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Defence · #72

Justin Barron

Colorado Avalanche Montréal Canadiens Nashville Predators St. Louis Blues(traded during the season)
Age
24
Shoots
Right
Height
188 cm
Weight
90 kg
Born
Halifax, CAN
Draft
2020, round 1, #25 (COL)

Career · 2021–22 to 2026–27

Games
109
Goals
13
Points
31
TOI per game
17:12
xGF% (5v5)
45.0%
Goals above expected
+5.3
ShowAll teamsColorado AvalancheMontréal CanadiensNashville PredatorsSt. Louis Blues

Season by season

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

2021–22COL2000−112:350–00.068.2%
2021–22MTL5112−219:01137.7%00.738.4%
2021–22All teams7112−317:11137.7%00.745.0%
2022–23MTL3941115−216:184010.0%21.843.1%
2023–24MTL487613−318:386011.7%14.247.3%
2024–25MTL17101−414:43166.3%01.044.7%
2024–25NSH455712−1418:27578.8%13.753.9%
2024–25All teams626713−1817:26738.2%14.751.3%
2025–26NSH52099−114:15310.0%02.749.7%
2026–27STL2011+115:1030.0%00.258.9%
Total4 teams210183553−2616:412208.2%414.348.2%

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)
00.20.40.60.820406080100
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Player card

Model-based

How 2021–22 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

62nd 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

2nd pair
  • Goals /600.3183rd pct
  • Assists /600.6038th pct
  • ixG /600.2476th pct
  • Shots /603.7751st pct

Play-driving

2nd pair
  • xGF% (5v5)48.2%41st pct
  • CF% (5v5)49.4%55th pct
  • Relative xGF%+3.089th pct
  • xGA /60 (lower is better)2.6236th pct

Usage

2nd pair
  • TOI per game16:4141st pct
  • PP time share12.6%61st pct
  • PK time share13.0%27th pct
  • Quality of competition24.5%66th 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. Theo Lindstein0.77
  2. Logan MaillouxMTL/STL0.70
  3. Calle Rosen0.70
  4. Zayne Parekh0.67
  5. Axel Sandin-PellikkaDET0.66
  6. Ian MooreANA0.63

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.

+5.3 goals above expected

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

−20−100+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 speed30.8 km/h4th pct
  • Speed bursts over 20 mph00th pct
  • Hardest shot128.8 km/h36th pct
  • Distance skated3 km6th pct
  • Offensive-zone time46.7%90th 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

34.7 km/h31st pct

▼ −3.2 km/h since 2024–25

323436384021–2222–2323–2424–2525–262021–22: 35.6 km/h, 62nd percentile (7 games, too few to rank reliably)2022–23: 36.1 km/h, 76th percentile (39 games)2023–24: 36.8 km/h, 88th percentile (48 games)2024–25: 38.0 km/h, 97th percentile (62 games)2025–26: 34.7 km/h, 31st percentile (52 games)

Bursts over 20 mph per 60

3.691st pct

▼ −1.3 since 2024–25

024621–2222–2323–2424–2525–262021–22: 3.5, 92nd percentile (7 games, too few to rank reliably)2022–23: 3.3, 91st percentile (39 games)2023–24: 3.2, 88th percentile (48 games)2024–25: 4.8, 97th percentile (62 games)2025–26: 3.6, 91st percentile (52 games)

Distance skated per 60

14.2 km84th pct

▼ −0.2 km since 2024–25

12.51313.51414.51521–2222–2323–2424–2525–262021–22: 14.3 km, 90th percentile (7 games, too few to rank reliably)2022–23: 13.7 km, 65th percentile (39 games)2023–24: 13.9 km, 71st percentile (48 games)2024–25: 14.4 km, 87th percentile (62 games)2025–26: 14.2 km, 84th percentile (52 games)

Hardest shot

136.3 km/h7th pct

▼ −7.8 km/h since 2024–25

12013014015016021–2222–2323–2424–2525–262021–22: 131.3 km/h, 2nd percentile (7 games, too few to rank reliably)2022–23: 145.4 km/h, 26th percentile (39 games)2023–24: 140.2 km/h, 16th percentile (48 games)2024–25: 144.1 km/h, 30th percentile (62 games)2025–26: 136.3 km/h, 7th percentile (52 games)

Offensive-zone time

44.4%87th pct

▲ +0.7 points since 2024–25

36%38%40%42%44%46%21–2222–2323–2424–2525–262021–22: 37.6%, 3rd percentile (7 games, too few to rank reliably)2022–23: 39.3%, 17th percentile (39 games)2023–24: 42.1%, 59th percentile (48 games)2024–25: 43.7%, 82nd percentile (62 games)2025–26: 44.4%, 87th percentile (52 games)