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Alex Barré-Boulet

Tampa Bay Lightning Seattle Kraken Montréal Canadiens Colorado Avalanche(traded during the season)
Age
29
Shoots
Left
Height
178 cm
Weight
82 kg
Born
Montmagny, CAN
Draft
Undrafted

Career · 2020–21 to 2025–26

Games
72
Goals
12
Points
19
TOI per game
11:52
xGF% (5v5)
48.0%
Goals above expected
+0.7
ShowAll teamsTampa Bay LightningSeattle KrakenMontréal CanadiensColorado Avalanche

Season by season

The regular-season line for each season, with the total, by team for traded players.

2020–21TBL15303015:152611.5%23.462.2%
2021–22SEA201108:390–00.015.4%
2021–22TBL14325011:201618.8%12.247.4%
2021–22All teams16336011:001618.8%12.243.5%
2022–23TBL1000010:0110.0%00.270.3%
2023–24TBL36639−911:114613.0%25.546.2%
2024–25MTL2000−210:100–00.028.0%
2025–26COL201108:240–00.164.5%
Total4 teams7212719−1111:528913.5%511.348.0%

Form

Rolling averages smooth out single games so the trend shows.

Form, ten-game rolling

Points and individual expected goals per game (left scale), averaged over the previous ten games. Ice time is on the second chart.

Points per gameixG per gameTOI per game (minutes)
00.20.40.60.810203040506070
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Player card

Model-based

How 2020–21 to 2025–26 compares with everyone else at the position over the same seasons, and the players with the most similar profile.

Overall rating

3rd line

49th percentile among qualified forwards, blending scoring 40%, play-driving 40%, usage 20%.

  1. 1st line
  2. 2nd line
  3. 3rd line
  4. 4th line
  5. Extra / AHL

Scoring

3rd line
  • Goals /600.8465th pct
  • Assists /600.4911th pct
  • ixG /600.8059th pct
  • Goals above expected+0.766th pct

Play-driving

3rd line
  • xGF% (5v5)48.0%42nd pct
  • CF% (5v5)49.3%56th pct
  • Relative xGF%−4.417th pct
  • Penalty diff /600.1458th pct

Usage

3rd line
  • TOI per game11:5231st pct
  • PP time share31.1%64th pct
  • Offensive zone starts73.8%95th pct
  • Quality of competition24.3%59th 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).

Most similar players this season

  1. Matthew Wood0.76
  2. Berkly CattonSEA0.75
  3. Jani NymanSEA0.68
  4. Joshua Roy0.67
  5. Nick Lardis0.67
  6. Adam Gaudette0.65

Faceoffs

How often Barré-Boulet wins the draw over 2020–21 to 2025–26, against whom and where, and what a win leads to. Ranked among players with 1159+ draws over the same seasons.

Win rate

46.0%

23–27 · below the 1159 draws of a regular

Against an average centre

45.4%

Opponents won 49.4% of their draws; an average centre would have won 50.6% against them.

Wins above average

−2

Draws won beyond what an average centre facing the same opponents would have won.

Draws per game

1.7

50 draws in all.

By dot, attacking to the right

50%4 · −0.658%12 · +2.938%21 · +0.967%3 · +4.70%2 · –100%1 · –33%3 · 0.0100%1 · –33%3 · 0.0Attacking zone →← Defending zone

Win rate at each dot; the small numbers are draws and the xG swing (×100) of winning rather than losing there.

By zone

  • Offensive zone45.5% 15–18
  • Neutral zone46.2% 6–7
  • Defensive zone50.0% 2–2

By strength

  • Even strength43.8% 21–27
  • Power play100.0% 2–0

What a win leads to

Shot attempts in the next 20 seconds, for minus against, per 100 draws: +26 after a win, −4 after a loss. Each win was worth 1.5 expected goals per 100 draws more than a loss.

Most-faced opponents

Season by season

SeasonDrawsWin rateAgainst average
2020–21425.0%29.1%
2021–221540.0%38.7%
2022–2310.0%5.4%
2023–242850.0%49.0%
2025–262100.0%99.2%

Finishing

Model-based

Did the goals match the chances?

Goals against expected goals

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.

+0.7 goals above expected

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Goals above expected, everyone at the same position with 20+ games

−60−40−200+20+40+60+80+100

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.

Tracking data (NHL EDGE)

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 speed31.0 km/h0th pct
  • Speed bursts over 20 mph00th pct
  • Hardest shot110.5 km/h4th pct
  • Distance skated4 km3rd pct
  • Offensive-zone time55.7%100th pct
Tracking, season by season

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.

This playerMedian forwardMiddle half (25th–75th percentile)Hollow dot: too few games to rank, or a season in progress (*, dashed). Dotted line: no NHL games that season.

Top skating speed

31.0 km/h0th pct

▼ −1.0 km/h since 2024–25

303234363821–2222–2323–2424–2525–262021–22: 33.1 km/h, 0th percentile (16 games, too few to rank reliably)2022–23: 33.7 km/h, 2nd percentile (1 games, too few to rank reliably)2023–24: 34.1 km/h, 5th percentile (36 games)2024–25: 32.0 km/h, 0th percentile (2 games, too few to rank reliably)2025–26: 31.0 km/h, 0th percentile (2 games, too few to rank reliably)

Bursts over 20 mph per 60

0.00th pct

■ 0.0 since 2024–25

024681021–2222–2323–2424–2525–262021–22: 1.0, 3rd percentile (16 games, too few to rank reliably)2022–23: 6.0, 61st percentile (1 games, too few to rank reliably)2023–24: 1.2, 3rd percentile (36 games)2024–25: 0.0, 0th percentile (2 games, too few to rank reliably)2025–26: 0.0, 0th percentile (2 games, too few to rank reliably)

Distance skated per 60

15.0 km18th pct

▼ −0.7 km since 2024–25

14.51515.51616.521–2222–2323–2424–2525–262021–22: 15.0 km, 22nd percentile (16 games, too few to rank reliably)2022–23: 15.2 km, 35th percentile (1 games, too few to rank reliably)2023–24: 15.7 km, 61st percentile (36 games)2024–25: 15.7 km, 55th percentile (2 games, too few to rank reliably)2025–26: 15.0 km, 18th percentile (2 games, too few to rank reliably)

Hardest shot

110.5 km/h0th pct

▲ +38.3 km/h since 2024–25

608010012014016021–2222–2323–2424–2525–262021–22: 143.5 km/h, 50th percentile (16 games, too few to rank reliably)2022–23: 108.9 km/h, 0th percentile (1 games, too few to rank reliably)2023–24: 141.9 km/h, 48th percentile (36 games)2024–25: 72.2 km/h, 0th percentile (2 games, too few to rank reliably)2025–26: 110.5 km/h, 0th percentile (2 games, too few to rank reliably)

Offensive-zone time

55.7%100th pct

▲ +12.6 points since 2024–25

35%40%45%50%55%60%21–2222–2323–2424–2525–262021–22: 41.7%, 50th percentile (16 games, too few to rank reliably)2022–23: 43.1%, 63rd percentile (1 games, too few to rank reliably)2023–24: 43.1%, 67th percentile (36 games)2024–25: 43.1%, 67th percentile (2 games, too few to rank reliably)2025–26: 55.7%, 100th percentile (2 games, too few to rank reliably)