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Justin Barron
Defenseman #20 Predators
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Justin Barron has 4 points (0 goals, 4 assists) in 21 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 177 regular-season games for the Colorado Avalanche, the Montreal Canadiens and the Nashville Predators.

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  • Country: Country FlagCAN
    Age: 24.2 yrs (15.11.2001)
    Height / Weight: 188 cm / 90 kg
    Shoots: R
    Drafted: 25th in 2020
    Draft Team: Team logoColorado Avalanche
    Awards: -
Player EvaluationPowered by CORE

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 46% 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.

  • 64

    Overall Rating
    Offense:Off: 109th of 283 Defensemen
    Defense:Def: 243rd of 283 Defensemen
  • Metric Current Season
    PlayDriving
    0.05
    -0.140.11
    OnIce_xGoalsPct
    0.51
    0.350.65
    IceTimePerGame
    14.63
    1525
    Metric Current Season
    Goals/60
    0.00
    0.050.7
    PrimaryAssists/60
    0.00
    0.11
    SecondaryAssists/60
    0.78
    0.11
    xGoals/60
    0.32
    0.090.38
    OnIce_xGoalsFor/60
    2.53
    1.85
    OnIce_GoalsFor/60
    2.15
    1.45.5
    PP_xGoals/60
    0.00
    0.51.5
    Metric Current Season
    OnIce_xGoalsAgainst/60
    2.46
    2.54.5
    OnIce_GoalsAgainst/60
    2.34
    24.5
    Penalties/60
    0.59
    0.51.5
    ShotsBlocked/60
    4.49
    26
    Takeaways/60
    0.20
    0.52
    DZoneGiveaways/60
    4.49
    14
    DZoneStartPct
    0.21
    0.150.4
    PK_OnIce_xGoalsAgainst/60
    0.00
    512
  • Career Trajectory Most comparable players to Justin Barron at his age (24.2 yrs):
    William Lagesson (Rating of 64 in 2020, Today 69)
    Joshua Brown (Rating of 64 in 2018, Today 69)
    Jamie Oleksiak (Rating of 64 in 2016, Today 66)
Contract InformationPowered by CORE
Actual AAV: $1.150M
Player Contract Value: $1.400M
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
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
06.01.2026 Team Logo Oilers 1 0 0 0 0 10:07 0 0
Total 5 0 0 0 0 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 Team Logo Canadiens 5 1 1 2 -2 19:01 13 7.7% 0
2022-23 Team Logo Canadiens 39 4 11 15 -2 16:18 40 10.0% 20
2023-24 Team Logo Canadiens 48 7 6 13 -3 18:37 60 11.7% 16
2024-25 Team Logo 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 21 0 4 4 0 14:37 15 0.0% 6
Season Projection 60 0 11 11 0 14:37 43 0.0% 17
Total 177 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 24.2 yrs 188 cm / 90 kg 0.19 0.27 63 64 $1.150M
87% Vladislav Kolyachonok Team Logo D 24.6 yrs 188 cm / 89 kg 0.23 0.20 61 67 $0.775M
85% Dennis Cholowski Team Logo D 27.9 yrs 188 cm / 95 kg 0.07 0.24 61 69 $0.775M
84% Nick Jensen Team Logo D 35.3 yrs 183 cm / 91 kg 0.24 0.24 58 62 $4.050M
84% Nils Lundkvist Team Logo D 25.5 yrs 185 cm / 87 kg 0.24 0.24 59 67 $1.250M
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