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Brent Burns

#84 · Defense

Brent Burns

Colorado AvalancheColorado Avalanche
Age
41
Height
6′5″
Weight
228 lb
Shoots
R
Born
Barrie, Ontario, CAN
GP
6
G
0
A
3
P
3
+/-
-1
SOG
9

2026–27 regular season

Drafted 2003 · Round 1, #20 overall (MIN)

This season vs last

Stat2026–272025–26 to Oct 142025–26 first 6 GP
GP646
G000
A324-1
P324-1
SOG91016-7
PPP011-1
+/--1+1+3-4
PIM246-4
TOI/GP16:5820:08−3:1020:09−3:12
SH%0.00.00.0

Regular season. Small numbers are this season’s change: green better, red worse. Totals are only compared over the same number of games; TOI/GP and SH% are compared in every column.

Shooting:Burns is shooting 0.0% (0 on 9 shots) against 5.3% over 2023–26. Too few shots yet to read much into it.

Shot quality says 0.4 expected goals this season (G − xG -0.4).

Advanced · 2026–27

CF%
55.6
Share of 5v5 shot attempts while on ice
xGF%
54.6
Share of 5v5 expected goals while on ice
Rel CF%
+3.5
vs. team with the player off ice
PDO
0.934
On-ice Sh% + Sv% (≈1.000 is average)
ixG
0.4
Individual expected goals
G − xG
-0.4
Finishing above expectation
OZS%
50.0
Offensive-zone start share
5v5 TOI/GP
15:47
Even-strength minutes per game

Shot attempts

29 attempts, attacking the net on the right. Filled = goal; bigger = higher expected-goal value.

Shot attempts map

How Burns is used

#84 · D · Colorado Avalanche

Brent Burns

How he’s used · 2026–27 · 5 games with shift charts

  • Pair 2
  • PK1
Ice time / game
17:16
15:47 at 5v5
Offensive-zone starts
50.0%
of his 5v5 zone faceoffs
Expected goals share
54.6%
at 5v5 with him on
Shot attempt share
55.6%
at 5v5 with him on

Shift profile · against NHL defensemen

Average shift

Burns49.8s
NHL average49.1s

Shifts that ran 60 seconds or longer

Burns22%
NHL average26%

Shifts include power-play and penalty-kill time. Across the league, 5v5 shots go in nearly twice as often against a skater 80s+ into his shift.

Most-used linemates · 5v5

Josh Manson58.4 min together58%shot attempts
Fedor Svechkov25.5 min together72%shot attempts
Parker Kelly23.9 min together53%shot attempts
daily.hockeyUpdated after every game
Team
2026–27Colorado Avalanche6033
2025–26Colorado Avalanche82122335
2025–26 (P)Colorado Avalanche13044
2024–25Carolina Hurricanes8262329
2024–25 (P)Carolina Hurricanes15145
2023–24Carolina Hurricanes82103343
2023–24 (P)Carolina Hurricanes11134
2022–23Carolina Hurricanes82184361
2022–23 (P)Carolina Hurricanes15279
2021–22San Jose Sharks82104454
2020–21San Jose Sharks5672229
2019–20San Jose Sharks70123345
2018–19San Jose Sharks82166783
2018–19 (P)San Jose Sharks2051116
2017–18San Jose Sharks82125567
2017–18 (P)San Jose Sharks10347
2016–17San Jose Sharks82294776
2016–17 (P)San Jose Sharks6033
2015–16San Jose Sharks82274875
2015–16 (P)San Jose Sharks2471724
2014–15San Jose Sharks82174360
2013–14San Jose Sharks69222648
2013–14 (P)San Jose Sharks7213
2012–13San Jose Sharks3091120
2012–13 (P)San Jose Sharks11224
2011–12San Jose Sharks81112637
2011–12 (P)San Jose Sharks5112
2010–11Minnesota Wild80172946
2009–10Minnesota Wild4731720
2008–09Minnesota Wild5981927
2007–08Minnesota Wild82152843
2007–08 (P)Minnesota Wild6022
2006–07Minnesota Wild7771825
2006–07 (P)Minnesota Wild5011
2005–06Minnesota Wild7241216
2003–04Minnesota Wild36156