- Age
- 30
- Height
- 6′0″
- Weight
- 194 lb
- Shoots
- L
- Born
- Robbinsville, New Jersey, USA
- GP
- 6
- G
- 1
- A
- 1
- P
- 2
- +/-
- -2
- SOG
- 6
2026–27 regular season
Drafted 2016 · Round 4, #118 overall (TBL)
This season vs last
| Stat | 2026–27 | 2025–26 to Oct 14 | 2025–26 first 6 GP |
|---|---|---|---|
| GP | 6 | 4 | 6 |
| G | 1 | 1 | 1 |
| A | 1 | 0 | 0+1 |
| P | 2 | 1 | 1+1 |
| SOG | 6 | 8 | 13-7 |
| PPP | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| +/- | -2 | -1 | -1-1 |
| PIM | 4 | 5 | 5-1 |
| TOI/GP | 12:37 | 11:26+1:11 | 11:43+0:53 |
| SH% | 16.7 | 12.5+4.2 | 7.7+9.0 |
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:Colton is shooting 16.7% (1 on 6 shots) against 9.9% over 2023–26. Too few shots yet to read much into it.
Shot quality says 0.6 expected goals this season (G − xG +0.4).
Advanced · 2026–27
- CF%
- 46.0
- Share of 5v5 shot attempts while on ice
- xGF%
- 38.3
- Share of 5v5 expected goals while on ice
- Rel CF%
- -1.4
- vs. team with the player off ice
- PDO
- 0.967
- On-ice Sh% + Sv% (≈1.000 is average)
- ixG
- 0.6
- Individual expected goals
- G − xG
- +0.4
- Finishing above expectation
- OZS%
- 58.1
- Offensive-zone start share
- 5v5 TOI/GP
- 12:14
- Even-strength minutes per game
Shot attempts
20 attempts, attacking the net on the right. Filled = goal; bigger = higher expected-goal value.
How Colton is used
#79 · C · Nashville Predators
Ross Colton
How he’s used · 2026–27 · 5 games with shift charts
- Line 2
- PP · rarely
- Ice time / game
- 12:41
- 12:14 at 5v5
- Offensive-zone starts
- 58.1%
- of his 5v5 zone faceoffs
- Expected goals share
- 38.3%
- at 5v5 with him on
- Shot attempt share
- 46.0%
- at 5v5 with him on
Shift profile · against NHL forwards
Average shift
Shifts that ran 60 seconds or longer
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
| Team | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026–27 | Nashville Predators | 6 | 1 | 1 | 2 |
| 2025–26 | Colorado Avalanche | 73 | 9 | 15 | 24 |
| 2025–26 (P) | Colorado Avalanche | 11 | 2 | 3 | 5 |
| 2024–25 | Colorado Avalanche | 61 | 16 | 13 | 29 |
| 2024–25 (P) | Colorado Avalanche | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 2023–24 | Colorado Avalanche | 80 | 17 | 23 | 40 |
| 2023–24 (P) | Colorado Avalanche | 11 | 1 | 3 | 4 |
| 2022–23 | Tampa Bay Lightning | 81 | 16 | 16 | 32 |
| 2022–23 (P) | Tampa Bay Lightning | 6 | 1 | 3 | 4 |
| 2021–22 | Tampa Bay Lightning | 79 | 22 | 17 | 39 |
| 2021–22 (P) | Tampa Bay Lightning | 23 | 5 | 4 | 9 |
| 2020–21 | Tampa Bay Lightning | 30 | 9 | 3 | 12 |
| 2020–21 (P) | Tampa Bay Lightning | 23 | 4 | 2 | 6 |
| Opp | TOI | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Tue, Oct 13 | vs VGK | 0 | 0 | 0 | -2 | 0 | 14:36 |
| Sat, Oct 10 | @ OTT | 1 | 0 | 1 | +1 | 1 | 8:22 |
| Thu, Oct 8 | @ MTL | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 12:15 |
| Tue, Oct 6 | @ TOR | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 2 | 12:52 |
| Sat, Oct 3 | vs DAL | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 15:19 |
| Thu, Oct 1 | vs MIN | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 12:15 |
| Team / League | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2020–21 | Syracuse Crunch · AHL | 3 | 1 | 2 | 3 |
| 2019–20 | Syracuse Crunch · AHL | 62 | 11 | 31 | 42 |
| 2018–19 | Syracuse Crunch · AHL | 66 | 14 | 17 | 31 |
| 2018–19 (P) | Syracuse Crunch · AHL | 4 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 2017–18 | Univ. of Vermont · NCAA | 36 | 16 | 7 | 23 |
| 2016–17 | Univ. of Vermont · NCAA | 33 | 12 | 15 | 27 |
| 2015–16 | Cedar Rapids · USHL | 55 | 35 | 31 | 66 |
| 2015–16 | USA U19 · WJAC-19 | 5 | 4 | 1 | 5 |
| 2015–16 (P) | Cedar Rapids · USHL | 5 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 2014–15 | Cedar Rapids · USHL | 58 | 18 | 15 | 33 |
| 2014–15 (P) | Cedar Rapids · USHL | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 2013–14 | Taft Rhinos · High-CT | 24 | 25 | 18 | 43 |
| 2012–13 | New Jersey Rockets 16U · AYHL 16U | 22 | 22 | 18 | 40 |
| 2011–12 | Mercer Chiefs 16UA · AYHL 15U | 19 | 19 | 5 | 24 |
| 2010–11 | Mercer Chiefs 14U AAA · AYHL 14U | 30 | 19 | 28 | 47 |
| 2009–10 | Mercer Chiefs 13U AAA · AYHL 13U | 37 | 31 | 42 | 73 |