Keaton Middleton

#67Defenseman6'6"238 lb

0.0 in 2 days

2025-26 regular season

SOG

10:45

TOI/GP

D · COL · NHL id 8479387

Keaton Middleton has played 3 games for the Colorado Avalanche in 2025-26, scoring 0 goals and 1 assist (1 points) on 0 shots while averaging 10:45 a night (10:27 at even strength, 0:00 on the power play and 0:13 shorthanded). At 5v5 he has skated 52% of his 5v5 minutes with Samuel Girard and 44% with Parker Kelly over the last 3 games, and the Avalanche have controlled 45% of shot attempts with Middleton on the ice (1-2 in goals, 20% offensive-zone starts). In the Avalanche's most recent game against DET he was on D3 with Samuel Girard and off the power play.

Right now

From the Jan 31 game vs DET, detected from shift data

Pair

Samuel Girard

Power play

No PP unit

Penalty kill

No PK unit

Last 3: D3 · D3 · D3

Deployment timeline

2025-26 · 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

3 games shown, 10:40 average. Line and PP unit come from where the player's ice time ranks among his teammates that night.

NHL EDGE tracking

2024-25 percentiles among skaters at his position

Source: NHL EDGE

Only 3 GP in 2025-26; showing 2024-25 NHL EDGE data.

Top speed35th3621.3 mph

Bursts 20+ mph26th267

Hardest shot58th5891.8 mph

Offensive-zone time75th7643.2%

Distance skated29th2966.1 mi

High-danger SOG1st00

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

2025-26 · 4 attempts, 0 on goal, 0 goals · dots are equal size until the xG model lands

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).

Shooting luck

2025-26 · goals versus shots until the expected-goals model fills in

Shooting %—

0 goals on 0 shots

Career shooting %0.0%

46 shots in Edgehalla's event data

Goals vs shots, running

Shots (left) and goals (right), 3 games

A shooting percentage well above the player's own baseline usually comes back down; the Puck-Luck Band replaces this view once shot quality (xG) is available.

Player analytics

Compare with another player →

2025-26 regular season. Rank is among all qualified players; the bar is his percentile among defencemen. Each stat links to its explainer.

Fantasy box score

Games played3
Goals0
Assists1
Points1
Power-play points0
Shorthanded points0
Shots on goal0
Hits6
Blocked shots1
Plus/minus−1
Penalty minutes4
Faceoffs won0

Possession & shot quality (5-on-5 on-ice)

Transition, turnovers & faceoffs

Usage

Ice time per game10:45
Power-play time per game0:00
Power-play share—
Ice-time share17.7%
Offensive-zone start %20.0%

Special teams & discipline

Net penalties drawn /60−1.86

Luck & trend

NHL EDGE tracking

Unranked rows are below the sample minimum (20 GP, 200 five-on-five minutes, 100 draws or 10 goalie games).

Beyond the box score

2024-25 regular season · 41 of 41 games through the sequence engine

Method Leaders

: −0.055
Season net: −0.40xG

Offensive TK/600.41 (3)

Offensive GV/600.27 (2)

Neutral TK/600.14 (1)

Neutral GV/600.41 (3)

Defensive TK/600.27 (2)

Defensive GV/602.46 (18)

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

Method Leaders

Per 60: 0.96
Attempts: 7
: 0.020

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

Method Leaders

Season: −1.13G
Per 60: −0.144
Drawn / taken: 8 / 14minors

Method Leaders

: 50.6%
: 52.2%
: 51.4%
Transition CF/60: 4.5
Turnovers won/60: 17.6
Turnovers lost/60: 19.6

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

Method Leaders

More of his shots than the league
Fewer

44 shots on goal, 0 goals, all situations
Area	His share	League
L Point	27%	6%
Low Slot	2%	21%
Center Point	20%	8%
R Circle	2%	13%
R Point	16%	6%
Outside L	14%	5%
L Circle	5%	13%

Linemates

2025-26 · 5v5 time together and how each pairing performs with and without Middleton

Teammate	Pos	GP		Share	CF% together	GF% together	CF% Middleton apart	CF% mate apart
Samuel Girard	D	3	16:20	52%	52.6%	33% (1-2)	36.8% 15:01	61.3% 31:49
Parker Kelly	LW	3	13:52	44%	42.9%	50% (1-1)	45.8% 17:29	62.2% 22:08
Gavin Brindley	C	3	13:33	43%	42.9%	— (0-0)	45.8% 17:48	59.1% 14:13
Jack Drury	C	3	12:26	40%	70.0%	50% (1-1)	35.7% 18:55	53.6% 26:50
Joel Kiviranta	LW	3	10:50	35%	54.5%	50% (1-1)	40.7% 20:31	63.0% 21:08
Zakhar Bardakov	C	3	10:20	33%	38.5%	— (0-0)	48.0% 21:01	66.7% 12:53
Brent Burns	D	3	7:15	23%	71.4%	— (0-0)	38.7% 24:06	54.9% 48:05
Taylor Makar	LW	2	5:33	18%	80.0%	— (0-0)	30.8% 13:05	53.8% 7:58
Brock Nelson	C	2	5:25	17%	36.4%	0% (0-1)	42.9% 17:01	51.7% 26:06
Valeri Nichushkin	RW	2	4:43	15%	62.5%	0% (0-1)	33.3% 17:43	60.0% 22:06
Josh Manson	D	2	3:43	12%	40.0%	— (0-0)	40.7% 18:43	58.3% 31:15
Artturi Lehkonen	LW	2	3:14	10%	33.3%	— (0-0)	41.4% 19:12	57.9% 28:42
Ross Colton	C	1	2:52	9%	40.0%	0% (0-1)	46.7% 9:51	68.4% 8:49
Nathan MacKinnon	C	2	2:44	9%	14.3%	— (0-0)	48.0% 19:42	62.1% 36:16

Game log

3 games in 2025-26, newest first

Season

Date	Opp	Result	A	P	+/-	PIM	HIT	BLK			EV	PP	PK
Jan 31	@ DET	W 5-0	0	0	0	0	2	0	—	8:55	8:55	—	—
Jan 29	@ MTL	L 3-7	0	0	-1	4	2	1	—	12:58	12:43	—	—
Jan 28	@ OTT	L 2-5	1	1	0	0	2	0	—	10:23	9:43	—	0:40

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	3	32:16	10:45	17	22	43.6%	30.8%	5	11	1	2	33%	0.9	2.0	17%
Even strength	3	31:21	10:27	17	21	44.7%	30.8%	5	11	1	2	33%	0.9	2.0	20%
5v5	3	31:21	10:27	17	21	44.7%	30.8%	5	11	1	2	33%	0.9	2.0	20%
Penalty kill	1	0:40	0:40	0	1	0.0%	—	0	0	0	0	—	0.0	0.0	0%

Career by season

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

Season	Team	GP	A	P	+/-	PIM			HIT	BLK	TOI/GP
2025-26	COL	3	1	1	-1	4	0	—	6	1	10:45
2024-25	COL	41	2	2	0	28	44	0.0%	69	37	11:29
2020-21	COL	3	0	0	-1	4	2	0.0%	4	1	9:18