- Age
- 27
- Shoots
- Left
- Height
- 193 cm
- Weight
- 100 kg
- Born
- Halifax, CAN
- Draft
- 2017, round 6, #174 (NYR)
Career · 2020–21 to 2026–27
- Games
- 324
- Goals
- 41
- Points
- 84
- TOI per game
- 11:34
- xGF% (5v5)
- 49.7%
- Goals above expected
- −8.7
Season by season
The regular-season line for each season, with the total, by team for traded players.
| 2020–21 |   NYR | 5 | 1 | 0 | 1 | −1 | 13:41 | 3 | 33.3% | 0 | 0.1 | 30.3% |
| 2021–22 | NYR | 13 | 0 | 1 | 1 | −1 | 8:54 | 9 | 0.0% | 0 | 0.8 | 38.6% |
| 2021–22 |   WPG | 14 | 2 | 2 | 4 | −3 | 10:38 | 24 | 8.3% | 0 | 2.1 | 52.9% |
| 2021–22 | All teams | 27 | 2 | 3 | 5 | −4 | 9:48 | 33 | 6.1% | 0 | 2.8 | 48.1% |
| 2022–23 | WPG | 70 | 8 | 13 | 21 | +4 | 13:15 | 112 | 7.1% | 1 | 14.1 | 52.4% |
| 2023–24 | WPG | 80 | 11 | 7 | 18 | +10 | 10:30 | 94 | 11.7% | 1 | 8.6 | 47.4% |
| 2024–25 | WPG | 74 | 8 | 7 | 15 | +8 | 10:23 | 92 | 8.7% | 0 | 12.9 | 56.2% |
| 2025–26 | WPG | 65 | 11 | 12 | 23 | +5 | 12:48 | 93 | 11.8% | 0 | 10.4 | 45.6% |
| 2026–27 | WPG | 3 | 0 | 1 | 1 | +1 | 16:31 | 4 | 0.0% | 0 | 0.8 | 24.5% |
| Total | 2 teams | 324 | 41 | 43 | 84 | +23 | 11:34 | 431 | 9.5% | 2 | 49.7 | 49.7% |
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
4th line
33rd percentile among qualified forwards, blending scoring 40%, play-driving 40%, usage 20%.
- 1st line
- 2nd line
- 3rd line
- 4th line
- Extra / AHL
Scoring
4th line- Goals /600.6646th pct
- Assists /600.6928th pct
- ixG /600.8059th pct
- Goals above expected−8.716th pct
Play-driving
3rd line- xGF% (5v5)49.7%60th pct
- CF% (5v5)48.8%51st pct
- Relative xGF%−1.444th pct
- Penalty diff /600.0243rd pct
Usage
4th line- TOI per game11:3427th pct
- PP time share1.2%10th pct
- Offensive zone starts29.5%7th pct
- Quality of competition23.5%27th 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 Barron 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
47.6%
470–517 · below the 1171 draws of a regular
Against an average centre
47.6%
Opponents won 50.0% of their draws; an average centre would have won 50.0% against them.
Wins above average
−24
Draws won beyond what an average centre facing the same opponents would have won.
Draws per game
4.9
987 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 zone53.7% 101–87
- Neutral zone45.9% 147–173
- Defensive zone46.3% 222–257
By strength
- Even strength49.1% 372–385
- Power play57.1% 4–3
- Shorthanded42.2% 94–129
What a win leads to
Shot attempts in the next 20 seconds, for minus against, per 100 draws: +4 after a win, −28 after a loss. Each win was worth 1.4 expected goals per 100 draws more than a loss.
Most-faced opponents
- Joel Eriksson Ek27.8% 5–13
- Roope Hintz29.4% 5–12
- Nazem Kadri50.0% 8–8
- Dylan Strome60.0% 9–6
- Sidney Crosby50.0% 7–7
- Vincent Trocheck35.7% 5–9
- Curtis Lazar16.7% 2–10
- Matt Duchene33.3% 4–8
Season by season
| Season | Draws | Win rate | Against average |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2020–21 | 18 | 50.0% | 50.6% |
| 2021–22 | 54 | 55.6% | 54.2% |
| 2022–23 | 29 | 44.8% | 44.7% |
| 2023–24 | 134 | 46.3% | 45.0% |
| 2024–25 | 163 | 52.1% | 51.9% |
| 2025–26 | 585 | 46.2% | 46.6% |
| 2026–27 | 4 | 25.0% | 24.8% |
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.
−8.7 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 speed34.3 km/h52nd pct
- Speed bursts over 20 mph447th pct
- Hardest shot137.2 km/h86th pct
- Distance skated13 km59th pct
- Offensive-zone time34.4%3rd 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
38.0 km/h96th pct
▼ −0.4 km/h since 2024–25
Bursts over 20 mph per 60
11.891st pct
▼ −1.4 since 2024–25
Distance skated per 60
15.4 km42nd pct
▼ −0.3 km since 2024–25
Hardest shot
153.9 km/h97th pct
▲ +17.9 km/h since 2024–25
Offensive-zone time
37.6%6th pct
▼ −2.4 points since 2024–25