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Keaton Middleton

#67 · Defence · Colorado Avalanche

Born Feb 10, 1998 in Edmonton, Alberta, CAN (age 28) · 6'6", 240 lb · Shoots left · Drafted 101st overall in 2016 by TOR (round 4)

Compare with a similar player

The defencemen closest to him in points in 2025-26. Pick one to see the two side by side, or choose someone else.

Dysin Mayo CBJ · 1 P in 3 GP David Reinbacher MTL · 1 P in 2 GP Isaiah George NYI · 1 P in 4 GP Ludvig Jansson FLA · 1 P in 4 GP Maxim Groshev TBL · 1 P in 2 GP

Career

Regular season games only. Pick a season to see its game log below. Cap hit is what he counted against the salary cap that season, where it is known.

00.511.522020-21: 0 points020-212024-25: 2 points224-252025-26: 1 points125-26

Points by season. The darker bar is the season shown below.

Season Team GP G A P +/- PIM Shots Hits P/GP Cap hit
2020-21 COL 3 0 0 0 -1 4 2 4 0.00 $743K
2024-25 COL 41 0 2 2 0 28 44 69 0.05 $775K
2025-26 COL 3 0 1 1 -1 4 0 6 0.33 $775K
3 seasons Career 47 0 3 3 -2 36 46 79 0.06

2025-26 season totals

GP G A P +/- PIM Shots Hits P/GP Shooting % Avg TOI
3 0 1 1 -1 4 0 6 0.33 0.0 10:45

Contract

$775KCap hitends in 2027, then UFA
$775KCap dollars per point1 points in 3 games

His cap hit for the whole season, set against what he did in the regular season. Lower is better value. In a season still being played the cost per point starts high and falls as the games add up. He rated at or below a spare-part player, so there is no cost per goal to show.

The contract

Signed by the Colorado Avalanche on Jan 2, 2025, as an extension of the contract he was on: 2 years and $1.625M, beginning in 2025-26. It runs through 2026-27, with 1 season left after this one, and he is then an unrestricted free agent.

Season Cap hit Base salary Signing bonus Performance bonuses Paid in all Clause
2025-26 $775K $775K $0 $775K
2026-27 $850K $775K $0 $775K

Each season of the contract, with this one marked. The cap hit is the same every year; what he is paid is not. The pay is as written when the contract was recorded in October 2024, so a later change, such as the rise in the lowest salary for 2026-27, is not shown.

Contracts he has signed

Signed Signed by Kind Seasons Years In all Cap hit
Jan 2, 2025 Colorado Avalanche Extension 2025-26 to 2026-27 2 $1.625M $775K
Feb 25, 2023 Colorado Avalanche Extension 2023-24 to 2024-25 2 $1.55M $775K
Jul 21, 2022 Colorado Avalanche New contract 2022-23 to 2022-23 1 $750K $750K
Mar 30, 2021 Colorado Avalanche Entry-level 2020-21 to 2021-22 2 $1.485M $743K

Every contract on record for him, newest first, with the team that signed him to it and the day it was signed. The one covering 2025-26 is marked. An extension is signed while the contract before it is still running, often a year ahead. A row with no team or date is a contract known only by its cap hit, most often one signed since October 2024.

2025-26 analytics

Rating

-1.0Goals above replacementsix goals are worth about one win
-0.2Wins above replacementgoals above replacement divided by six
-1.1Goals above averagethe five parts below added up
Even-strength offence-0.3Even-strength defence-0.7Power play0.0Penalty kill+0.0Penalties-0.2

The goals he added to his team's goal difference, compared with a spare-part player given the same ice time. Each part is measured against the league, so zero is an average skater. A full season is about two-thirds the player and one-third chance. He has played fewer than 20 games, too few to be ranked.

-1-0.500.512020-212024-252025-26Goals above replacementGoals above replacement, by season

On the ice

What happened at five-on-five while he was on the ice. What these numbers mean

44.7Corsi for %17 attempts for, 21 against
-10.6CF% relative to teamagainst the team without him
28.5Expected goals for %0.9 expected for, 2.3 against
-30.7xGF% relative to teamagainst the team without him
30.8Fenwick for %unblocked attempts
33.3Goals for %1 for, 2 against
101.8PDO20.0% shooting + 81.8% saves
4Attempts takenhis own shot attempts

These are left plain: he has not been on the ice enough to be ranked. That takes at least 200 shot attempts with him out there, about six or seven games, and a quarter of what the busiest skater has. Over a game or two these numbers are mostly chance.

Who he played with

Defence pairGPTimeCF%xGF%Goals
Keaton Middleton · Samuel Girard316:1752.634.81-2
Brent Burns · Keaton Middleton37:1571.451.40-0
Josh Manson · Keaton Middleton23:4240.031.30-0
Keaton Middleton · Sam Malinski22:030.00.00-0

The pairs he spent the most time in at five-on-five, with the team's share of the shot attempts and expected goals, and the goals for and against, while they were out. The two shares are coloured as above, against the league's pairs that played a fair amount together. Hover over one for its percentile.

Where he shot from

Every attempt he took this season, in all situations, attacking the net on the right. There is a dot for each attempt. "Show as heat map" shades the ice by where the attempts came from. Click a goal for its details.

Game log

Date Opponent Result G A P +/- PIM Shots Hits TOI
Jan 31, 2026 @ DET W 5-0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 08:55
Jan 29, 2026 @ MTL L 3-7 0 0 0 -1 4 0 2 12:58
Jan 28, 2026 @ OTT L 2-5 0 1 1 0 0 0 2 10:23