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Brent Burns

Colorado Avalanche
Position D
Age 41
Height 6'5"
Weight 228LBS
Shoots R
Birth Place Barrie, ON, CAN
Born Mar 8, 1985

Key Insights

2026-27
He is barely used, which tells you where he sits

Burns plays 16:13 a night, 163rd among defencemen.

146 minutes across 9 games
The scoreboard moves the wrong way when he plays

He is -2 on the season.

503rd in the league
A lot of his shots miss the net entirely

50.0% of his unblocked attempts actually hit the net.

20 of 40 unblocked, 53rd of 57 defencemen
There is one shot he goes to more than any other

32.2% of his attempts are the wrist shot.

19 attempts, 0 goals
He gets almost nothing from long range

42.4% of his attempts are fired from beyond 45 feet.

25 long-range attempts, 42nd of 57 defencemen
He works one side of the ice far more than the other

49.2% of his attempts come from the right side.

13 left, 17 middle, 29 right

Lineup and with-you/without-you numbers are built from shift charts, which are loaded per season. Seasons without shift data show no lineups. With-you/without-you totals exclude empty-net play, so a 6-on-5 push does not land in a with-or-without-you number. xG is Digest’s estimated model.

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Player Bio Data
DOB Mar 8, 1985
Birth Place Barrie, ON, CAN
Height 6'5"
Weight 228 LBS
Shoots/Catches R