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Cale Makar
Defenseman #8 Avalanche
Player Information

Cale Makar has 51 points (13 goals, 38 assists) in 44 games for the Colorado Avalanche this season.

Selected in the 1st round (No. 4) of the 2017 NHL Draft by the Colorado Avalanche, he has 479 points (129 goals, 350 assists) in 439 regular-season games for the Colorado Avalanche.

He also has 85 points (22 goals, 63 assists) in 79 Stanley Cup Playoff games.

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  • Country: Country FlagCAN
    Age: 27.2 yrs (30.10.1998)
    Height / Weight: 183 cm / 85 kg
    Shoots: R
    Drafted: 4th in 2017
    Draft Team: Team logoColorado Avalanche
    Awards: Calder Memorial Trophy (1x) James Norris Memorial Trophy (2x) Stanley Cup (1x) Conn Smythe Trophy (1x)
Player EvaluationPowered by CORE

The 27-year-old is an elite play-driver for his team, with the Avalanche controlling 62% of expected goals when he is on the ice. When Cale Makar is off the ice, the Avalanche control 56% of expected goals, indicating the team is noticeably better when he plays.

He is being deployed in an offense-leaning role, starting 41% of his shifts in the offensive zone versus 25% in the defensive zone.

  • 94

    Overall Rating
    Offense:Off: 1st of 283 Defensemen
    Defense:Def: 1st of 283 Defensemen
  • Metric Current Season
    PlayDriving
    0.07
    -0.140.11
    OnIce_xGoalsPct
    0.62
    0.350.65
    IceTimePerGame
    24.96
    1525
    Metric Current Season
    Goals/60
    0.73
    0.050.7
    PrimaryAssists/60
    1.23
    0.11
    SecondaryAssists/60
    0.89
    0.11
    xGoals/60
    0.57
    0.090.38
    OnIce_xGoalsFor/60
    4.51
    1.85
    OnIce_GoalsFor/60
    4.81
    1.45.5
    PP_xGoals/60
    0.88
    0.51.5
    Metric Current Season
    OnIce_xGoalsAgainst/60
    2.72
    2.54.5
    OnIce_GoalsAgainst/60
    2.18
    24.5
    Penalties/60
    0.50
    0.51.5
    ShotsBlocked/60
    4.14
    26
    Takeaways/60
    1.40
    0.52
    DZoneGiveaways/60
    1.45
    14
    DZoneStartPct
    0.25
    0.150.4
    PK_OnIce_xGoalsAgainst/60
    6.09
    512
Contract InformationPowered by CORE
Actual AAV: $9.000M
Player Contract Value: $13.900M
Remaining: 2 year(s)
Contract Ends: 2027 UFA
Age at the end: 29.7 yrs (30.10.1998)
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Cale Makar
Recent Games
Year Team GP G A Pts +/- TOI/G S S% PIM
03.01.2026 Team Logo Hurricanes 1 0 2 2 -1 24:34 2 0.0% 0
04.01.2026 Team Logo Panthers 1 0 0 0 -1 29:07 2 0.0% 0
06.01.2026 Team Logo Lightning 1 0 1 1 -2 26:04 1 0.0% 0
08.01.2026 Team Logo Senators 1 1 2 3 0 19:49 1 100.0% 0
10.01.2026 Team Logo Blue Jackets 1 0 0 0 0 23:37 0 0
Total 5 1 5 6 -4 6 16.7% 0
Regular Season
Year Team GP G A Pts +/- TOI/G S S% PIM
2019-20 Team Logo Avalanche 57 12 38 50 12 21:01 121 9.9% 12
2020-21 Team Logo Avalanche 44 8 36 44 17 24:19 104 7.7% 12
2021-22 Team Logo Avalanche 77 28 58 86 48 25:40 240 11.7% 26
2022-23 Team Logo Avalanche 60 17 49 66 16 26:22 176 9.7% 30
2023-24 Team Logo Avalanche 77 21 69 90 15 24:46 231 9.1% 16
2024-25 Team Logo Avalanche 80 30 62 92 28 25:43 246 12.2% 14
2025-26 Team Logo Avalanche 44 13 38 51 30 24:55 119 10.9% 18
Season Projection 82 24 71 95 56 24:55 222 10.8% 34
Total 439 129 350 479 166 1237 10.4% 128
Playoffs
Year Team GP G A Pts +/- TOI/G S S% PIM
2018-19 Team Logo Avalanche 10 1 5 6 3 17:22 14 7.1% 0
2019-20 Team Logo Avalanche 15 4 11 15 12 23:40 36 11.1% 0
2020-21 Team Logo Avalanche 10 2 8 10 0 24:23 23 8.7% 2
2021-22 Team Logo Avalanche 20 8 21 29 7 27:04 71 11.3% 10
2022-23 Team Logo Avalanche 6 1 4 5 5 25:40 20 5.0% 6
2023-24 Team Logo Avalanche 11 5 10 15 -3 26:58 36 13.9% 0
2024-25 Team Logo Avalanche 7 1 4 5 -1 26:48 26 3.8% 2
Total 79 22 63 85 23 226 9.7% 20
Player MatchPowered by CORE
Player
Match		 Name Team Pos Age Height / Weight Season
P/G		 Career
P/G		 Offense
Rating		 Defense
Rating		 Actual AAV
Cale Makar Team Logo D 27.2 yrs 183 cm / 85 kg 1.16 1.09 100 90 $9.000M
71% Adam Fox Team Logo D 27.9 yrs 180 cm / 84 kg 0.93 0.86 88 85 $3.817M
70% Lane Hutson Team Logo D 21.9 yrs 175 cm / 73 kg 0.98 0.87 88 86 $0.950M
69% Quinn Hughes Team Logo D 26.2 yrs 178 cm / 82 kg 0.98 0.95 85 82 $7.850M
66% Evan Bouchard Team Logo D 26.2 yrs 191 cm / 86 kg 0.96 0.72 90 79 $10.500M
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