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Brent Burns has 20 points (5 goals, 15 assists) in 41 games for the Colorado Avalanche this season.

Selected in the 1st round (No. 20) of the 2003 NHL Draft by the Minnesota Wild, he has 930 points (266 goals, 664 assists) in 1538 regular-season games for the Minnesota Wild, the San Jose Sharks, the Carolina Hurricanes and the Colorado Avalanche.

He also has 80 points (24 goals, 56 assists) in 135 Stanley Cup Playoff games.

  • Country: Country FlagCAN
    Age: 40.8 yrs (09.03.1985)
    Height / Weight: 196 cm / 103 kg
    Shoots: R
    Drafted: 20th in 2003
    Draft Team: Team logoMinnesota Wild
    Awards: NHL Foundation Player Award (1x) James Norris Memorial Trophy (1x)
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The 40-year-old is a strong positive for his team, with the Avalanche controlling 55% of expected goals when he is on the ice. When Brent Burns is off the ice, the Avalanche control 61% of expected goals, indicating the team is noticeably worse when he plays.

He is being deployed in a defense-leaning role, starting 21% of his shifts in the offensive zone versus 38% in the defensive zone.

  • 79

    Overall Rating
    Offense:Off: 47th of 282 Defensemen
    Defense:Def: 65th of 282 Defensemen
  • Metric Current Season
    Games
    1 - 82
    82.00
    QoC
    -0.14 - 0.11
    0.05
    IceTimePerGame
    15 - 25
    25.85
    Metric Current Season
    Goals/60
    0.05 - 0.67
    0.76
    PrimaryAssists/60
    0.1 - 1.1
    0.71
    SecondaryAssists/60
    0.1 - 1.1
    0.65
    xGoals/60
    0.09 - 0.38
    0.51
    OnIce_xGoalsFor/60
    1.8 - 5
    3.56
    OnIce_GoalsFor/60
    1.4 - 5.5
    3.57
    PP_xGoals/60
    0.5 - 1.5
    0.99
    PP_OnIce_GoalsFor/60
    3 - 10
    7.63
    Metric Current Season
    OnIce_xGoalsAgainst/60
    2.5 - 4.5
    2.70
    OnIce_GoalsAgainst/60
    2 - 4.5
    2.86
    Penalties/60
    0.5 - 1.5
    0.76
    ShotsBlocked/60
    2 - 6
    4.10
    Takeaways/60
    0.5 - 2
    1.50
    DZoneGiveaways/60
    1 - 4
    1.92
    DZoneStartPct
    0.15 - 0.4
    0.26
    PK_OnIce_xGoalsAgainst/60
    5 - 12
    6.74
    PK_OnIce_GoalsAgainst/60
    4 - 12
    6.44
Contract InformationPowered by CORE
Actual AAV: $1.000M
Player Contract Value: $6.800M
Remaining: 1 year(s)
Contract Ends: 2026 UFA
Age at the end: 42.3 yrs (09.03.1985)
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Recent Games
Year Team GP G A Pts +/- TOI/G S S% PIM
27.12.2025 Team Logo Golden Knights 1 0 0 0 -3 17:52 0 0
29.12.2025 Team Logo Kings 1 0 0 0 1 18:22 2 0.0% 0
31.12.2025 Team Logo Blues 1 0 1 1 1 18:06 3 0.0% 0
03.01.2026 Team Logo Hurricanes 1 0 0 0 1 18:21 2 0.0% 0
04.01.2026 Team Logo Panthers 1 0 0 0 0 20:56 2 0.0% 0
Total 5 0 1 1 0 9 0.0% 0
Regular Season
Year Team GP G A Pts +/- TOI/G S S% PIM
2003-04 Team Logo Wild 36 1 5 6 -10 13:28 34 2.9% 12
2005-06 Team Logo Wild 72 4 12 16 -7 14:07 73 5.5% 32
2006-07 Team Logo Wild 77 7 18 25 16 15:48 108 6.5% 26
2007-08 Team Logo Wild 82 15 28 43 12 23:06 158 9.5% 80
2008-09 Team Logo Wild 59 8 19 27 -7 22:25 147 5.4% 45
2009-10 Team Logo Wild 47 3 17 20 -15 22:22 104 2.9% 32
2010-11 Team Logo Wild 80 17 29 46 -10 25:03 170 10.0% 98
2011-12 Team Logo Sharks 81 11 26 37 8 22:31 201 5.5% 34
2012-13 Team Logo Sharks 30 9 11 20 0 16:16 81 11.1% 20
2013-14 Team Logo Sharks 69 22 26 48 26 16:49 245 9.0% 34
2014-15 Team Logo Sharks 82 17 43 60 -9 23:56 245 6.9% 65
2015-16 Team Logo Sharks 82 27 48 75 -5 25:52 353 7.6% 53
2016-17 Team Logo Sharks 82 29 47 76 19 24:52 320 9.1% 40
2017-18 Team Logo Sharks 82 12 55 67 -16 25:15 332 3.6% 46
2018-19 Team Logo Sharks 82 16 67 83 13 25:06 300 5.3% 34
2019-20 Team Logo Sharks 70 12 33 45 -22 25:25 225 5.3% 34
2020-21 Team Logo Sharks 56 7 22 29 -13 26:08 138 5.1% 36
2021-22 Team Logo Sharks 82 10 44 54 -15 26:08 203 4.9% 42
2022-23 Team Logo Hurricanes 82 18 43 61 19 23:13 255 7.1% 44
2023-24 Team Logo Hurricanes 82 10 33 43 19 21:30 185 5.4% 20
2024-25 Team Logo Hurricanes 82 6 23 29 7 20:56 174 3.4% 28
2025-26 Team Logo Avalanche 41 5 15 20 21 19:25 84 6.0% 16
Season Projection 82 10 30 40 42 19:26 168 6.0% 32
Total 1538 266 664 930 31 4135 6.4% 871
Playoffs
Year Team GP G A Pts +/- TOI/G S S% PIM
2006-07 Team Logo Wild 5 0 1 1 1 18:58 12 0.0% 14
2007-08 Team Logo Wild 6 0 2 2 0 27:34 17 0.0% 6
2011-12 Team Logo Sharks 5 1 1 2 2 25:07 13 7.7% 4
2012-13 Team Logo Sharks 11 2 2 4 -1 17:49 31 6.5% 8
2013-14 Team Logo Sharks 7 2 1 3 -5 17:31 33 6.1% 23
2015-16 Team Logo Sharks 24 7 17 24 11 25:07 77 9.1% 12
2016-17 Team Logo Sharks 6 0 3 3 -1 25:04 28 0.0% 6
2017-18 Team Logo Sharks 10 3 4 7 -4 25:53 32 9.4% 6
2018-19 Team Logo Sharks 20 5 11 16 2 28:25 57 8.8% 6
2022-23 Team Logo Hurricanes 15 2 7 9 6 26:00 56 3.6% 20
2023-24 Team Logo Hurricanes 11 1 3 4 4 22:46 24 4.2% 2
2024-25 Team Logo Hurricanes 15 1 4 5 1 22:55 26 3.8% 10
Total 135 24 56 80 16 406 5.9% 117
Player MatchPowered by CORE
Player
Match		 Name Team Pos Age Height / Weight Season
P/G		 Career
P/G		 Offense
Rating		 Defense
Rating		 Actual AAV
Brent Burns Team Logo D 40.8 yrs 196 cm / 103 kg 0.49 0.60 75 82 $1.000M
84% Aaron Ekblad Team Logo D 29.9 yrs 193 cm / 99 kg 0.40 0.51 70 77 $6.100M
83% Thomas Harley Team Logo D 24.4 yrs 191 cm / 96 kg 0.50 0.52 76 80 $4.000M
82% Mattias Ekholm Team Logo D 35.6 yrs 196 cm / 101 kg 0.43 0.41 73 77 $6.000M
81% Hampus Lindholm Team Logo D 32 yrs 193 cm / 98 kg 0.41 0.41 71 82 $6.500M
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