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Defence · #24

Bowen Byram

Colorado Avalanche Buffalo Sabres Chicago Blackhawks(traded during the season)
Age
25
Shoots
Left
Height
185 cm
Weight
93 kg
Born
Cranbrook, CAN
Draft
2019, round 1, #4 (COL)

Career · 2020–21 to 2026–27

Games
331
Goals
44
Points
152
TOI per game
21:21
xGF% (5v5)
49.2%
Goals above expected
+7.5
ShowAll teamsColorado AvalancheBuffalo SabresChicago Blackhawks

Season by season

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

2020–21COL19022+117:31210.0%01.154.5%
2021–22COL3051217+718:484910.2%13.052.1%
2022–23COL42101424+721:536515.4%65.950.6%
2023–24COL5581220+119:516312.7%04.648.8%
2023–24BUF18369−121:512114.3%12.044.0%
2023–24All teams73111829020:218413.1%16.647.5%
2024–25BUF8273138+1122:42947.4%28.048.7%
2025–26BUF82113142+1522:2010910.1%711.749.2%
2026–27CHI3000−323:4720.0%00.136.7%
Total3 teams33144108152+3821:2142410.4%1736.549.2%

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)
00.20.40.60.811.250100150200250300
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Player card

Model-based

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 pair

70th percentile among qualified defencemen, blending scoring 30%, play-driving 50%, usage 20%.

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

Scoring

1st pair
  • Goals /600.3791st pct
  • Assists /600.9279th pct
  • ixG /600.3190th pct
  • Shots /603.6041st pct

Play-driving

3rd pair
  • xGF% (5v5)49.2%53rd pct
  • CF% (5v5)50.2%62nd pct
  • Relative xGF%−1.837th pct
  • xGA /60 (lower is better)2.5940th pct

Usage

1st pair
  • TOI per game21:2184th pct
  • PP time share25.1%77th pct
  • PK time share25.2%52nd pct
  • Quality of competition24.7%76th 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

  1. Rasmus DahlinBUF0.79
  2. Damon SeversonNJD/CBJ0.79
  3. Vince DunnSEA0.77
  4. Erik KarlssonSJS/PIT0.77
  5. Josh MorrisseyWPG0.76
  6. Jakob ChychrunARI/OTT/WSH0.75

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.

+7.5 goals above expected

0102030405050100150200250300Game

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

−100+10+20+30+40

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/h73rd pct
  • Speed bursts over 20 mph693rd pct
  • Hardest shot131.7 km/h52nd pct
  • Distance skated17 km75th pct
  • Offensive-zone time43.6%70th 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

36.8 km/h88th pct

▲ +0.7 km/h since 2024–25

323436384021–2222–2323–2424–2525–262021–22: 37.7 km/h, 98th percentile (30 games)2022–23: 37.9 km/h, 99th percentile (42 games)2023–24: 37.0 km/h, 90th percentile (73 games)2024–25: 36.1 km/h, 72nd percentile (82 games)2025–26: 36.8 km/h, 88th percentile (82 games)

Bursts over 20 mph per 60

3.591st pct

▲ +1.0 since 2024–25

024621–2222–2323–2424–2525–262021–22: 5.2, 97th percentile (30 games)2022–23: 4.4, 97th percentile (42 games)2023–24: 2.2, 71st percentile (73 games)2024–25: 2.5, 78th percentile (82 games)2025–26: 3.5, 91st percentile (82 games)

Distance skated per 60

13.9 km66th pct

▼ −0.1 km since 2024–25

12.51313.51414.51521–2222–2323–2424–2525–262021–22: 14.5 km, 96th percentile (30 games)2022–23: 13.8 km, 67th percentile (42 games)2023–24: 14.1 km, 84th percentile (73 games)2024–25: 14.0 km, 67th percentile (82 games)2025–26: 13.9 km, 66th percentile (82 games)

Hardest shot

147.9 km/h46th pct

▲ +1.1 km/h since 2024–25

13514014515015516021–2222–2323–2424–2525–262021–22: 141.5 km/h, 11th percentile (30 games)2022–23: 146.2 km/h, 30th percentile (42 games)2023–24: 146.2 km/h, 32nd percentile (73 games)2024–25: 146.8 km/h, 44th percentile (82 games)2025–26: 147.9 km/h, 46th percentile (82 games)

Offensive-zone time

41.3%49th pct

▲ +0.6 points since 2024–25

38%40%42%44%46%21–2222–2323–2424–2525–262021–22: 43.8%, 78th percentile (30 games)2022–23: 42.7%, 64th percentile (42 games)2023–24: 42.2%, 61st percentile (73 games)2024–25: 40.7%, 35th percentile (82 games)2025–26: 41.3%, 49th percentile (82 games)