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Brent Burns
Defenseman #84 Avalanche $1.000M
Player Information

Brent Burns has 27 points (9 goals, 18 assists) in 56 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 937 points (270 goals, 667 assists) in 1553 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.

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  • Country: Country FlagCAN
    Age: 41 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)
Player Evaluation

The 41-year-old is a strong positive for his team, with the Avalanche controlling 54% of expected goals when he is on the ice. When Brent Burns is off the ice, the Avalanche control 59% 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 39% in the defensive zone.

  • 80

    Overall Rating
    Offense:Off: 42nd of 285 Defensemen
    Defense:Def: 59th of 285 Defensemen
  • Metric Current Season
    PlayDriving
    -0.04
    -0.140.11
    OnIce_xGoalsPct
    0.54
    0.350.65
    IceTimePerGame
    19.55
    1525
    Metric Current Season
    Goals/60
    0.52
    0.050.7
    PrimaryAssists/60
    0.46
    0.11
    SecondaryAssists/60
    0.52
    0.11
    xGoals/60
    0.27
    0.090.38
    OnIce_xGoalsFor/60
    3.32
    1.85
    OnIce_GoalsFor/60
    3.59
    1.45.5
    PP_xGoals/60
    0.00
    0.51.5
    Metric Current Season
    OnIce_xGoalsAgainst/60
    2.80
    2.54.5
    OnIce_GoalsAgainst/60
    2.43
    24.5
    Penalties/60
    0.52
    0.51.5
    ShotsBlocked/60
    3.42
    26
    Takeaways/60
    0.75
    0.52
    DZoneGiveaways/60
    3.13
    14
    DZoneStartPct
    0.39
    0.150.4
    PK_OnIce_xGoalsAgainst/60
    5.67
    512
Contract Information
Actual AAV: $1.000M
Player Contract Value: $7.200M
Remaining: 1 year(s)
Contract Ends: 2026 UFA
Age at the end: 42.3 yrs (09.03.1985)
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Brent Burns
Recent Games
Year Team GP G A Pts +/- TOI/G S S% PIM
29.01.2026 MTL 1 0 0 0 -3 21:30 1 0.0% 0
31.01.2026 DET 1 1 0 1 2 20:52 1 100.0% 0
02.02.2026 DET 1 0 0 0 0 18:31 1 0.0% 0
04.02.2026 SJS 1 0 0 0 1 18:34 4 0.0% 2
25.02.2026 UTA 1 0 1 1 2 19:06 1 0.0% 0
Total 5 1 1 2 2 8 12.5% 2
Regular Season
Year Team GP G A Pts +/- TOI/G S S% PIM
2003-04 Minnesota Wild 36 1 5 6 -10 13:28 34 2.9% 12
2005-06 Minnesota Wild 72 4 12 16 -7 14:07 73 5.5% 32
2006-07 Minnesota Wild 77 7 18 25 16 15:48 108 6.5% 26
2007-08 Minnesota Wild 82 15 28 43 12 23:06 158 9.5% 80
2008-09 Minnesota Wild 59 8 19 27 -7 22:25 147 5.4% 45
2009-10 Minnesota Wild 47 3 17 20 -15 22:22 104 2.9% 32
2010-11 Minnesota Wild 80 17 29 46 -10 25:03 170 10.0% 98
2011-12 San Jose Sharks 81 11 26 37 8 22:31 201 5.5% 34
2012-13 San Jose Sharks 30 9 11 20 0 16:16 81 11.1% 20
2013-14 San Jose Sharks 69 22 26 48 26 16:49 245 9.0% 34
2014-15 San Jose Sharks 82 17 43 60 -9 23:56 245 6.9% 65
2015-16 San Jose Sharks 82 27 48 75 -5 25:52 353 7.6% 53
2016-17 San Jose Sharks 82 29 47 76 19 24:52 320 9.1% 40
2017-18 San Jose Sharks 82 12 55 67 -16 25:15 332 3.6% 46
2018-19 San Jose Sharks 82 16 67 83 13 25:06 300 5.3% 34
2019-20 San Jose Sharks 70 12 33 45 -22 25:25 225 5.3% 34
2020-21 San Jose Sharks 56 7 22 29 -13 26:08 138 5.1% 36
2021-22 San Jose Sharks 82 10 44 54 -15 26:08 203 4.9% 42
2022-23 Carolina Hurricanes 82 18 43 61 19 23:13 255 7.1% 44
2023-24 Carolina Hurricanes 82 10 33 43 19 21:30 185 5.4% 20
2024-25 Carolina Hurricanes 82 6 23 29 7 20:56 174 3.4% 28
2025-26 Colorado Avalanche 56 9 18 27 30 19:30 120 7.5% 20
Total 1553 270 667 937 40 4171 6.5% 875
Playoffs
Year Team GP G A Pts +/- TOI/G S S% PIM
2006-07 Minnesota Wild 5 0 1 1 1 18:58 12 0.0% 14
2007-08 Minnesota Wild 6 0 2 2 0 27:34 17 0.0% 6
2011-12 San Jose Sharks 5 1 1 2 2 25:07 13 7.7% 4
2012-13 San Jose Sharks 11 2 2 4 -1 17:49 31 6.5% 8
2013-14 San Jose Sharks 7 2 1 3 -5 17:31 33 6.1% 23
2015-16 San Jose Sharks 24 7 17 24 11 25:07 77 9.1% 12
2016-17 San Jose Sharks 6 0 3 3 -1 25:04 28 0.0% 6
2017-18 San Jose Sharks 10 3 4 7 -4 25:53 32 9.4% 6
2018-19 San Jose Sharks 20 5 11 16 2 28:25 57 8.8% 6
2022-23 Carolina Hurricanes 15 2 7 9 6 26:00 56 3.6% 20
2023-24 Carolina Hurricanes 11 1 3 4 4 22:46 24 4.2% 2
2024-25 Carolina Hurricanes 15 1 4 5 1 22:55 26 3.8% 10
Total 135 24 56 80 16 406 5.9% 117
Player Match
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 41 yrs 196 cm / 103 kg 0.48 0.60 72 84 $1.000M
90% Dougie Hamilton Team Logo D 32.7 yrs 198 cm / 104 kg 0.41 0.59 75 84 $9.000M
82% Thomas Harley Team Logo D 24.5 yrs 191 cm / 96 kg 0.54 0.53 69 86 $4.000M
82% Mattias Ekholm Team Logo D 35.8 yrs 196 cm / 101 kg 0.49 0.41 72 78 $6.000M
80% Seth Jones Team Logo D 31.4 yrs 193 cm / 96 kg 0.60 0.52 79 90 $3.817M
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