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Alex Barré-Boulet

#72 · Centre · Colorado Avalanche

Born May 21, 1997 in Montmagny, Quebec, CAN (age 29) · 5'10", 180 lb · Shoots left

Compare with a similar player

The forwards closest to him in points in 2020-21. Pick one to see the two side by side, or choose someone else.

Lane Pederson ARI · 3 P in 15 GP Barrett Hayton ARI · 3 P in 14 GP Kiefer Sherwood COL · 3 P in 16 GP Kieffer Bellows NYI · 3 P in 14 GP Clark Bishop OTT · 3 P in 13 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.

024682020-21: 3 points320-212021-22: 6 points621-222022-23: 0 points022-232023-24: 9 points923-242024-25: 0 points024-252025-26: 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 TBL 15 3 0 3 0 0 26 8 0.20
2021-22 SEA 2 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 0.50 $758K
2021-22 TBL 14 3 2 5 0 4 16 10 0.36
2022-23 TBL 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0.00 $758K
2023-24 TBL 36 6 3 9 -9 10 46 26 0.25
2024-25 MTL 2 0 0 0 -2 2 0 3 0.00
2025-26 COL 2 0 1 1 0 0 0 3 0.50 $775K
6 seasons Career 72 12 7 19 -11 16 89 50 0.26

2020-21 season totals

GP G A P +/- PIM Shots Hits P/GP Shooting % Avg TOI
15 3 0 3 0 0 26 8 0.20 11.5 15:15

Contract

Contracts he has signed

Signed Signed by Kind Seasons Years In all Cap hit
Jul 2, 2026 San Jose Sharks New contract (two-way) 2026-27 to 2027-28 2 $1.75M $875K
2025-26 to 2025-26 $775K
2022-23 to 2022-23 $758K
2021-22 to 2023-24 $758K

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 2020-21 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.

2020-21 analytics

Rating

+0.8Goals above replacementsix goals are worth about one win
+0.1Wins above replacementgoals above replacement divided by six
+0.1Goals above averagethe five parts below added up
Even-strength offence-0.8Even-strength defence+0.9Power play+0.0Penalty kill+0.0Penalties+0.0

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. Before 2023-24 the NHL timed events less exactly, and differently from rink to rink, so expected goals for this season are rougher than for recent ones.

-0.500.512020-212021-222022-232023-242024-252025-262026-27Goals 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

55.7Corsi for %160 attempts for, 127 against
+3.7CF% relative to teamagainst the team without him
63.4Expected goals for %7.7 expected for, 4.5 against
+9.3xGF% relative to teamagainst the team without him
55.1Fenwick for %unblocked attempts
58.3Goals for %7 for, 5 against
102.1PDO9.1% shooting + 93.1% saves
27Attempts 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

Forward lineGPTimeCF%xGF%Goals
Ondrej Palat · Brayden Point · Alex Barré-Boulet13121:3256.563.36-4
Patrick Maroon · Mathieu Joseph · Alex Barré-Boulet18:5144.457.11-0
Alex Killorn · Yanni Gourde · Alex Barré-Boulet27:4673.788.30-0
Brayden Point · Anthony Cirelli · Alex Barré-Boulet17:1844.460.40-0

The lines 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 lines that played a fair amount together. Hover over one for its percentile.

Chances and finishing

Expected goals adds up how likely each of his shots was to go in, judged by where it came from, what kind of shot it was and whether it was a rebound. All situations, leaving out shots at an empty net. Before 2023-24 the NHL timed events less exactly, and differently from rink to rink, so expected goals for this season are rougher than for recent ones.

3Goalsnot counting empty-netters
3.5Expected goalsfrom 37 unblocked attempts
-0.5Goals above expectedgoals minus expected goals
Chances created 0.91 expected goals per 60 minutes78th
Shot quality 9.4% chance per attempt84th
Finishing -0.5 goals above expected45thOne season of finishing is mostly luck.

Each bar shows the share of forwards he is ahead of, among the 411 who played 300 minutes or more this season.

0123Expected 3.5Goals 3

His goals and his expected goals as the season went on. When the goals line pulls away above, he is scoring more than his chances were worth; below, less.

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, bigger for a better chance. "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
May 10, 2021 @ FLA L 0-4 0 0 0 -1 0 1 1 13:17
May 7, 2021 vs DAL L 2-5 1 0 1 -1 0 3 0 16:07
May 5, 2021 vs DAL W 6-2 0 0 0 -1 0 0 0 14:44
May 2, 2021 @ DET W 2-1 0 0 0 0 0 2 1 14:03
May 1, 2021 @ DET L 0-1 (SO) 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 13:45
Apr 29, 2021 vs DAL W 3-0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 16:35
Apr 27, 2021 @ CHI W 7-4 1 0 1 2 0 6 0 17:20
Apr 25, 2021 vs CBJ W 4-3 (OT) 1 0 1 1 0 6 2 17:51
Apr 22, 2021 vs CBJ W 3-1 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 19:06
Apr 20, 2021 vs CAR L 1-4 0 0 0 1 0 1 1 16:45
Apr 19, 2021 vs CAR W 3-2 (OT) 0 0 0 -1 0 2 0 13:55
Apr 17, 2021 vs FLA L 3-5 0 0 0 -1 0 1 1 16:20
Apr 15, 2021 vs FLA W 3-2 (OT) 0 0 0 -1 0 0 0 16:05
Mar 9, 2021 @ DET W 4-3 (OT) 0 0 0 1 0 1 1 10:43
Feb 22, 2021 @ CAR W 4-2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 12:11