 52.0% |
| 2021–22 | TBL | 79 | 22 | 17 | 39 | +4 | 12:48 | 159 | 13.8% | 5 | 19.3 | 54.2% |
| 2022–23 | TBL | 81 | 16 | 16 | 32 | −8 | 12:21 | 153 | 10.5% | 9 | 17.3 | 51.4% |
| 2023–24 |   COL | 80 | 17 | 23 | 40 | −8 | 13:43 | 146 | 11.6% | 5 | 21.2 | 53.3% |
| 2024–25 | COL | 61 | 16 | 13 | 29 | −1 | 14:25 | 125 | 12.8% | 7 | 19.9 | 56.5% |
| 2025–26 | COL | 73 | 9 | 15 | 24 | +9 | 12:31 | 153 | 5.9% | 0 | 17.8 | 58.3% |
| 2026–27 |   NSH | 4 | 0 | 1 | 1 | −1 | 13:10 | 5 | 0.0% | 0 | 0.4 | 34.2% |
| Total | 3 teams | 408 | 89 | 88 | 177 | −2 | 12:55 | 787 | 11.3% | 26 | 101.2 | 54.3% |
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 2020–21 to 2026–27 compares with everyone else at the position over the same seasons, and the players with the most similar profile.
Overall rating
2nd line
78th 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 /601.0181st pct
- Assists /601.0061st pct
- ixG /601.1593rd pct
- Goals above expected−12.210th pct
Play-driving
1st line- xGF% (5v5)54.3%90th pct
- CF% (5v5)53.6%90th pct
- Relative xGF%+1.171st pct
- Penalty diff /600.3381st pct
Usage
3rd line- TOI per game12:5544th pct
- PP time share23.5%54th pct
- Offensive zone starts55.3%52nd pct
- Quality of competition23.7%34th 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 Colton wins the draw over 2020–21 to 2026–27, against whom and where, and what a win leads to. Ranked among players with 1171+ draws over the same seasons.
Win rate
51.1%
1023–980 · #75 of 187 regulars, 60th percentile
Against an average centre
51.0%
Opponents won 49.9% of their draws; an average centre would have won 50.1% against them.
Wins above average
+20
Draws won beyond what an average centre facing the same opponents would have won.
Draws per game
5.9
2,003 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 zone50.5% 329–322
- Neutral zone52.1% 344–316
- Defensive zone50.6% 350–342
By strength
- Even strength51.6% 934–875
- Power play47.9% 79–86
- Shorthanded34.5% 10–19
What a win leads to
Shot attempts in the next 20 seconds, for minus against, per 100 draws: +18 after a win, −14 after a loss. Each win was worth 2.0 expected goals per 100 draws more than a loss.
Most-faced opponents
- Anton Lundell38.5% 10–16
- Dylan Cozens69.2% 18–8
- Morgan Geekie60.9% 14–9
- Colton Sissons52.2% 12–11
- Radek Faksa38.1% 8–13
- Dylan Strome47.6% 10–11
- Sean Couturier42.9% 9–12
- Casey Mittelstadt47.6% 10–11
Season by season
| Season | Draws | Win rate | Against average |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2020–21 | 208 | 48.6% | 48.7% |
| 2021–22 | 581 | 52.2% | 52.0% |
| 2022–23 | 189 | 56.1% | 56.3% |
| 2023–24 | 820 | 51.6% | 51.5% |
| 2024–25 | 97 | 40.2% | 40.9% |
| 2025–26 | 108 | 47.2% | 46.5% |
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.
−12.2 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 speed36.0 km/h90th pct
- Speed bursts over 20 mph336th pct
- Hardest shot113.2 km/h27th pct
- Distance skated11 km41st pct
- Offensive-zone time39.9%37th 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
37.2 km/h85th pct
▲ +1.5 km/h since 2024–25
Bursts over 20 mph per 60
12.794th pct
▲ +5.5 since 2024–25
Distance skated per 60
16.8 km99th pct
▲ +0.7 km since 2024–25
Hardest shot
151.5 km/h94th pct
▲ +11.9 km/h since 2024–25
Offensive-zone time
43.2%68th pct
▼ −0.6 points since 2024–25