Paul Byron

#41Left Wing

2021-22 regular season

SOG

12.1% SH

12:36

TOI/GP

LW · MTL · NHL id 8474038

Paul Byron has played 27 games for the Montreal Canadiens in 2021-22, scoring 4 goals and 3 assists (7 points) on 33 shots while averaging 12:36 a night (10:45 at even strength, 0:18 on the power play and 1:24 shorthanded). At 5v5 the Canadiens have controlled 44% of shot attempts with Byron on the ice (7-15 in goals, 43% offensive-zone starts). In the Canadiens' most recent game against MIN he was on L4 with Mathieu Perreault and Laurent Dauphin and off the power play; dropped to L4 (from L3) in the last game. He is shooting 12.1% this season against 15.4% across the 262 games in our data.

Right now

From the Apr 19 game vs MIN, detected from shift data

Line

Mathieu Perreault Laurent Dauphin

Power play

No PP unit

Penalty kill

PK2F

Laurent Dauphin

Dropped to L4 (from L3) in the last gameLast 5: L3 · L4 · L3 · L4 · L4

Deployment timeline

2021-22 · per-game ice time by strength, with line and power-play unit changes

Even strength
Power play
Penalty kill
5-game average
Did not play
▲ promoted · ▼ demoted

17 games shown, 12:48 average. Line and PP unit come from where the player's ice time ranks among his teammates that night.

NHL EDGE tracking

2021-22 percentiles among skaters at his position

Source: NHL EDGE

Top speed59th6022.3 mph

Bursts 20+ mph65th6681

Hardest shot17th1778.4 mph

Offensive-zone time1st136.7%

Distance skated33rd3457.5 mi

High-danger SOG36th3615

Percentile among position peers│ tick = 3-season weighted

Season-level NHL EDGE puck and player tracking, refreshed nightly. The percentile is the league rank among skaters this season; the label at the right is the raw value.

Shot map

2021-22 · 43 attempts, 33 on goal, 4 goals

Even strength
Power play
Penalty kill
Goal
Shot on goal
Missed
Blocked

Every attempt (goals, shots, misses and blocks), attacking toward the right (or the top on phones).

Puck luck

2021-22 · cumulative goals against expected goals from his own shots

Actual goals
Expected
±1σ
Above expected
Below expected

Beyond the box score

2021-22 regular season · 26 of 27 games through the sequence engine (more fill in as games are reprocessed)

Method Leaders

: −0.040
Season net: −0.19xG

Offensive TK/600.42 (2)

Offensive GV/600.21 (1)

Neutral TK/600.00 (0)

Neutral GV/600.42 (2)

Defensive TK/601.26 (6)

Defensive GV/601.90 (9)

5-on-5. Each takeaway is credited, and each giveaway charged, at the league xG value of the zone.

Method Leaders

Per 100 draws: −0.098
Season: −0.07G
: 47.8%69 draws

Wins by zone: OZ 6-12 · NZ 18-13 · DZ 9-11

Method Leaders

Per 60: 0.84
Attempts: 4
: 0.040

5-on-5 shots within 10 seconds of winning the puck outside the offensive zone.

Method Leaders

Season: +0.36G
Per 60: +0.063
Drawn / taken: 3 / 1minors

Method Leaders

: 38.0%
: 38.9%
: 38.5%
Transition CF/60: 3.8
Turnovers won/60: 21.1
Turnovers lost/60: 21.7

5-on-5 while he is on the ice.

Method Leaders

More of his shots than the league
Fewer

33 shots on goal, 4 goals, all situations
Area	His share	League	G
Low Slot	39%	23%	3
L Circle	24%	12%	0
L Point	0%	6%	0
R Point	0%	6%	0
Outside R	0%	4%	0
High Slot	6%	9%	0
Center Point	6%	9%	0

Role changes

Notable promotions, demotions and ice-time swings from Line Watch

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Moved up to L2 from L3Apr 2, 2022 alerts →

Linemates

2021-22 · 5v5 time together and how each pairing performs with and without Byron

No 5v5 pairing data this season yet.

Game log

27 games in 2021-22, newest first

Season

Date	Opp	Result	G	A	P	+/-		PIM	HIT	BLK			EV	PP	PK
Apr 19	vs MIN	L 0-2	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	—	4:41	3:52	—	0:49
Apr 15	vs NYI	L 0-3	0	0	0	-1	0	0	4	1	—	11:54	10:39	—	1:15
Apr 13	@ CBJ	L 1-5	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0%	12:24	11:09	0:09	1:02
Apr 11	vs WPG	L 2-4	0	0	0	0	2	2	1	0	—	11:22	11:22	—	—
Apr 5	vs OTT	L 3-6	0	0	0	-1	0	0	3	0	0%	14:13	11:21	—	2:52
Apr 2	@ TBL	W 5-4	0	0	0	0	3	0	2	1	—	16:38	16:26	0:12	—
Mar 31	@ CAR	L 0-4	0	0	0	-1	2	0	2	1	100%	14:52	13:25	—	1:03
Mar 29	@ FLA	L 4-7	0	0	0	-3	1	0	0	1	25%	13:32	11:25	—	2:07
Mar 27	@ NJD	OTL 2-3	0	0	0	-1	1	0	2	0	67%	14:15	12:26	0:52	0:57
Mar 26	vs TOR	W 4-2	1	1	2	+2	2	0	4	1	0%	16:06	12:55	—	1:58
Mar 24	vs FLA	L 3-4	1	0	1	0	1	0	2	1	—	12:00	7:38	1:16	2:51
Mar 21	vs BOS	OTL 2-3	0	1	1	+1	2	0	3	0	0%	12:43	9:21	—	3:22
Mar 19	vs OTT	W 5-1	1	0	1	+1	1	0	5	0	80%	12:44	11:28	0:31	0:45
Mar 17	vs DAL	OTL 3-4	0	0	0	+1	1	0	3	0	50%	11:34	9:01	—	2:16
Mar 15	vs ARI	L 3-6	0	0	0	-1	3	0	6	0	75%	14:39	12:43	—	1:56
Mar 13	@ PHI	W 4-3	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	0%	14:26	11:53	1:41	0:52
Mar 12	vs SEA	OTL 3-4	0	0	0	+1	0	0	2	0	50%	11:42	7:48	1:16	2:38
Mar 9	@ VAN	L 3-5	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	—	9:14	7:47	—	0:36
Feb 23	vs BUF	W 4-0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	—	1:11	1:11	—	—
Feb 21	vs TOR	W 5-2	0	0	0	0	1	0	4	0	40%	14:57	12:37	0:58	1:22

Season splits by strength

2021-22 regular season · on-ice numbers from shift and play-by-play data

Strength	GP		TOI/GP						SA	GF	GA	GF%
All situations	27	340:13	12:36	261	376	41.0%	39.5%	147	208	9	25	26%	11.1	21.5	34%
Even strength	27	290:24	10:45	239	300	44.3%	41.9%	132	165	7	15	32%	9.2	14.9	43%
5v5	27	284:40	10:33	235	294	44.4%	42.0%	131	161	7	15	32%	9.1	14.5	43%
Power play	12	8:09	0:41	6	1	85.7%	80.0%	1	1	0	0	—	0.2	0.0	75%
Penalty kill	24	37:38	1:34	11	68	13.9%	17.5%	10	36	0	8	0%	0.7	4.8	0%
4v4	5	3:53	0:47	2	4	33.3%	25.0%	0	3	0	0	—	0.0	0.4	50%
5v4	12	8:09	0:41	6	1	85.7%	80.0%	1	1	0	0	—	0.2	0.0	75%
4v5	24	36:06	1:30	11	66	14.3%	17.9%	10	36	0	8	0%	0.7	4.7	0%

Career by season

Seasons in Edgehalla's data (2025-26 is being backfilled; earlier seasons follow)

Season	Team	GP	G	A	P	+/-	PIM			HIT	BLK	TOI/GP
2021-22	MTL	27	4	3	7	-8	2	33	12.1%	66	7	12:36
2020-21Playoffs	MTL	22	3	3	6	0	10	16	18.8%	66	16	14:35
2020-21	MTL	46	5	11	16	+5	12	44	11.4%	116	22	12:51
2019-20	MTL	29	4	6	10	+5	4	29	13.8%	42	18	14:20
2018-19	MTL	56	15	16	31	+16	17	94	16.0%	114	36	14:34
2017-18	MTL	82	20	15	35	-4	23	115	17.4%	137	55	16:08

Paul Byron news

Newhook Gives Canadiens New Life Against Sabres
The Hockey WritersMay 11, 2026

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On-ice and deployment numbers are derived by Edgehalla from NHL play-by-play and shift data. Tracking percentiles are from NHL EDGE. Data updates after every game.

Right now

Deployment timeline

NHL EDGE tracking

Shot map

Puck luck

Beyond the box score

Turnover LedgerTurnover Ledger (TO±)Takeaways credited and giveaways charged at the league xG value of the zone where possession changed, per 60.Glossary →

Draw EquityDraw Equity (DrEq)Faceoff results in goals: each win or loss scored against a coin flip and weighted by the zone. 100 extra offensive- or defensive-zone wins are worth about 1.9 goals.Σ (win − 0.5) × V(zone)Glossary →

Transition attemptsTransition attempt (TRN)An attempt within 10 s of a turnover, recovery, hit-forced recovery or faceoff win in the neutral or defensive zone, in the same play.Glossary →

Penalty ValuePenalty Value (PenV)Minor penalties drawn minus taken, times the net xG of a power play (about 0.20 per two-minute minor).(minors drawn − minors taken) × 0.20Glossary →

On-ice sequence resultsSequence xG (sxG)xG adjusted for flurries: a rebound only counts for the chance that the earlier shots in the same play did not already score.sxG_i = xG_i × Π (1 − xG_j) over earlier same-team shots in the playGlossary →

Shot DietShot diet (ixG/att)Average xG per individual unblocked attempt: how dangerous a player's typical shot is. One of the most stable traits we measure (split-half r 0.68).Shot diet = ixG / iFFGlossary →

Role changes

Linemates

Game log

Season splits by strength

Career by season

Paul Byron news