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Justin Barron has 4 points (0 goals, 4 assists) in 20 games for the Nashville Predators this season.

Selected in the 1st round (No. 25) of the 2020 NHL Draft by the Colorado Avalanche, he has 47 points (18 goals, 29 assists) in 176 regular-season games for the Colorado Avalanche, the Montréal Canadiens and the Nashville Predators.

  • Country: Country FlagCAN
    Age: 24.1 yrs (15.11.2001)
    Height / Weight: 188 cm / 89 kg
    Shoots: R
    Drafted: 25th in 2020
    Draft Team: Team logoColorado Avalanche
    Awards: -
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The 24-year-old is around break-even for his team, with the Predators controlling 51% of expected goals when he is on the ice. When Justin Barron is off the ice, the Predators control 47% of expected goals, indicating the team is noticeably better when he plays.

He is being deployed in an offense-leaning role, starting 34% of his shifts in the offensive zone versus 21% in the defensive zone.

  • 59

    Overall Rating
    Offense:Off: 145th of 282 Defensemen
    Defense:Def: 260th of 282 Defensemen
  • Metric Current Season
    Games
    1 - 82
    62.00
    QoC
    -0.14 - 0.11
    0.00
    IceTimePerGame
    15 - 25
    17.43
    Metric Current Season
    Goals/60
    0.05 - 0.67
    0.33
    PrimaryAssists/60
    0.1 - 1.1
    0.17
    SecondaryAssists/60
    0.1 - 1.1
    0.22
    xGoals/60
    0.09 - 0.38
    0.21
    OnIce_xGoalsFor/60
    1.8 - 5
    2.64
    OnIce_GoalsFor/60
    1.4 - 5.5
    2.11
    PP_xGoals/60
    0.5 - 1.5
    0.00
    PP_OnIce_GoalsFor/60
    3 - 10
    0.00
    Metric Current Season
    OnIce_xGoalsAgainst/60
    2.5 - 4.5
    2.67
    OnIce_GoalsAgainst/60
    2 - 4.5
    3.33
    Penalties/60
    0.5 - 1.5
    0.56
    ShotsBlocked/60
    2 - 6
    4.61
    Takeaways/60
    0.5 - 2
    0.78
    DZoneGiveaways/60
    1 - 4
    2.05
    DZoneStartPct
    0.15 - 0.4
    0.28
    PK_OnIce_xGoalsAgainst/60
    5 - 12
    4.00
    PK_OnIce_GoalsAgainst/60
    4 - 12
    3.99
  • Career Trajectory Most comparable players to Justin Barron at his age (24.1 yrs):
    Jordan Harris (Rating of 59 in 2024, Today 59)
    Spencer Stastney (Rating of 59 in 2024, Today 71)
    Jake Walman (Rating of 59 in 2020, Today 65)
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Actual AAV: $1.150M
Player Contract Value: $0.800M
Remaining: 1 year(s)
Contract Ends: 2026 RFA
Age at the end: 25.6 yrs (15.11.2001)
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Justin Barron
Recent Games
Year Team GP G A Pts +/- TOI/G S S% PIM
06.11.2025 Team Logo Flyers 1 0 0 0 -1 15:35 0 0
08.11.2025 Team Logo Stars 1 0 0 0 0 13:40 1 0.0% 0
14.11.2025 Team Logo Penguins 1 0 0 0 0 12:55 3 0.0% 2
16.11.2025 Team Logo Penguins 1 0 0 0 -1 10:11 0 0
03.01.2026 Team Logo Flames 1 0 0 0 1 9:28 0 0
Total 5 0 0 0 -1 4 0.0% 2
Regular Season
Year Team GP G A Pts +/- TOI/G S S% PIM
2021-22 Team Logo Avalanche 2 0 0 0 -1 12:34 0 0
2021-22 Montréal Canadiens 5 1 1 2 -2 19:01 13 7.7% 0
2022-23 Montréal Canadiens 39 4 11 15 -2 16:18 40 10.0% 20
2023-24 Montréal Canadiens 48 7 6 13 -3 18:37 60 11.7% 16
2024-25 Montréal Canadiens 17 1 0 1 -4 14:43 16 6.2% 8
2024-25 Team Logo Predators 45 5 7 12 -14 18:26 57 8.8% 15
2025-26 Team Logo Predators 20 0 4 4 0 14:50 15 0.0% 6
Season Projection 61 0 12 12 0 14:51 46 0.0% 18
Total 176 18 29 47 -26 201 9.0% 65
Playoffs
Year Team GP G A Pts +/- TOI/G S S% PIM
No games played
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Player
Match		 Name Team Pos Age Height / Weight Season
P/G		 Career
P/G		 Offense
Rating		 Defense
Rating		 Actual AAV
Justin Barron Team Logo D 24.1 yrs 188 cm / 89 kg 0.20 0.27 62 57 $1.150M
89% Vladislav Kolyachonok Team Logo D 24.6 yrs 188 cm / 89 kg 0.23 0.20 60 57 $0.775M
88% Adam Wilsby Team Logo D 25.4 yrs 185 cm / 85 kg 0.19 0.20 60 59 $0.775M
86% Shakir Mukhamadullin Team Logo D 24 yrs 193 cm / 90 kg 0.26 0.29 60 57 $1.000M
86% Henri Jokiharju Team Logo D 26.6 yrs 183 cm / 92 kg 0.24 0.24 58 58 $3.000M
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