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Brent Burns

D · 6′5″ / 228 lb · Shoots R · Barrie, CAN · Age 41 · 2003 #20 by MIN

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945Career points

0.598Career P/GP

1,579Games played

273Goals

22 seasonsNHL service

Overview

2025-2635points

The latest read.

35 points in 82 games in 2025-26. Career: 945 points across 1,579 games.

82GP

12goals

23assists

35points

172shots

1PP points

official NHL landing · 2025-26

The career ledger.

Regular season and playoffsofficial NHL landing

Regular season945 pts

273 G · 672 A · 1,579 GP
0.598 P/GP · 323 PPP · 22:11 ATOI

Stanley Cup playoffs84 pts

24 G · 60 A · 148 GP
0.568 P/GP · 32 PPP · 23:41 ATOI

0.167 → 0.427P/GP by season · 22 seasons of 10+ GP · peak 2018-19

The arc.

Points and points per game by seasonNHL season log · 22 seasons

pointspoints per gamecareer 0.598peak 2018-19

When it mattered.

Postseason against the field. A smaller, self-selected population, so it is marked on the scale rather than filled626 all-time peers

Playoff career · 148 GP · 24 G · 60 A · 84 pts (0.568 P/GP)

Points · his class100.0

#1 of 21

Points · all-time98.2

#12 of 626

Goals · all-time99.4

#5 of 626

Last five games.

Most recent official appearancesofficial game log

2026-05-26@ VGKPlayoff18:39 TOI0G 0A0 P · 0 S

2026-05-24@ VGKPlayoff16:38 TOI0G 0A0 P · 2 S

2026-05-22vs VGKPlayoff20:01 TOI0G 1A1 P · 5 S

2026-05-20vs VGKPlayoff16:55 TOI0G 0A0 P · 2 S

2026-05-13vs MINPlayoff19:47 TOI0G 2A2 P · 3 S

What this draft slot returns.

Observed careers at the same pick, across all positionsdraft history · 2026-08-14 00:35 UTC

2003 draft#20round 1 · MIN

29Players in sample

93.1%Reached the NHL

NHL regular-season games

Pick #20 historical average506

Brent Burns1,579

Most games in this sample: Brent Burns (2003, MIN), 1,579 NHL games.

Sample: 29 players taken #20, across all positions, from draft classes through 2018 on file. Historical totals reflect the 2026-08-14 00:35 UTC snapshot; Brent Burns's games use this page's NHL career record. Active careers can still grow.

These are observed outcomes, not a forecast for Brent Burns. Exact-slot rates require at least 12 players. Draft Value methodology.

Against history.

Percentile against every NHL peercareer totals · position-aware

Career P/GP95.4

#24 of 504 · 0.598

Points100.0

#1 of 1,108 · 945

Goals100.0

#1 of 1,108 · 273

Assists99.9

#2 of 1,108 · 672

Games played99.9

#2 of 1,108 · 1,579

The height of the career.

Peak season and the best five41+ GP qualified seasons

2018-19 peak: 82 GP / 16 G / 67 A / 83 Pts / 1.012 P/GP · 25:06 TOI

Best five	GP	G	A	PTS	P/GP
2018-19	82	16	67	83	1.012
2016-17	82	29	47	76	0.927
2015-16	82	27	48	75	0.915
2017-18	82	12	55	67	0.817
2022-23	82	18	43	61	0.744
Prime-five	410	102	260	362	0.883

Honours.

Trophies won and near missesofficial NHL landing

James Norris Memorial Trophy2016-17NHL Foundation Player Award2014-15All-Star Team2nd · 2019James Norris Memorial Trophy2nd · 2019All-Star Team3rd · 2016

Career

Where he stands right now.

2025-26 league position and career shapeNHL league browser 2025-26

League context#233points among 940 skaters

Position context#43D scoring rank

Career peak832018-19 · points

NHL career22seasons · 4 clubs

Season by season.

Every NHL season · peak highlighted, split seasons kept apart22 regular-season rows

Season	Team	GP	G	A	PTS	+/-	PPP	S
2025-26	Colorado Avalanche	82	12	23	35	+33	1	172
2024-25	Carolina Hurricanes	82	6	23	29	+7	3	174
2023-24	Carolina Hurricanes	82	10	33	43	+19	20	185
2022-23	Carolina Hurricanes	82	18	43	61	+19	23	255
2021-22	San Jose Sharks	82	10	44	54	-15	18	203
2020-21	San Jose Sharks	56	7	22	29	-13	6	138
2019-20	San Jose Sharks	70	12	33	45	-22	17	225
2018-19Peak	San Jose Sharks	82	16	67	83	+13	28	300
2017-18	San Jose Sharks	82	12	55	67	-16	27	332
2016-17	San Jose Sharks	82	29	47	76	+19	25	320
2015-16	San Jose Sharks	82	27	48	75	-5	30	353
2014-15	San Jose Sharks	82	17	43	60	-9	24	245
2013-14	San Jose Sharks	69	22	26	48	+26	11	245
2012-13	San Jose Sharks	30	9	11	20	0	3	81
2011-12	San Jose Sharks	81	11	26	37	+8	16	201
2010-11	Minnesota Wild	80	17	29	46	-10	14	170
2009-10	Minnesota Wild	47	3	17	20	-15	11	104
2008-09	Minnesota Wild	59	8	19	27	-7	14	147
2007-08	Minnesota Wild	82	15	28	43	+12	19	158
2006-07	Minnesota Wild	77	7	18	25	+16	7	108
2005-06	Minnesota Wild	72	4	12	16	-7	4	73
2003-04	Minnesota Wild	36	1	5	6	-10	2	34

Season	Team	GP	G	A	PTS	+/-	PPP	S
2025-26	Colorado Avalanche	13	0	4	4	+9	0	23
2024-25	Carolina Hurricanes	15	1	4	5	+1	2	26
2023-24	Carolina Hurricanes	11	1	3	4	+4	1	24
2022-23	Carolina Hurricanes	15	2	7	9	+6	4	56
2018-19	San Jose Sharks	20	5	11	16	+2	5	57
2017-18	San Jose Sharks	10	3	4	7	-4	3	32
2016-17	San Jose Sharks	6	0	3	3	-1	3	28
2015-16	San Jose Sharks	24	7	17	24	+11	10	77
2013-14	San Jose Sharks	7	2	1	3	-5	1	33
2012-13	San Jose Sharks	11	2	2	4	-1	0	31
2011-12	San Jose Sharks	5	1	1	2	+2	1	13
2007-08	Minnesota Wild	6	0	2	2	0	2	17
2006-07	Minnesota Wild	5	0	1	1	+1	0	12

The same numbers, in the league that produced them.

Every qualified season levelled to a 3.00-goal NHLofficial final standings · 1990-91 onward

The best raw season is 2018-19 (1.012). Level the leagues out and 2015-16 moves ahead, 1.012 against 1.007, because it was played in a tighter-scoring NHL.

Season	GP	Raw P/GP	League GF/gm	Adj. P/GP
2025-26	82	0.427	3.13	0.410
2024-25	82	0.354	3.04	0.349
2023-24	82	0.524	3.11	0.505
2022-23	82	0.744	3.18	0.702
2021-22	82	0.659	3.14	0.628
2020-21	56	0.518	2.94	0.529
2019-20	70	0.643	3.02	0.639
2018-19	82	1.012	3.01	1.007
2017-18	82	0.817	2.97	0.825
2016-17	82	0.927	2.77	1.005
2015-16Best adjusted	82	0.915	2.71	1.012
2014-15	82	0.732	2.73	0.804
2013-14	69	0.696	2.74	0.760
2012-13	30	0.667	2.72	0.735
2011-12	81	0.457	2.73	0.501
2010-11	80	0.575	2.79	0.618
2009-10	47	0.426	2.84	0.449
2008-09	59	0.458	2.91	0.471
2007-08	82	0.524	2.78	0.565
2006-07	77	0.325	2.95	0.331
2005-06	72	0.222	3.08	0.216
2003-04	36	0.167	2.57	0.195

Method: each season's raw points per game is multiplied by 3.00 ÷ that season's league goals per team-game, taken from the official final standings. Seasons under 20 games are excluded. It levels scoring climate and nothing else (not role, ice time, teammates, schedule or injury), so treat it as one comparison, not a verdict.

Before the NHL.

Junior, college, European and international rowsofficial NHL landing · season totals

Season	League	Team	GP	G	A	PTS
2016-17	WCup	Canada	6	0	3	3
2014-15	WC-A	Canada	10	2	9	11
2010-11	WC-A	Canada	7	2	2	4
2009-10	WC-A	Canada	7	0	5	5
2007-08	WC-A	Canada	9	3	6	9
2004-05	AHL	Houston	73	11	16	27
2004-05	AHL	Houston	5	0	0	0
2003-04	AHL	Houston	1	0	1	1
2003-04	WJC-A	Canada	6	0	6	6
2002-03	OHL	Brampton	68	15	25	40
2002-03	OHL	Brampton	11	5	6	11
2001-02	OPJHL	Couchiching	68	15	25	40
2000-01	MTHL	North York	46	4	7	11

The comparable set.

Chosen by a printed rule, not by feelNHL dossier pool · 1,162 careers

Selection rule. Defencemen only; career games played within ±20% of 1,579 (or ±10 games, whichever band is wider: 1,263 to 1,895); then the five nearest by career P/GP, ties broken by the closest games played. The pool is the 1,162 players in this site's NHL dossier set who own at least one official regular-season game: 1 of them cleared the band.

Drew DoughtyD · 2008 #2 · active1,279 GP · 165 G · 544 A · 709 P0.554 P/GP · −0.044

Similar career shape is not similar player. The rule matches volume and rate only; it knows nothing about era, position within the group, usage or role, and two careers can land on the same line for opposite reasons.

Insights

NHL Edge tracking.

Measured puck and player tracking · 2025-26 regular seasonNHL Edge tracking · api-web.nhle.com · coverage from 2021-22 · fetched 2026-08-17

Tracked axisMeasuredPercentile, 0 to 100Pct

Top shot speed95.0mph78.3

152.9 km/h equivalent · league average 88.9 mph

Max skating speed22.2mph69.1

35.6 km/h equivalent · league average 21.6 mph

Distance skated360.3km78.1

223.9 mi equivalent · league average 214.3 km

Most distance in one game5.7km67.3

3.6 mi equivalent · league average 5.2 km

Bursts over 20 mph30bursts61.7

league average 31.3

Where the shift was spent

Offensive zone time42.5%62.2

league average 42.3

Neutral zone time18.4%82.2

league average 16.8

Defensive zone time39.1%69.8

league average 40.9

Shots on goal, by location

All shots on goal172shots94.8

league average 62.1 shots

High-danger shots on goal4shots59.3

league average 4.0 shots

Method: every figure and every percentile on this panel is published by the NHL Edge endpoint. This site converts nothing and ranks nothing. The percentile column is the league's own, against the tracked population for 2025-26. Speeds arrive in mph and km/h; distance is read in kilometres with the mile conversion stated beside it. Tracked seasons on file for this player: 2021-22, 2022-23, 2023-24, 2024-25, 2025-26.

The shot map.

Where his shots came from · 2025-26 regular season · NHL Edge areasNHL Edge shot-location detail · api-web.nhle.com · fetched 2026-08-18

Hover, tap or focus an area for its exact figures. Net at the top; left and right as the shooter sees them.

AreaShotsShare of hisPct

R Point695 G100th

Center Point302 G90th

L Point150 G74th

High Slot133 G91th

Outside R130 G92th

R Circle122 G90th

Beyond Red Line70 G82th

L Circle60 G70th

Low Slot30 G52th

Outside L20 G50th

Crease10 G75th

Offensive Neutral Zone10 G56th

Behind the Net00 G0th

L Corner00 G0th

L Net Side00 G0th

R Corner00 G0th

R Net Side00 G0th

4high danger0 G · 0.0%

31mid danger5 G · 16.1%

114long range7 G · 6.1%

Method: 172 shots on goal in 2025-26, placed by the NHL into the areas it names; each area is shaded by its share of his total, so this map is his distribution and not a comparison to any other player. The percentile column is the league's own for shots from that area, where it publishes one; nothing is converted, ranked or combined. Areas as the NHL names them; the drawing is to rink proportion with the net at the top.

Awards voting.

2 trophy wins · 6 top-three finishes · 22 ballot appearances · 354 first-place votesNHL award ballot history

All-Star Team1× won · 9 ballots · top-3 ×3best 1st · 2017 · 98.3% of the vote

James Norris Memorial Trophy1× won · 7 ballots · top-3 ×3best 1st · 2017 · 86.0% of the vote

Hart Memorial Trophy3 ballotsbest 4th · 2017 · 16.4% of the vote

Lady Byng Memorial Trophy3 ballotsbest 35th · 2012 · 0.2% of the vote

Opponent atlas.

Career results by opponentlocal NHL AI Opponent Atlas

Opponents tracked32minimum five games

Most points vs.LAK68 points in 105 GP

Best scoring pace vs.OTT0.84 points per game

Career volume leaders

Career vs.LAK68 points105 GP · 24 G · 44 A289 shots · 22 PP points

Career vs.COL64 points89 GP · 22 G · 42 A246 shots · 17 PP points

Career vs.EDM57 points91 GP · 17 G · 40 A222 shots · 21 PP points

Career vs.ANA54 points90 GP · 16 G · 38 A257 shots · 15 PP points

Career vs.STL51 points85 GP · 17 G · 34 A227 shots · 18 PP points

Career vs.CGY51 points86 GP · 14 G · 37 A205 shots · 19 PP points

Best points-per-game matchups

Pace vs.OTT0.84 P/GP32 GP · 9 G · 18 A92 shots · 11 PP points

Pace vs.WSH0.78 P/GP40 GP · 9 G · 22 A105 shots · 13 PP points

Pace vs.TOR0.73 P/GP33 GP · 4 G · 20 A96 shots · 13 PP points

Pace vs.COL0.72 P/GP89 GP · 22 G · 42 A246 shots · 17 PP points

Pace vs.BUF0.71 P/GP31 GP · 4 G · 18 A98 shots · 8 PP points

Pace vs.MTL0.70 P/GP30 GP · 5 G · 16 A90 shots · 6 PP points

Frozen from the local NHL AI Opponent Atlas. These are descriptive career splits through the source snapshot, not a projection of the next matchup and not evidence that the opponent caused the result.

Against the goaltenders.

Best and worst goaltenders faced · 3 seasonsNHL play-by-play · 2023-24, 2024-25, 2025-26 · 4,192 games · fetched 2026-08-18

605 shots on goal against 84 goaltenders, 29 goals: 4.8% overall, against a league baseline of 10.2%. 4 of those goaltenders have seen the 20 shots a rate is published on below.

Best against: minimum 20 shots on goal

Goaltender	SOG	G	SH%	Top shot
Darcy KuemperLAK	22	2	9.1%	wrist
Ilya SorokinNYI	22	1	4.5%	wrist
Sergei BobrovskyFLA	28	1	3.6%	snap
Igor ShesterkinNYR	29	0	0.0%	wrist

Worst against: same 20-shot minimum

Goaltender	SOG	G	SH%	Top shot
Igor ShesterkinNYR	29	0	0.0%	wrist
Sergei BobrovskyFLA	28	1	3.6%	snap
Ilya SorokinNYI	22	1	4.5%	wrist
Darcy KuemperLAK	22	2	9.1%	wrist

Method: every shot is attributed to the goaltender the feed says was in the net (details.goalieInNetId). Blocked shots and empty-net events are both excluded, the first because the puck never reached a goaltender and the second because there was none to charge. Shooting percentage is goals divided by shots on goal, the league definition. The league baseline of 10.2% beside each rate is computed from the same 241,107 shots this dataset counted, so the two figures are measured the same way. A 20-shot minimum is a small sample by any standard and these boards will move; they are a record of what has happened, not a prediction of what will.

The source receipt.

Official basics plus named researchOfficial NHL API Web player landing, with local nhl api draft cache reuse

Career, season, game-log, bio, draft and award rows come from official NHL endpoints. Redraft is a separate hindsight model with its own snapshot clock. Pressure is a descriptive Gamelogs layer. Development Trails uses its own declared clock. Missing evidence stays unavailable rather than being drawn as zero.

Official endpoint: player landing · redraft 2026-07-10-redraft-v5.2 snapshot 2026-07-09.