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Brent Burns

#84 · Defenseman · Colorado Avalanche

Shoots right · 41 years old

GamesGPGoalsGAssistsAPointsPShotsSOGIce timeTOI
This season4033616:30
Last season8212233517218:53

Role

Where he fits on Colorado right now.

Line

P2 with J. Manson · 10:57 a game together

Power play

Not on either unit

Penalty kill

Second wave 8 of 10 kills · 0:55 a kill · starts only 3

Ice time

16:30 a game, 5th-most among Colorado defensemen · 14:31 5-on-5 · 1:49 PK

Competition

Easier opponents than 76% of defensemen · home 70%, road 80%

Easier opponents than 91% of defensemen · road 94%

Where he stands out

What he does better or worse than most players at his position.

Better than most at his position

  • Shooting volume1st

    18.2 shot attempts /60better than 99% of defensemen

  • FinishingTop 10

    +0.8 goals above expected /100 shotsbetter than 96% of defensemen

  • Setting up goals

    0.43 first assists /60better than 91% of defensemen

  • Creating chances

    +0.11 expected goals /60better than 84% of defensemen

Behind most at his position

  • Hitting

    hitting score 270.78 hits /60behind 86% of defensemenfewer than 93% of defensemen

  • Takeaways

    takeaway score 810.67 takeaways /60behind 76% of defensemenfewer than 68% of defensemen

Listed only when we can be confident he is above or below average. Numbers from this season and last, through Oct 10. Compared with defensemen who have played at least 20 games over the two seasons.

Better than most at his position

  • Shooting volume

    13.2 shot attempts /60better than 91% of defensemen

Behind most at his position

Nothing yet where we can be confident he is below most defensemen.

Listed only when we can be confident he is above or below average. Numbers from this season, through Oct 10. Compared with defensemen who have played at least 3 games.

All ratings

Every rating, against other defensemen.

Brent BurnsAverage defensemanLikely range

This season’s 4 games blended with last season’s 82, and pulled toward the average defenseman by an amount that depends on how quickly each rating settles.

This season’s 4 games only, pulled toward the average defenseman. Expect wide ranges this early.

Driving play at 5-on-5

  • Creating chances
    Along for the rideDrives play

    +0.11 expected goals /60top 16%

    +0.00 expected goals /60top 41%

  • Preventing chances
    Chances against riseShuts it down

    +0.05 expected goals against /60bottom 25%

    −0.03 expected goals against /60average

Scoring

  • Shooting volume1st
    Rarely shootsFires away

    18.2 shot attempts /60top 1%

    13.2 shot attempts /60top 9%

  • Creating his own chances
    Few chancesDangerous

    0.24 expected goals /60top 20%

    0.20 expected goals /60top 37%

  • FinishingTop 10
    Below expectedSniper

    +0.8 goals above expected /100 shotstop 4%

    +0.1 goals above expected /100 shotsaverage

  • Setting up goals
    Rarely sets upPlaymaker

    0.43 first assists /60top 9%

    0.33 first assists /60average

Special teams

  • Power-play chances
    QuietThreat

    0.71 expected goals /60too few games

    0.73 expected goals /60too few games

  • Shorthanded threat
    Pure defensePower kill

    0.82 expected goals for /60bottom 26%

    0.86 expected goals for /60average

Physical and puck

  • Hitting
    Avoids contactPhysical

    hitting score 27bottom 14%0.78 hits /60bottom 7%

    hitting score 54bottom 36%0.91 hits /60bottom 10%

  • Shot blocking
    Rarely blocksShot blocker

    blocking score 84bottom 29%3.53 blocks /60bottom 30%

    blocking score 96bottom 44%3.64 blocks /60bottom 32%

  • Takeaways
    RarePuck thief

    takeaway score 81bottom 24%0.67 takeaways /60bottom 32%

    takeaway score 93bottom 43%0.00 takeaways /60bottom 1%

Penalties and faceoffs

  • Drawing penalties
    RarelyDraws calls

    0.32 penalties drawn /60bottom 18%

    0.41 penalties drawn /60bottom 42%

  • Staying out of the box
    Often penalizedClean

    0.67 penalties taken /60average

    0.71 penalties taken /60bottom 42%

Hitting, shot blocking and takeaways are arena-adjusted scores (100 is the average defenseman); switch “Hits and takeaways” to Raw in the settings to see the numbers as recorded. How the ratings work.

Shots

Where his shots come from, and how his misses miss.

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278 unblocked shots, this season and last, from his point of view. 9 more from outside the zone. Empty nets left out.

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14 unblocked shots, this season, from his point of view. 1 more from outside the zone. Empty nets left out.

How his misses miss

  • Wide left56
  • Wide right23
  • Over the net16
  • Off the post or crossbar2
  • Short or other3

100 missed shots. “Wide left” is from his point of view.

  • Wide left2
  • Wide right4
  • Over the net2
  • Off the post or crossbar0
  • Short or other0

8 missed shots. “Wide left” is from his point of view.

The NHL’s game data records how a shot missed, but not where in the net a goal or save went (glove side, blocker, five-hole). That needs paid camera tracking, so we don’t show it.

Skating and shot

Speed, bursts, shot power and where he spends his shifts, from the NHL’s own tracking (NHL EDGE).

  • Top speed
    SlowerBurner

    22.1 mphtop 44%

    20.6 mphaverage

  • Fast bursts
    RareFrequent

    1.2 bursts /60bottom 32%

    2.7 bursts /60top 31%

  • Hardest shot
    SofterCannon

    95.0 mphtop 34%

    86.0 mphtop 41%

  • Distance skated
    ShorterCovers ground

    8.68 miles /60top 29%

    8.85 miles /60top 24%

  • Time in the offensive zone
    DefendingAttacking

    43.6% of his timetop 16%

    41.6% of his timebottom 40%

Top speed and hardest shot are his best single moments over this season and lastthis season; bursts and distance are per 60 minutes of his ice time. Tracking data: NHL EDGE.