Boston Bruins · #73 · Defence

Charlie McAvoy

Age 28 · Shoots right · 6′1″ · 215 lb · Born Long Beach, New York, USA

Drafted 2016, #14 overall by Boston

Next game · Thu 8 Octvs Utah · 7:00 PM ET1 P in the last 2 vs UTAGame preview →
Games692025-26 · missed 13
Goals1110th on BOS
Assists502nd on BOS
Points614th on BOS
P / GP0.8865th in the NHL
Shots1119.9% shooting
TOI / GP24:231st on BOS

Charlie McAvoy scored 61 points (11 goals, 50 assists) in 69 games in 2025-26, 4th on Boston. Against Utah: 1 point in the last 2 meetings.

This season

2026-27 regular season · 0 games

Boston have played 4 games and Charlie McAvoy has not dressed yet (out, suspension). Next game on Thursday 8 October against Utah. 2025-26 in full below.

Last season

2025-26 regular season · 69 games
2025-26 · The season

61 points in 69 games on a team that finished 8th

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

Percentile among NHL defencemen

Assists / 601.7897th
Points / GP0.8895th
PP points2395th
Ice time24:2393rd
Shooting %9.9%88th
Goals / 600.3983rd
Takeaways2981st
Blocked shots12980th
Shots / GP1.6176th
Hits7964th
Penalty differential−834th

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

0.90.61–100.911–200.621–301.231–401.141–501.151–600.761–69

Dashed line: season average (0.9). Dark blocks sit at or above it.

Points614th on BOS
Points per game0.8865th in NHL
Goals11T-287th in NHL
Assists502nd on BOS
Shooting %9.9%Below avg (11.1%)
Ice time24:231st on BOS
Stats hub

Ice time and special teams

A top-pair defenceman who runs the first power play

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

Ice time by strength

Even strength18:31
Power play3:04
Shorthanded2:48
Total24:23

27.1 shifts a game, averaging 54 seconds each.

Special teams

PP goals2T-6th on BOS
PP assists212nd on BOS
PP points233rd on BOS · T-52nd NHL
SH goals0
PP points / 606.526th on BOS

Power-play involvement

Goals on the PP55Boston total
Involved in23goals or assists
Share41.8%of every BOS PPG
PP TOI share62.5%of BOS PP time

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


Scoring detail

Most of the goals come at even strength

How the 11 goals and 50 assists were scored: when, at what strength, in what game state, and per 60 minutes.

Goal detail

Game-winning goals1T-10th on BOS
Overtime goals1T-3rd on BOS
First goal of the game1
Empty-net goals0
Even-strength goals9
Power-play goals2

Goals by period

1st1
2nd4
3rd5
Overtime1

Goals by game state

Tied2
Leading1
Trailing8

2 of 11 goals broke a tie; 8 came with Boston trailing.

Assists

Primary30 · 60%
Secondary20 · 40%

Primary assists are the stronger playmaking signal.

Rates per 60

Points / 602.17
Goals / 600.39
Shots / 604.0
ES points / 601.7838 ES points
PP points / 606.5223 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

Crease17 att · 1 G
Slot67 att · 6 G
Wing87 att · 1 G
Point89 att · 3 G
Neutral zone2 att · 0 G

262 attempts across the 68 games with a stored shot map.

Expected goals (ixG)9.2330th
Goals11
Goals vs expected+1.8
Unblocked attempts187
xG per attempt.049
ixG per 600.33

2025-26 · 69 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

Distance per 60 in the 99th percentile of defencemen: 9.11 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

Distance / 60, mi9.1199th
Distance skated, mi255.587th
20+ mph bursts7585th
22+ mph bursts382nd
Top speed, mph22.3666th
Hardest shot, mph92.9953rd
Offensive-zone time41.5%52nd
Defensive-zone time40.3%52nd
90+ mph shots247th
Average shot, mph64.618th

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, mph22.36Defenceman average 22.09
Hardest shot, mph92.99Defenceman average 92.6
Distance skated255.5 mi4.53 mi in his longest game
Offensive-zone starts35.7%34.8% defensive · 29.6% neutral

Where his shifts were spent

41.5%All situations40.3%
OffensiveNeutralDefensive

Share of his time on ice in each zone.

Fastest moments

22+ mph3 · avg 1.9
20-22 mph72 · avg 46
18-20 mph439 · 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 mph29 · avg 33
70-79 mph93 · 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

Takeaways294th on BOS
Giveaways88
TK / GV ratio0.33
Hits7912th on BOS
Blocked shots1292nd on BOS

Discipline

Penalty minutes62
Minors31
Majors0
Penalties drawn23
Net penalties−8drawn minus taken

Consistency

A point in three games out of five (46 of 69)

How often he scores, how long the streaks run.

How often he scores

Games with a point4667% of games
Multi-point games1420%
Goals in10 games14%
Pointless games2333%

Streaks

Longest point streak9 games22 Jan – 28 Feb
Longest goal streak1 game
Longest pointless run3 games
Final ten7 in 10point in 5

Game log

Against Utah, a point in one of two

Full game log →
DateOpponentResultGAPSOG+/-TOI
16 Dec 2025vsUTAW 4-10001+124:19
19 Oct 2025@UTAL 2-30113026:23

Splits · 2025-26

Better at home

Home and road

SplitGPPP/GP
Road33280.85
Home36330.92

By opponent

SplitGPPP/GP
vs Utah210.50
vs Atlantic23190.83
vs Western Conf.27220.81

By month

SplitGPPP/GP
October1380.62
November661.00
December1060.60
January14161.14
February451.25
March16171.06
April630.50

Prediction markets

3.5% for the Norris Trophy

Season ladders and award futures he is priced for, as the venues' average midpoint.

Norris TrophyBest defenceman3.5%—Not listed4¢Not listed

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Contract

$9.5M a season through 2029-30

In 2025-26 he scored 6.4 points per $1M of cap hit, 76th of 191 defencemen with 40 or more games and a current contract.

Cap hit$9.5M9.1% of the $104M ceiling
Term8 yearsYear 5 of 8
Expires2029-30UFA at 32
Cap value$76MCap hit × 8 years

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.


With Boston

Nine seasons · 2017-18 to 2025-26
Linemates and opponents

David Pastrnak sets him up more than anyone

Built from goal and assist records: who assists on his goals, whose goals he assists, and his scoring against each opponent.

Who sets him up

David Pastrnak6
Pavel Zacha5
Viktor Arvidsson3
Marat Khusnutdinov1
Jonathan Aspirot1

Assists on his 11 goals, 2025-26.

Who he sets up

Pavel Zacha12
David Pastrnak11
Morgan Geekie9
Viktor Arvidsson4
Mark Kastelic2

Scorers on his 50 assists.

By opponent

2025-26 · top 6 by P/GP

Carolina4 P in 22.00 P/GP
NY Islanders3 P in 21.50 P/GP
Toronto3 P in 21.50 P/GP
Seattle3 P in 21.50 P/GP
NY Rangers3 P in 21.50 P/GP
Detroit3 P in 21.50 P/GP

since 1990-91 · regular season

Points36111th for Boston
Goals7126th
Assists2908th
Games played57311th
Team history

Career

Regular season and playoffs
Career · regular season

Nine seasons, all with the Bruins

Career · regular season

SeasonTeamGPGAPP/GPSH%Points
2017-18BOS63725320.519.1%
2018-19BOS54721280.528.9%
2019-20BOS67527320.485.0%
2020-21BOS51525300.595.4%
2021-22BOS781046560.726.0%
2022-23BOS67745520.786.7%
2023-24BOS741235470.649.0%
2024-25BOS50716230.467.1%
2025-26BOS691150610.889.9%
Career573712903610.637.4%

Season rows reconcile with the official career totals.

Draft

2016Boston · round 1From Boston University (H-EAST)#14

Teammates in the stats

2025-26 · BOS points

Games97
Goals6
Points500.52 P/GP
Game-winning goals2
Career page

Updated after every final · through 6 Oct