Ross Colton #79

C · Colorado Avalanche · Age 29 · Shoots L · 6′0″, 194 lb · Draft: 2016, round 4, 118th overall

2025-26 regular season. Shading and Pctl are the percentile among the season's forwards who meet the tables' minimum (darker is better).

Summary		Pctl
GP	73	53rd
TOI/GP	12:31	22nd
G	9	31st
A	15	39th
P	24	35th
P/60	1.58	34th
ixG	17.6	60th
G−ixG	−8.6	2nd
xGF%	58.1	96th
Rel xGF%	+0.1	48th
GS/GP	+0.62	66th
Pen ±	+9	89th

Scoring		Pctl
G	9	31st
A1	10	47th
A2	5	31st
P	24	35th
P1	19	37th
P/60	1.58	34th
5v5 P/60	1.57	49th
PPP	0	13th
SHP	0	32nd
ENG	2	80th

Shooting		Pctl
SOG	153	72nd
iCF	300	73rd
iFF	240	74th
ixG	17.6	60th
ixG/60	1.16	87th
G	9	31st
G−ixG	−8.6	2nd
Sh%	5.9	7th
xSh%	7.3	16th
Blk'd	60	69th
5v5 iCF/60	19.8	98th

On ice (5v5)		Pctl
5v5 TOI	842	43rd
CF%	58.6	97th
FF%	59.0	98th
xGF%	58.1	96th
GF%	55.3	75th
xGF/60	3.21	94th
xGA/60	2.32	77th
oiSh%	8.2	30th
oiSv%	89.9	37th
PDO	98.2	27th
Rel CF%	+3.2	84th
Rel xGF%	+0.1	48th
OZS%	49.3	37th

Usage		Pctl
TOI/GP	12:31	22nd
EV/GP	11:41	29th
5v5/GP	11:32	32nd
PP/GP	0:48	35th
SH/GP	0:02	31st
Shifts/GP	17.7	28th
Shift	0:42	11th
OZ	137	36th
NZ	200	41st
DZ	141	48th
OZS%	49.3	37th

Game Score		Pctl
GS	+45.0	64th
GS/GP	+0.62	66th
GS/60	+2.96	84th
Scoring	+16.5	36th
Shooting	+11.5	60th
On ice	+15.0	93rd
Penalties	+1.5	92nd
Faceoffs	−0.1	48th
Other	+0.6	34th

Other		Pctl
Hits	159	89th
Blk	25	30th
Tk	19	61st
Gv	51	47th
PenD	14	52nd
PenT	5	88th
Pen ±	+9	89th
PP min ±	+20.0	91st
FOW	51	52nd
FOL	57	50th
FO%	47.2	59th

By season

Season		GP	G	A	P	ixG	xGF%	GS/GP	TOI/GP
2026-27	Regular season	8	1	1	2	0.9	36.4	−0.02	12:32
2025-26	Regular season	73	9	15	24	17.6	58.1	+0.62	12:31
2025-26	Playoffs	11	2	3	5	2.2	55.8	+0.54	9:40

Rolling 10-game averages

5v5 xGF% (scale at right)Game Score per game (±1.2), centred on 0 · each point the 10 games to that one, 73 games in all

Linemates

Teammate	Pos	Together	5v5 CF%	5v5 xGF%
Brock Nelson	C	415:43	56.9	59.6
Brent Burns	D	363:06	58.5	61.4
Josh Manson	D	333:08	60.4	58.4
Sam Malinski	D	314:58	63.4	63.5
Victor Olofsson	L	282:08	62.4	60.8
Jack Drury	C	252:18	63.6	64.4
Valeri Nichushkin	R	238:02	57.6	57.6
Devon Toews	D	216:40	54.3	48.5

Game log

Date	Opp	Result	TOI	G	A	SOG	ixG	5v5 CF%	5v5 xGF%	GS
Apr 16	vs SEA	W 2–0	14:27	0	0	2	0.60	68	92	+1.25
Apr 14	@ CGY	W 3–1	11:48	0	0	0	0.05	78	81	+0.61
Apr 13	@ EDM	W 2–1 OT	12:48	0	0	0	0.22	45	54	+0.04
Apr 11	vs VGK	L 2–3 OT	10:13	0	0	1	0.17	32	28	−0.20
Apr 9	vs CGY	W 3–1	8:53	0	0	3	0.53	56	71	+0.81
Apr 7	@ STL	W 3–1	10:54	0	0	2	0.18	79	87	+0.87
Apr 5	vs STL	L 2–3	11:56	0	0	4	0.30	62	36	−0.16
Apr 4	@ DAL	W 2–0	7:49	0	0	1	0.04	44	32	−0.31
Apr 1	vs VAN	L 6–8	9:35	0	0	0	0.00	47	26	−0.84
Mar 30	vs CGY	W 9–2	14:43	0	0	0	0.15	50	41	−0.37
Mar 28	vs WPG	L 2–4	9:35	0	0	0	0.00	44	28	−0.31
Mar 26	@ WPG	W 3–2	10:43	0	0	2	0.10	52	66	+0.46
Mar 24	@ PIT	W 6–2	11:50	1	0	1	0.57	60	31	+0.77
Mar 10	vs EDM	L 3–4	8:15	1	0	1	0.02	11	5	+0.30
Mar 8	vs MIN	W 3–2 OT	12:41	0	0	2	0.31	56	45	−0.06
Mar 6	@ DAL	W 5–4 OT	13:46	0	0	2	0.16	60	50	+0.12
Mar 3	@ ANA	W 5–1	12:51	0	0	0	0.11	57	34	−0.76
Mar 2	@ LAK	W 4–2	12:23	0	0	2	0.28	60	56	+0.16
Feb 28	vs CHI	W 3–1	10:00	0	0	1	0.06	82	83	+0.46
Feb 26	vs MIN	L 2–5	10:50	0	0	3	0.21	68	75	+0.62
Feb 25	@ UTA	W 4–2	11:48	0	0	2	0.13	57	72	+0.94
Feb 4	vs SJS	W 4–2	14:33	0	0	3	0.12	72	78	+0.88
Feb 2	vs DET	L 0–2	12:45	0	0	1	0.23	55	51	+0.15
Jan 31	@ DET	W 5–0	14:56	1	0	3	0.58	39	45	+1.07
Jan 29	@ MTL	L 3–7	12:37	1	0	2	0.28	63	54	+0.98
Jan 21	vs ANA	L 1–2 OT	12:30	0	0	5	0.53	74	80	+1.50
Jan 19	vs WSH	W 5–2	14:41	0	0	5	0.59	77	81	+2.38
Jan 16	vs NSH	L 3–7	13:31	0	0	5	0.20	63	82	+1.28
Jan 12	vs TOR	L 3–4 OT	15:03	0	0	5	0.42	59	65	+0.75
Jan 10	vs CBJ	W 4–0	13:15	0	1	1	0.07	47	47	+0.81
Jan 8	vs OTT	W 8–2	15:14	0	3	4	0.53	55	41	+2.34
Jan 6	@ TBL	L 2–4	12:34	0	0	4	0.28	48	50	+0.25
Jan 4	@ FLA	L 1–2	12:13	0	0	0	0.00	44	27	−0.40
Jan 3	@ CAR	W 5–3	10:42	0	1	4	0.34	83	98	+2.09
Dec 31	vs STL	W 6–1	12:54	0	0	2	0.22	72	71	+0.35
Dec 29	vs LAK	W 5–2	12:02	0	1	2	0.17	53	68	+0.97
Dec 27	@ VGK	W 6–5 OT	9:51	0	0	2	0.10	63	35	−0.13
Dec 23	vs UTA	W 1–0	9:19	0	0	0	0.00	70	71	+0.64
Dec 21	@ MIN	W 5–1	10:03	0	0	2	0.05	66	35	−0.68
Dec 19	vs WPG	W 3–2	8:18	0	0	1	0.04	50	58	+0.08
Dec 16	@ SEA	W 5–3	10:50	0	0	0	0.01	35	7	−1.49
Dec 13	vs NSH	W 4–2	11:20	0	0	2	0.14	54	20	−0.92
Dec 11	vs FLA	W 6–2	13:52	0	0	2	0.38	69	91	+1.38
Dec 9	@ NSH	L 3–4 OT	12:15	0	0	2	0.03	68	71	+0.60
Dec 7	@ PHI	W 3–2	15:41	0	0	0	0.08	52	41	−0.32
Dec 6	@ NYR	W 3–2 OT	12:22	0	0	4	0.16	68	77	+1.04
Dec 4	@ NYI	L 3–6	12:34	0	0	1	0.22	62	56	+0.08
Dec 2	vs VAN	W 3–1	15:41	0	1	5	1.27	59	91	+3.27
Nov 29	vs MTL	W 7–2	14:57	0	1	0	0.00	62	71	+1.60
Nov 28	@ MIN	L 2–3 OT	15:51	0	0	2	0.15	50	42	−0.27
Nov 26	vs SJS	W 6–0	14:55	1	0	2	0.29	50	68	+1.49
Nov 23	@ CHI	W 1–0	16:00	0	0	4	0.50	62	82	+1.28
Nov 22	@ NSH	W 3–0	15:32	0	0	5	0.40	45	41	+0.02
Nov 20	vs NYR	W 6–3	16:36	1	0	5	1.05	79	83	+2.03
Nov 16	vs NYI	W 4–1	14:43	1	0	4	0.45	45	51	+1.09
Nov 13	vs BUF	W 6–3	12:44	0	1	1	0.20	58	53	+1.20
Nov 11	vs ANA	W 4–1	15:41	0	0	1	0.07	54	65	+0.31
Nov 9	@ VAN	W 5–4 OT	12:57	0	0	4	0.32	79	93	+1.51
Nov 8	@ EDM	W 9–1	12:13	0	2	3	0.35	32	44	+1.74
Nov 4	vs TBL	W 3–2	12:11	1	0	3	0.24	52	77	+1.38
Nov 1	@ SJS	L 2–3 OT	12:50	0	0	3	0.19	74	69	+0.28
Oct 31	@ VGK	W 4–2	12:11	0	0	0	0.20	43	56	+0.26
Oct 28	vs NJD	W 8–4	13:23	0	1	3	0.24	63	76	+1.64
Oct 26	@ NJD	L 3–4 OT	14:39	0	1	1	0.07	53	36	+0.34
Oct 25	@ BOS	L 2–3	12:33	0	0	1	0.26	55	38	−0.37
Oct 23	vs CAR	L 4–5 OT	10:04	0	1	1	0.11	59	48	+0.75
Oct 21	@ UTA	L 3–4 OT	14:05	0	1	1	0.09	85	96	+1.47
Oct 18	vs BOS	W 4–1	12:26	0	0	0	0.00	65	90	+0.85
Oct 16	@ CBJ	W 4–1	12:09	0	0	5	0.37	71	77	+1.26
Oct 13	@ BUF	W 3–1	13:23	0	0	3	0.35	48	65	+0.48
Oct 11	vs DAL	L 4–5 OT	10:41	0	0	0	0.06	57	26	−0.58
Oct 9	vs UTA	W 2–1	10:23	1	0	4	0.37	65	70	+1.68
Oct 7	@ LAK	W 4–1	11:17	0	0	1	0.09	47	54	+0.24