Defence · #15

Gavin Bayreuther

Dallas Stars

Columbus Blue Jackets(traded during the season)

Age: 32
Shoots: Left
Height: 188 cm
Weight: 95 kg
Born: Canaan, USA
Draft: Undrafted

Career · 4 seasons

Games: 122
Goals: 5
Points: 28
TOI per game: 15:14
xGF% (5v5): 46.3%
Goals above expected: −1.3

ShowAll teams Dallas Stars Columbus Blue Jackets

Season by season

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


2018–19	DAL	19	2	3	5	+2	18:11	25	8.0%	2	1.8	49.8%
After a break: 2020–21	CBJ	9	1	0	1	−1	15:23	16	6.3%	0	0.6	46.0%
2021–22	CBJ	43	0	8	8	0	13:03	44	0.0%	0	1.7	45.9%
2022–23	CBJ	51	2	12	14	−18	15:57	61	3.3%	1	2.3	45.4%
Total	2 teams	122	5	23	28	−17	15:14	146	3.4%	3	6.3	46.3%

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)

Player card

Model-based

How 4 seasons compares with everyone else at the position over the same seasons, and the players with the most similar profile.

Overall rating

3rd pair

30th percentile among qualified defencemen, blending scoring 30%, play-driving 50%, usage 20%.

1st pair
2nd pair
3rd pair
Extra / AHL

Scoring

2nd pair

Goals /600.1645th pct
Assists /600.7461st pct
ixG /600.2057th pct
Shots /604.7168th pct

Play-driving

3rd pair

xGF% (5v5)46.3%24th pct
CF% (5v5)46.9%22nd pct
Relative xGF%+0.765th pct
xGA /60 (lower is better)2.8412th pct

Usage

3rd pair

TOI per game15:1422nd pct
PP time share8.4%55th pct
PK time share14.1%26th pct
Quality of competition23.7%30th pct

Percentiles among defencemen 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

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.

−1.3 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.

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 speed33.9 km/h30th pct
Speed bursts over 20 mph422nd pct
Hardest shot151.4 km/h64th pct
Distance skated176 km44th pct
Offensive-zone time40.7%33rd pct

Tracking, season by season

Each season against the other defencemen 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 defencemanMiddle 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

33.9 km/h13th pct

▲ +0.4 km/h since 2021–22

Bursts over 20 mph per 60

0.34th pct

▼ −0.1 since 2021–22

Distance skated per 60

13.0 km17th pct

▼ −0.6 km since 2021–22

Hardest shot

151.4 km/h54th pct

▼ −8.2 km/h since 2021–22

Offensive-zone time

40.7%32nd pct

▲ +1.4 points since 2021–22