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Morgan Barron

#36 · Centre · Winnipeg Jets

Born Dec 2, 1998 in Halifax, Nova Scotia, CAN (age 27) · 6'4", 220 lb · Shoots left · Drafted 174th overall in 2017 by NYR (round 6)

Compare with a similar player

The forwards closest to him in points in 2021-22. Pick one to see the two side by side, or choose someone else.

Brendan Perlini EDM · 5 P in 23 GP Drew O'Connor PIT · 5 P in 22 GP Jeffrey Viel SJS · 5 P in 34 GP Colton Sceviour EDM · 5 P in 35 GP Mark Jankowski BUF · 5 P in 19 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.

051015202020-21: 1 points120-212021-22: 5 points521-222022-23: 21 points2122-232023-24: 18 points1823-242024-25: 15 points1524-252025-26: 23 points2325-262026-27: 1 points126-27

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 NYR 5 1 0 1 -1 2 3 12 0.20 $925K
2021-22 NYR 13 0 1 1 -1 4 9 28 0.08 $925K
2021-22 WPG 14 2 2 4 -3 4 24 21 0.29
2022-23 WPG 70 8 13 21 4 31 112 118 0.30 $925K
2023-24 WPG 80 11 7 18 10 23 94 122 0.23 $1.35M
2024-25 WPG 74 8 7 15 8 16 92 122 0.20 $1.35M
2025-26 WPG 65 11 12 23 5 31 93 132 0.35 $1.85M
2026-27 WPG 5 0 1 1 1 2 5 15 0.20 $1.85M
7 seasons Career 326 41 43 84 23 113 432 570 0.26

Playoffs

Playoff games only. Pick a season to see that year's bracket.

Season Team GP G A P +/- PIM Shots Hits P/GP
2022-23 WPG 5 0 0 0 -6 2 13 20 0.00
2024-25 WPG 13 0 2 2 -6 2 13 37 0.15
2 seasons Playoffs 18 0 2 2 -12 4 26 57 0.11

2021-22 season totals

GP G A P +/- PIM Shots Hits P/GP Shooting % Avg TOI
27 2 3 5 -4 8 33 49 0.19 6.1 9:48

Contract

$925KCap hitends in 2023
$185KCap dollars per point5 points in 27 games
$514KWorth at the going ratewhat teams paid for a season like his
-$411KValueworth minus cap hit; below zero is overpaid

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. Value is coloured by where it ranks among the 716 ranked skaters whose contract is known. How value is worked out.

The contract

Signed by the New York Rangers on Jul 31, 2020, as an entry-level contract: 3 years and $5.325M, beginning in 2020-21. It runs through 2022-23, with 1 season left after this one.

Season Cap hit Base salary Signing bonus Performance bonuses Paid in all Clause
2020-21 $925K $833K $93K $850K $925K
2021-22 $925K $833K $93K $850K $925K
2022-23 $925K $833K $93K $850K $925K

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
Jul 14, 2025 Winnipeg Jets New contract 2025-26 to 2026-27 2 $3.7M $1.85M
Jul 17, 2023 Winnipeg Jets New contract 2023-24 to 2024-25 2 $2.7M $1.35M
Jul 31, 2020 New York Rangers Entry-level 2020-21 to 2022-23 3 $5.325M $925K

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 2021-22 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.

2021-22 analytics

Rating

-0.3Goals above replacement547th of 723 skaters, 375th of 481 forwards
0.0Wins above replacementgoals above replacement divided by six
-1.0Goals above averagethe five parts below added up

Each number is coloured by where it ranks among the 481 ranked forwards: green is in the top fifth and red the bottom fifth, with paler shades in between and amber for the middle. Hover over a tile for its percentile.

Even-strength offence-1.2 37th percentileEven-strength defence+0.1 48th percentilePower play0.0 64th percentilePenalty kill+0.0 54th percentilePenalties+0.0 38th percentile

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, and the rank beside it is among forwards. A full season is about two-thirds the player and one-third chance. Provisional: under 40 games it is more chance than player. 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.

-2024682020-212021-222022-232023-242024-252025-262026-27Goals 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

45.0Corsi for %184 attempts for, 225 against
-3.1CF% relative to teamagainst the team without him
47.3Expected goals for %9.6 expected for, 10.7 against
-3.9xGF% relative to teamagainst the team without him
48.6Fenwick for %unblocked attempts
37.5Goals for %6 for, 10 against
96.7PDO5.1% shooting + 91.6% saves
46Attempts 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 lineTeamGPTimeCF%xGF%Goals
Adam Lowry · Mason Appleton · Morgan BarronWPG731:4549.347.11-1
Jonny Brodzinski · Tim Gettinger · Morgan BarronNYR322:2638.743.51-0
Dominic Toninato · Jansen Harkins · Morgan BarronWPG521:4958.170.42-1
Paul Stastny · Nikolaj Ehlers · Morgan BarronWPG520:3963.951.02-2

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.

2Goalsnot counting empty-netters
3.0Expected goalsfrom 39 unblocked attempts
-1.0Goals above expectedgoals minus expected goals
Chances created 0.67 expected goals per 60 minutes34th
Shot quality 7.6% chance per attempt31st
Finishing -1.0 goals above expected45thOne season of finishing is mostly luck.

Each bar shows the share of forwards he is ahead of, among the 451 who played 300 minutes or more this season.

012Game 20Expected 3.0Goals 2

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 1, 2022 vs SEA W 4-3 1 1 2 1 0 2 2 13:07
Apr 29, 2022 vs CGY W 3-1 0 0 0 0 0 2 4 07:35
Apr 27, 2022 vs PHI W 4-0 0 0 0 0 0 2 3 09:25
Apr 24, 2022 vs COL W 4-1 0 0 0 1 0 3 1 15:44
Apr 21, 2022 @ CAR L 2-4 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 09:55
Apr 19, 2022 @ NYR L 0-3 0 0 0 0 2 2 2 11:55
Apr 16, 2022 @ TBL L 4-7 0 0 0 -4 0 2 1 13:56
Apr 15, 2022 @ FLA L 1-6 0 0 0 -3 0 0 0 10:25
Apr 11, 2022 @ MTL W 4-2 1 1 2 2 0 4 1 14:40
Apr 10, 2022 @ OTT W 4-3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 12:50
Apr 8, 2022 vs COL L 4-5 (OT) 0 0 0 0 0 3 3 07:21
Apr 6, 2022 vs DET L 1-3 0 0 0 0 2 1 0 09:57
Apr 2, 2022 vs LAK L 2-3 0 0 0 0 0 1 2 07:04
Mar 31, 2022 @ TOR L 3-7 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 05:03
Mar 4, 2022 vs NJD W 3-1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 06:32
Feb 27, 2022 vs VAN L 2-5 0 0 0 -1 0 0 2 07:53
Feb 26, 2022 @ PIT L 0-1 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 07:41
Feb 24, 2022 vs WSH W 4-1 0 0 0 0 0 4 3 08:48
Feb 1, 2022 vs FLA W 5-2 0 0 0 0 2 1 4 06:55
Jan 27, 2022 @ CBJ L 3-5 0 0 0 -1 0 0 2 08:51
Jan 24, 2022 vs LAK W 3-2 (SO) 0 0 0 0 0 0 4 12:29
Jan 15, 2022 @ PHI W 3-2 0 0 0 0 0 1 2 10:06
Jan 13, 2022 @ SJS W 3-0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 11:17
Jan 10, 2022 @ LAK L 1-3 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 07:52
Jan 8, 2022 @ ANA W 4-1 0 1 1 1 0 3 2 10:19
Oct 23, 2021 @ OTT W 3-2 0 0 0 0 2 0 1 07:37
Oct 21, 2021 @ NSH W 3-1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 09:18