Colorado Avalanche · #27 · Defence

Brett Kulak

Age 32 · Shoots left · 6′1″ · 192 lb · Born Edmonton, Alberta, CAN

Drafted 2012, #105 overall by Calgary

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Games22026-27 Small sample

Goals0T-10th on COL

Assists0T-14th on COL

Points0T-14th on COL

P / GP0.00T-390th in the NHL

Shots0

TOI / GP18:165th on COL

2025-262025-26: 83 games, 1-11-12, 0.14 points per game Season detail →

Brett Kulak has 0 points in 2 games of 2026-27, after 12 points in 83 games last season.

This season

2026-27 regular season · 2 games Small sample

2026-27 · The season

0 points in 2 games for the 9th-placed Colorado

Where he ranks among NHL defencemen with 2+ games.

Percentile among NHL defencemen

Penalty differential056th

Blocked shots452nd

PP points042nd

Ice time18:1640th

Goals / 600.0039th

Assists / 600.0026th

Hits126th

Points / GP0.0023rd

Takeaways021st

Shots / GP0.005th

Bars show the percentile against 198 defencemen with 2+ games in 2026-27; the thin line marks the league median.

Where he ranks

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Points0T-14th on COL

Points per game0.00T-390th in NHL

Goals0T-232nd in NHL

Assists0T-14th on COL

Shooting %—

Ice time18:165th on COL

Stats hub

Ice time and special teams

A top-four defenceman who kills penalties

Even-strength, power-play and shorthanded minutes, and how much of Colorado's power play went through him.

Ice time by strength

Even strength15:46

Power play0:00

Shorthanded2:30

Total18:16

22.0 shifts a game, averaging 50 seconds each.

Special teams

PP goals0T-4th on COL

PP assists0T-6th on COL

PP points0T-8th on COL · T-142nd NHL

SH goals0

PP points / 600.00

Power-play involvement

Goals on the PP4Colorado total

Involved in0goals or assists

Share0.0%of every COL PPG

PP TOI share0.0%of COL PP time

Team power-play goals from the season team report; involvement is his power-play points.

2026-27 · Skating and shot power

Distance per 60 in the 70th percentile of defencemen: 8.80 miles

How fast he skated, how far, how hard he shot and where on the ice his shifts were spent, against the average NHL defenceman.

Tracking percentile among NHL defencemen

Average shot, mph79.696th

Distance / 60, mi8.8070th

Top speed, mph20.5455th

22+ mph bursts048th

90+ mph shots042nd

20+ mph bursts139th

Offensive-zone time39.8%39th

Defensive-zone time41.9%38th

Hardest shot, mph79.6237th

Distance skated, mi5.415th

Bars show the percentile against 198 defencemen with 2+ games in 2026-27; the thin line marks the median. Higher is better on every row: less defensive-zone time ranks higher.

Top speed, mph20.54Defenceman average 20.52

Hardest shot, mph79.62Defenceman average 81.3

Distance skated5.4 mi2.78 mi in his longest game

Offensive-zone starts25.0%37.5% defensive · 37.5% neutral

Where his shifts were spent

39.8%All situations41.9%

40.4%Even strength40.2%

36.1%Shorthanded52.2%

OffensiveNeutralDefensive

Share of his time on ice in each zone.

Fastest moments

20.54vsSTL3 Oct · 3rd 16:33
19.76vsLAK30 Sep · 3rd 16:42
19.73vsSTL3 Oct · 2nd 11:01
18.77vsSTL3 Oct · 1st 02:46
18.77vsLAK30 Sep · 2nd 02:28
18.67vsLAK30 Sep · 2nd 15:02
18.54vsLAK30 Sep · 2nd 06:43

His fastest bursts in mph.

22+ mph0 · avg 0.1

20-22 mph1 · avg 1.9

18-20 mph6 · avg 12

Bursts per speed band, against the defenceman average.

Hardest shots

79.62vsLAK30 Sep · 2nd 06:29

Shot speed in mph, every attempt type.

100+ mph0 · avg 0.0

90-99 mph0 · avg 0.2

80-89 mph0 · avg 1.2

70-79 mph1 · avg 2.8

Shot attempts per speed band.

Distance, last 10 games

2.58vsSTL3 Oct · 16:48 TOI
2.78vsLAK30 Sep · 19:44 TOI

Miles per game with his time on ice. Season average 2.68 a game. Small sample: these numbers move a lot in the first weeks of a season.

Physical play, discipline and faceoffs

Possession events, penalties drawn against penalties taken, and faceoffs.

Possession and physical

Takeaways0T-7th on COL

Giveaways2

TK / GV ratio0.00

Hits1T-11th on COL

Blocked shots4T-1st on COL

Discipline

Penalty minutes0

Minors0

Majors0

Penalties drawn0

Net penalties0drawn minus taken

Game log

Against Winnipeg, a point in zero of four

Full game log →

DateOpponentResultGAPSOG+/-TOI

28 Mar 2026vs

WPGL 2-40002−120:23

26 Mar 2026@

WPGW 3-20003+117:29

14 Mar 2026@

WPGL 1-30001015:54

6 Dec 2025vs

WPGW 6-20001+218:17

2025-26 · The season

12 points in 83 games on a team that finished 1st

Where he ranks among NHL defencemen with 40+ games, then his scoring rate through the season in ten-game blocks.

Percentile among NHL defencemen

Blocked shots10866th

Shots / GP1.1447th

Ice time18:5842nd

Takeaways1431st

PP points025th

Assists / 600.4212th

Points / GP0.149th

Penalty differential−169th

Hits198th

Goals / 600.045th

Shooting %1.1%5th

Bars show the percentile against 201 defencemen with 40+ games in 2025-26; the thin line marks the league median.

Points per game · rolling blocks

Dashed line: season average (0.1). Dark blocks sit at or above it.

Where he ranks

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Points1221st on COL

Points per game0.14576th in NHL

Goals1T-657th in NHL

Assists1120th on COL

Shooting %1.1%Below avg (11.1%)

Ice time18:587th on COL

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Ice time and special teams

A top-four defenceman who plays mostly at even strength

Even-strength, power-play and shorthanded minutes, and how much of Colorado's power play went through him.

Ice time by strength

Even strength17:29

Power play0:08

Shorthanded1:21

Total18:58

21.9 shifts a game, averaging 52 seconds each.

Special teams

PP goals0T-13th on COL

PP assists0T-13th on COL

PP points0T-15th on COL · T-453rd NHL

SH goals0

PP points / 600.00T-15th on COL

Scoring detail

1 of 1 goal broke a tie

How the 1 goal and 11 assists were scored: when, at what strength, in what game state, and per 60 minutes.

Goal detail

Game-winning goals0T-18th on COL

Overtime goals0T-4th on COL

First goal of the game0

Empty-net goals0

Even-strength goals1

Power-play goals0

Goals by period

1st0

2nd1

3rd0

Overtime0

Goals by game state

Tied1

Leading0

Trailing0

1 of 1 goal broke a tie; 0 came with Colorado trailing.

Assists

Primary5 · 45%

Secondary6 · 55%

Primary assists are the stronger playmaking signal.

Rates per 60

Points / 600.46

Goals / 600.04

Shots / 603.6

ES points / 600.5012 ES points

PP points / 600.000 PP points

Shot locations

Most attempts from the point, goals from the point

Every attempt, attacking right, from the games with a stored shot map.

GoalOn goalMissedBlocked

By zone

Crease4 att · 0 G

Slot49 att · 0 G

Wing72 att · 0 G

Point90 att · 1 G

Neutral zone1 att · 0 G

216 attempts across the 77 games with a stored shot map.

Expected goals

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Expected goals (ixG)3.4579th

Goals1

Goals vs expected−2.4

Unblocked attempts136

xG per attempt.025

ixG per 600.13

2025-26 · 83 games. Rank among all skaters by ixG.

Every unblocked attempt he took, weighed by its chance of scoring from that spot, shot type and strength. Above zero is finishing better than the chances.

xG leaders

2025-26 · Skating and shot power

20+ mph bursts in the 81st percentile of defencemen: 67

How fast he skated, how far, how hard he shot and where on the ice his shifts were spent, against the average NHL defenceman.

Tracking percentile among NHL defencemen

20+ mph bursts6781st

Distance / 60, mi8.6467th

Distance skated, mi226.665th

90+ mph shots247th

Top speed, mph21.9340th

Hardest shot, mph91.6839th

Offensive-zone time40.9%39th

Defensive-zone time41.2%37th

22+ mph bursts022nd

Average shot, mph64.011th

Bars show the percentile against 193 defencemen with 40+ games in 2025-26; the thin line marks the median. Higher is better on every row: less defensive-zone time ranks higher.

Top speed, mph21.93Defenceman average 22.09

Hardest shot, mph91.68Defenceman average 92.6

Distance skated226.6 mi4.01 mi in his longest game

Offensive-zone starts32.1%31.9% defensive · 35.9% neutral

Where his shifts were spent

40.9%All situations41.2%

OffensiveNeutralDefensive

Share of his time on ice in each zone.

Fastest moments

22+ mph0 · avg 1.9

20-22 mph67 · avg 46

18-20 mph377 · avg 267

Bursts per speed band, against the defenceman average.

Hardest shots

100+ mph0 · avg 0.1

90-99 mph2 · avg 6.4

80-89 mph27 · avg 33

70-79 mph42 · avg 72

Shot attempts per speed band.

Physical play, discipline and faceoffs

Takes more penalties than he draws

Possession events, penalties drawn against penalties taken, and faceoffs.

Possession and physical

Takeaways1418th on COL

Giveaways64

TK / GV ratio0.22

Hits1923rd on COL

Blocked shots1082nd on COL

Discipline

Penalty minutes38

Minors19

Majors0

Penalties drawn3

Net penalties−16drawn minus taken

Consistency

Points come in bunches, not every night (11 of 83)

How often he scores, how long the streaks run.

How often he scores

Games with a point1113% of games

Multi-point games11%

Goals in1 game1%

Pointless games7287%

Streaks

Longest point streak2 games22 Jan – 25 Jan

Longest goal streak1 game

Longest pointless run31 games

Final ten1 in 10point in 1

Game log

Against Winnipeg, a point in zero of four

Full game log →

DateOpponentResultGAPSOG+/-TOI

28 Mar 2026vs

WPGL 2-40002−120:23

26 Mar 2026@

WPGW 3-20003+117:29

14 Mar 2026@

WPGL 1-30001015:54

6 Dec 2025vs

WPGW 6-20001+218:17

Splits · 2025-26

Better on the road

Home and road

SplitGPPP/GP

Home3930.08

Road4490.20

By opponent

SplitGPPP/GP

vs Winnipeg400.00

vs Central2310.04

vs Eastern Conf.3760.16

By month

SplitGPPP/GP

October1220.17

November1400.00

December1210.08

January1550.33

February610.17

March1520.13

April910.11

Contract

$4.5M a season through 2030-31

In 2025-26 he scored 2.7 points per $1M of cap hit, 177th of 191 defencemen with 40 or more games and a current contract.

Cap hit$4.5M4.3% of the $104M ceiling

Term5 yearsYear 1 of 5

Expires2030-31UFA at 37

Cap value$22.5MCap hit × 5 years

Cap space, every team Best-value contracts

Cap hit is the average annual charge against the salary cap, not a yearly salary; cap value is cap hit times the years of the deal, not a reported total. As of 1 Oct 2026.