C · COL · NHL id 8484149
Gavin Brindley has played 56 games for the Colorado Avalanche in 2025-26, scoring 6 goals and 7 assists (13 points) on 62 shots while averaging 9:33 a night (8:20 at even strength, 1:02 on the power play and 0:03 shorthanded). At 5v5 he has skated 52% of his 5v5 minutes with Zakhar Bardakov and 36% with Brent Burns over the last 10 games, and the Avalanche have controlled 54% of shot attempts with Brindley on the ice (24-18 in goals, 59% offensive-zone starts). In the Avalanche's most recent game against WSH he was on L4 with Nicolas Roy and Zakhar Bardakov and off the power play; lost his PP2 spot in the last game. He is shooting 9.7% this season.
Right now
From the Mar 22 game vs WSH, detected from shift data
Deployment timeline
2025-26 · per-game ice time by strength, with line and power-play unit changes
Usage: 20 games, 7:58 average time on ice, PP1 in 0 games, 3 line changes.
- Even strength
- Power play
- Penalty kill
- 5-game average
- Did not play
- ▲ promoted · ▼ demoted
NHL EDGE tracking
2025-26 percentiles among skaters at his position
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
2025-26 · 109 attempts, 62 on goal, 6 goals
Shot map, OPP at COL: 109 attempts, 62 on goal, 6 goals, 6.76 expected goals; best chance Gavin Brindley at 0.54 xG.
- Even strength
- Power play
- Penalty kill
- Goal
- Shot on goal
- Missed
- Blocked
Luck
2025-26 · 56 GP · 13 points vs 14.6 expected
Last 20 games: -45. Positive means running hot (sell), negative running cold (buy).
- 9.7%
- 100.2
- 52.0%
- G vs xG
- 6 / 6.6
- • Role shrank over the last 10 games (TOI down 1:47 a game, 3 demotion events): the cold spell may not be all luck.
- Actual goals
- Expected
- ±1σ
- Above expected
- Below expected
Player analytics
Compare with another player →2025-26 regular season. Rank is among all qualified players; the bar is his percentile among forwards. Each stat links to its explainer.
Fantasy box score
- Games played56
- Goals6408th of 715
- Assists7544th of 715
- Points13517th of 715
- Power-play points0437th of 715
- Shorthanded points0227th of 715
- Shots on goal62487th of 715
- Hits37486th of 715
- Blocked shots15646th of 715
- Plus/minus+2256th of 715
- Penalty minutes8640th of 715
- Faceoffs won13295th of 715
Possession & shot quality (5-on-5 on-ice)
- Corsi (CF%)53.5%116th of 719
- Fenwick (FF%)52.5%156th of 719
- Expected goals (xGF%)47.4%476th of 719
- Sequence xG (sxGF%)47.4%474th of 719
- High-danger chances (HDCF%)47.9%464th of 719
- Scoring chances (SCF%)51.9%211th of 719
Transition, turnovers & faceoffs
- Transition attempts /601.29177th of 719
- Turnover Ledger /600.000104th of 719
- Forecheck xG /60 (on-ice)0.35150th of 719
- Faceoff win %38.2%
- Draw Equity /100−0.052
Usage
- Ice time per game9:33686th of 715
- Power-play time per game1:02333rd of 715
- Offensive-zone start %58.7%178th of 719
Special teams & discipline
- Net penalties drawn /60+0.6723rd of 719
Luck & trend
- On-ice PDO1002318th of 719
- Goals above expected−0.6414th of 715
- Luck Meter−14495th of 828
NHL EDGE tracking
- Top skating speed23.282nd of 715
- 20+ mph bursts16868th of 715
- Hardest shot86.3452nd of 715
- Offensive-zone time42.8%259th of 715
Unranked rows are below the sample minimum (20 GP, 200 five-on-five minutes, 100 draws or 10 goalie games).
Beyond the box score
2025-26 regular season · 53 of 56 games through the sequence engine (more fill in as games are reprocessed)
- −0.010
- Season net
- −0.08xG
5-on-5. Each takeaway is credited, and each giveaway charged, at the league xG value of the zone.
- Per 60
- 1.29
- Attempts
- 10
- 0.076
5-on-5 shots within 10 seconds of winning the puck outside the offensive zone.
How his goals happened
6 goals since 2023-24 with NHL EDGE tracking: press Replay to watch the tracking animation
| Game | Play | Entry | Passes | Shot mph | Notes | Replay |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Feb 28, 2026 vs CHI | Rebound | — | 0 | 34.1 | rebound | |
| Dec 11, 2025 vs FLA | Rebound | carry | 0 | 18.6 | 2-on-1, rebound | |
| Nov 13, 2025 vs BUF | Rush | carry | 2 | 61.5 | — | |
| Nov 9, 2025 @ VAN | Rush | carry | 1 | 11.9 | — | |
| Nov 8, 2025 @ EDM | Rebound | carry | 0 | 23.4 | rebound | |
| Oct 11, 2025 vs DAL | Rebound | carry | 0 | 22.8 | rebound |
* includes a royal-road (cross-slot) pass. Derived from NHL EDGE puck and player tracking.
Linemates
2025-26 · 5v5 time together and how each pairing performs with and without Brindley
| Teammate | Pos | GP | Share | CF% together | GF% together | CF% Brindley apart | CF% mate apart | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Brent Burns | D | 54 | 172:35 | 37% | 53.9% | 57% (8-6) | 52.8% 282:18 | 57.0% 664:29 |
| Zakhar Bardakov | C | 31 | 161:27 | 35% | 57.5% | 54% (7-6) | 57.9% 75:17 | 44.7% 57:54 |
| Parker Kelly | LW | 34 | 160:41 | 35% | 55.7% | 64% (7-4) | 53.9% 115:37 | 56.8% 190:13 |
| Josh Manson | D | 51 | 156:49 | 34% | 56.2% | 57% (8-6) | 52.4% 278:27 | 57.8% 636:35 |
| Sam Malinski | D | 48 | 143:31 | 31% | 54.9% | 65% (11-6) | 51.8% 273:43 | 58.4% 619:41 |
| Samuel Girard | D | 27 | 110:00 | 24% | 53.0% | 54% (7-6) | 51.3% 149:01 | 57.5% 342:16 |
| Cale Makar | D | 44 | 107:59 | 23% | 50.2% | 63% (5-3) | 52.9% 277:29 | 56.9% 660:51 |
| Devon Toews | D | 37 | 102:41 | 22% | 49.5% | 55% (6-5) | 58.3% 202:12 | 58.6% 541:01 |
| Ross Colton | C | 26 | 96:06 | 21% | 54.8% | 54% (7-6) | 52.6% 142:49 | 62.9% 211:18 |
| Jack Drury | C | 24 | 73:27 | 16% | 48.4% | 50% (3-3) | 57.6% 133:19 | 61.6% 234:21 |
| Brock Nelson | C | 15 | 52:42 | 11% | 47.8% | 56% (5-4) | 65.2% 72:17 | 63.1% 150:20 |
| Joel Kiviranta | LW | 10 | 48:10 | 10% | 50.0% | 100% (2-0) | 38.9% 34:22 | 61.4% 37:12 |
| Victor Olofsson | RW | 9 | 45:40 | 10% | 58.8% | 60% (3-2) | 62.1% 32:09 | 64.0% 44:30 |
| Ilya Solovyov | D | 15 | 42:49 | 9% | 35.6% | 0% (0-2) | 48.3% 85:01 | 63.2% 129:40 |
Game log
56 games in 2025-26, newest first
| Date | Opp | Result | G | A | P | +/- | PIM | HIT | BLK | EV | PP | PK | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mar 22 | @ WSH | W 3-2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | 4:57 | 4:57 | — | — |
| Mar 20 | @ CHI | W 4-1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | — | 12:29 | 11:08 | 1:10 | — |
| Mar 18 | vs DAL | OTL 1-2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | — | 3:50 | 3:50 | — | — |
| Mar 16 | vs PIT | L 2-7 | 0 | 1 | 1 | -1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | — | 10:20 | 8:03 | 2:17 | — |
| Mar 14 | @ WPG | L 1-3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | — | 5:26 | 4:01 | 1:06 | — |
| Mar 12 | @ SEA | W 5-1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | — | 9:20 | 7:48 | 1:32 | — |
| Mar 10 | vs EDM | L 3-4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | — | 8:15 | 6:12 | 0:18 | — |
| Mar 8 | vs MIN | W 3-2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | — | 10:05 | 6:18 | 3:47 | — |
| Mar 6 | @ DAL | W 5-4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | — | 7:07 | 6:13 | 0:54 | — |
| Mar 3 | @ ANA | W 5-1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0% | 9:05 | 8:07 | 0:58 | — |
| Mar 2 | @ LAK | W 4-2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | — | 7:30 | 7:30 | — | — |
| Feb 28 | vs CHI | W 3-1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | +1 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | — | 3:26 | 3:26 | — | — |
| Feb 26 | vs MIN | L 2-5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | 6:52 | 4:55 | 0:58 | — |
| Feb 25 | @ UTA | W 4-2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 100% | 8:20 | 7:36 | 0:44 | — |
| Feb 4 | vs SJS | W 4-2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | 9:49 | 7:22 | 2:27 | — |
| Feb 2 | vs DET | L 0-2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | — | 8:47 | 6:11 | 0:32 | — |
| Jan 31 | @ DET | W 5-0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | 8:07 | 8:07 | — | — |
| Jan 29 | @ MTL | L 3-7 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0% | 11:37 | 10:56 | 0:41 | — |
| Jan 28 | @ OTT | L 2-5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | — | 8:43 | 8:43 | — | — |
| Jan 25 | @ TOR | W 4-1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0% | 10:32 | 10:13 | 0:19 | — |
Season splits by strength
2025-26 regular season · on-ice numbers from shift and play-by-play data
| Strength | GP | TOI/GP | SA | GF | GA | GF% | |||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| All situations | 56 | 534:53 | 9:33 | 565 | 440 | 56.2% | 55.4% | 275 | 196 | 25 | 23 | 52% | 23.7 | 23.3 | 61% |
| Even strength | 56 | 466:16 | 8:20 | 482 | 417 | 53.6% | 52.7% | 236 | 179 | 25 | 18 | 58% | 18.6 | 20.1 | 59% |
| 5v5 | 56 | 464:31 | 8:18 | 480 | 417 | 53.5% | 52.5% | 234 | 179 | 24 | 18 | 57% | 18.1 | 20.1 | 59% |
| Power play | 39 | 58:03 | 1:29 | 76 | 16 | 82.6% | 79.7% | 37 | 13 | 0 | 3 | 0% | 4.5 | 1.3 | 92% |
| Penalty kill | 7 | 2:54 | 0:25 | 1 | 2 | 33.3% | 33.3% | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | — | 0.2 | 0.2 | 0% |
| 5v4 | 39 | 58:03 | 1:29 | 76 | 16 | 82.6% | 79.7% | 37 | 13 | 0 | 3 | 0% | 4.5 | 1.3 | 92% |
| 4v5 | 7 | 2:54 | 0:25 | 1 | 2 | 33.3% | 33.3% | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | — | 0.2 | 0.2 | 0% |
| 6v5, own net empty | 8 | 5:44 | 0:43 | 6 | 3 | 66.7% | 66.7% | 1 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0% | 0.5 | 1.6 | 100% |
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 | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025-26 | COL | 56 | 6 | 7 | 13 | +2 | 8 | 62 | 9.7% | 37 | 15 | 9:33 |
| 2023-24 | CBJ | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | 0 | 0 | 12:20 |
Gavin Brindley news
- Avalanche Forward Gavin Brindley Is Making His Roster Case EarlyYahoo Sports
- Gavin Brindley Knows What He Needs to Do to Stick With AvalancheColorado Hockey Now
- Avalanche's Gavin Brindley: Goal, assist in preseason victoryCBS Sports
- Gavin Brindley StatsNHL.com
- Gavin Brindley Bio, Awards & Draft InfoNHL.com
- Gavin Brindley HomeNHL.com
- Colorado Avalanche Top 25 Under 25: #2 Gavin BrindleyMile High Hockey
- Why Gavin Brindley Could Be One of Colorado's Most Important PlayersThe Hockey News
Headlines via LineupExperts. Links open the original publisher.
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.