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D · Colorado Avalanche · Age 28 · Shoots R · 5′11″, 190 lb · Draft: Undrafted

2026-27 regular season. Shading and Pctl are the percentile among the season's defensemen who meet the tables' minimum (darker is better).

Summary		Pctl
GP	7	31st
TOI/GP	16:41	29th
G	0	31st
A	1	39th
P	1	32nd
P/60	0.51	33rd
ixG	0.6	66th
G−ixG	−0.6	12th
xGF%	61.3	89th
Rel xGF%	+4.8	68th
GS/GP	+0.76	86th
Pen ±	+3	98th

Scoring		Pctl
G	0	31st
A1	0	25th
A2	1	56th
P	1	32nd
P1	0	17th
P/60	0.51	33rd
5v5 P/60	0.54	39th
PPP	0	38th
SHP	0	46th
ENG	0	50th

Shooting		Pctl
SOG	8	52nd
iCF	20	50th
iFF	13	55th
ixG	0.6	66th
ixG/60	0.30	76th
G	0	31st
G−ixG	−0.6	12th
Sh%	0.0	31st
xSh%	4.5	72nd
Blk'd	7	44th
5v5 iCF/60	10.7	65th

On ice (5v5)		Pctl
5v5 TOI	112	38th
CF%	56.2	80th
FF%	56.5	85th
xGF%	61.3	89th
GF%	66.7	82nd
xGF/60	3.61	96th
xGA/60	2.27	68th
oiSh%	18.2	95th
oiSv%	87.8	31st
PDO	106.0	84th
Rel CF%	+6.3	85th
Rel xGF%	+4.8	68th
OZS%	20.0	9th

Usage		Pctl
TOI/GP	16:41	29th
EV/GP	16:13	45th
5v5/GP	15:59	52nd
PP/GP	0:15	57th
SH/GP	0:13	14th
Shifts/GP	20.0	19th
Shift	0:50	61st
OZ	5	10th
NZ	19	26th
DZ	20	39th
OZS%	20.0	9th

Game Score		Pctl
GS	+5.3	82nd
GS/GP	+0.76	86th
GS/60	+2.72	94th
Scoring	+0.6	24th
Shooting	+0.4	66th
On ice	+3.5	93rd
Penalties	+0.4	98th
Faceoffs	0.0	50th
Other	+0.4	64th

Other		Pctl
Hits	2	18th
Blk	8	38th
Tk	4	87th
Gv	2	97th
PenD	4	97th
PenT	1	67th
Pen ±	+3	98th
PP min ±	+6.0	98th
FOW	0	50th
FOL	0	50th
FO%	–

By season

Season		GP	G	A	P	ixG	xGF%	GS/GP	TOI/GP
2026-27	Regular season	7	0	1	1	0.6	61.3	+0.76	16:41
2025-26	Regular season	82	8	32	40	7.0	61.7	+0.85	17:37
2025-26	Playoffs	11	1	2	3	0.8	50.0	+0.32	18:56

Linemates

Teammate	Pos	Together	5v5 CF%	5v5 xGF%
Brett Kulak	D	54:13	60.2	63.3
Brock Nelson	C	42:30	60.8	77.2
Nazem Kadri	C	42:08	57.1	74.6
Gabriel Landeskog	L	36:18	53.2	72.2
Martin Necas	C	36:11	53.3	63.7
Nathan MacKinnon	C	31:12	55.2	61.5
Artturi Lehkonen	L	30:20	57.1	61.7
Fedor Svechkov	C	27:35	50.0	48.8

Game log

Date	Opp	Result	TOI	G	A	SOG	ixG	5v5 CF%	5v5 xGF%	GS
Oct 16	vs PIT	W 5–2	14:23	0	0	0	0.00	36	51	+0.11
Oct 14	vs DAL	L 2–3 OT	16:13	0	1	4	0.24	70	74	+1.76
Oct 13	@ DAL	W 3–2	19:07	0	0	0	0.00	42	51	−0.01
Oct 10	vs TOR	L 3–6	18:24	0	0	0	0.00	64	62	+0.59
Oct 7	@ WPG	L 2–3	18:37	0	0	1	0.07	64	55	+0.23
Oct 3	vs STL	W 6–1	15:37	0	0	1	0.22	41	64	+1.49
Sep 30	vs LAK	W 8–4	14:27	0	0	2	0.05	65	74	+1.12