Winnipeg Jets · #36 · Centre

Morgan Barron

Age 27 · Shoots left · 6′4″ · 220 lb · Born Halifax, Nova Scotia, CAN

Drafted 2017, #174 overall by NY Rangers

Next game · tonightvs Colorado · 7:30 PM ET1 P in the last 3 vs COL
Goal 7.5%Markets →
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Games32026-27 Small sample
Goals0T-7th on WPG
Assists1T-6th on WPG
Points1T-8th on WPG
P / GP0.33T-274th in the NHL
Shots40.0% shooting
TOI / GP16:319th on WPG

2025-262025-26: 65 games, 11-12-23, 0.35 points per game Season detail →

Morgan Barron has 1 point in 3 games of 2026-27, after 23 points in 65 games last season.

This season

2026-27 regular season · 3 games Small sample
2026-27 · The season

1 point in 3 games for the 7th-placed Winnipeg

Where he ranks among NHL forwards with 2+ games, then his scoring rate through the season in ten-game blocks.

Percentile among NHL forwards

Hits1395th
Ice time16:3167th
Blocked shots267th
Assists / 601.2157th
Shots / GP1.3341st
Points / GP0.3340th
PP points036th
Takeaways027th
Goals / 600.0026th
Shooting %0.0%25th
Penalty differential−118th

Bars show the percentile against 383 forwards with 2+ games in 2026-27; the thin line marks the league median.

Points per game · rolling blocks

0.30.31–3

Dashed line: season average (0.3). Dark blocks sit at or above it.

Points1T-8th on WPG
Points per game0.33T-274th in NHL
Goals0T-232nd in NHL
Assists1T-6th on WPG
Shooting %0.0%Below avg (11.6%)
Ice time16:319th on WPG
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Ice time and special teams

A depth forward who kills penalties

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

Ice time by strength

Even strength13:39
Power play0:01
Shorthanded2:51
Total16:31

24.7 shifts a game, averaging 40 seconds each.

Special teams

PP goals0T-3rd on WPG
PP assists0T-5th on WPG
PP points0T-5th on WPG · T-142nd NHL
SH goals0
PP points / 600.00T-5th on WPG

Power-play involvement

Goals on the PP4Winnipeg total
Involved in0goals or assists
Share0.0%of every WPG PPG
PP TOI share0.4%of WPG PP time

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


Scoring detail

No goals yet: his one point is an assist

How the 0 goals and 1 assist were scored: when, at what strength, in what game state, and per 60 minutes.

Goal detail

Game-winning goals0T-3rd on WPG
Overtime goals0T-1st on WPG
First goal of the game0
Empty-net goals0
Even-strength goals0
Power-play goals0

Assists

Primary1 · 100%
Secondary0 · 0%

Primary assists are the stronger playmaking signal.

Rates per 60

Points / 601.21
Goals / 600.00
Shots / 604.8
ES points / 601.471 ES points
PP points / 600.000 PP points

Shot locations

Most attempts from the wing

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

GoalOn goalMissedBlocked

By zone

Crease0 att · 0 G
Slot3 att · 0 G
Wing5 att · 0 G
Point0 att · 0 G
Neutral zone1 att · 0 G

9 attempts across the 3 games with a stored shot map. Small sample

Expected goals (ixG)0.5228th
Goals0
Goals vs expected−0.5
Unblocked attempts8
xG per attempt.066
ixG per 600.64

2026-27 · 3 games. Rank among all skaters by ixG. Small sample: early-season xG moves a lot from night to night.

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

2026-27 · Skating and shot power

Hardest shot in the 85th percentile of forwards: 85.25 mph

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

Tracking percentile among NHL forwards

Hardest shot, mph85.2585th
Average shot, mph58.562nd
Distance skated, mi7.955th
Top speed, mph21.3153rd
20+ mph bursts450th
90+ mph shots048th
22+ mph bursts041st
Distance / 60, mi9.5736th
Offensive-zone time34.4%4th
Defensive-zone time48.6%3rd

Bars show the percentile against 383 forwards 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, mph21.31Forward average 21.23
Hardest shot, mph85.25Forward average 74.7
Distance skated7.9 mi2.67 mi in his longest game
Offensive-zone starts25.0%40.9% defensive · 34.1% neutral

Where his shifts were spent

34.4%All situations48.6%
35.7%Even strength46.1%
50.2%Power play35.7%
23.3%Shorthanded65.7%
OffensiveNeutralDefensive

Share of his time on ice in each zone.

Fastest moments

  1. 21.31@PIT5 Oct · 1st 04:07
  2. 21.14vsBOS2 Oct · 2nd 15:35
  3. 20.93@DET4 Oct · 2nd 08:14
  4. 20.88vsBOS2 Oct · OT 01:47
  5. 19.92@DET4 Oct · 1st 06:49
  6. 19.75@DET4 Oct · 3rd 14:00
  7. 19.68@PIT5 Oct · 3rd 08:14
  8. 19.63@DET4 Oct · 1st 18:35

His fastest bursts in mph.

22+ mph0 · avg 0.3
20-22 mph4 · avg 4.6
18-20 mph27 · avg 20

Bursts per speed band, against the forward average.

Hardest shots

  1. 85.25@PIT5 Oct · 3rd 05:13
  2. 69.76vsBOS2 Oct · 1st 17:38
  3. 55.47vsBOS2 Oct · 2nd 11:04
  4. 54.65vsBOS2 Oct · 3rd 16:22
  5. 46.60vsBOS2 Oct · 3rd 10:22
  6. 39.34@DET4 Oct · 2nd 11:32

Shot speed in mph, every attempt type.

100+ mph0 · avg 0.0
90-99 mph0 · avg 0.0
80-89 mph1 · avg 0.6
70-79 mph0 · avg 1.6

Shot attempts per speed band.

Distance, last 10 games

  1. 2.63@PIT5 Oct · 15:55 TOI
  2. 2.61@DET4 Oct · 17:46 TOI
  3. 2.67vsBOS2 Oct · 15:53 TOI

Miles per game with his time on ice. Season average 2.64 a game. Small sample: these numbers move a lot in the first weeks of a season.


Physical play, discipline and faceoffs

Physical play, discipline and faceoffs

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

Possession and physical

Takeaways0T-9th on WPG
Giveaways1
TK / GV ratio0.00
Hits131st on WPG
Blocked shots2T-9th on WPG

Discipline

Penalty minutes2
Minors1
Majors0
Penalties drawn0
Net penalties−1drawn minus taken

Faceoffs

Taken41.3 a game
Won1
Win %25.0%
Offensive zone1 of 2

A part-time centre on the draw.


Game log

Against Colorado, a point in one of three

Full game log →
DateOpponentResultGAPSOG+/-TOI
26 Mar 2026vsCOLL 2-30000−111:27
14 Mar 2026vsCOLW 3-10002−113:19
19 Dec 2025@COLL 2-31012+116:04

Prediction markets

Priced at 7.5% for a point tonight

From stats is a Poisson rate from his scoring this season and last, combined; the market is the venues' average midpoint.

Goal tonight vs COLAnytime scorer7.5%15%Best9¢10¢Not listed

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Contract

Final season of his deal: an unrestricted free agent next summer

In 2025-26 he scored 12.4 points per $1M of cap hit, 90th of 370 forwards with 40 or more games and a current contract.

Cap hit$1.85M1.8% of the $104M ceiling
Term2 yearsYear 2 of 2
Expires2026-27UFA at 28
Cap value$3.7MCap hit × 2 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 2 Oct 2026.


With Winnipeg

Five seasons · 2021-22 to 2025-26
Linemates and opponents

28th in franchise points since 1990-91

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

since 1990-91 · regular season

Points8228th for Winnipeg
Goals4020th
Assists4234th
Games played30620th
Team history

Career

Regular season and playoffs
Career · regular season

Six seasons, with 2 clubs

Career · regular season

SeasonTeamGPGAPP/GPSH%Points
2020-21NYR51010.2033.3%
2021-22NYR, WPG272350.196.1%
2022-23WPG70813210.307.1%
2023-24WPG80117180.2311.7%
2024-25WPG7487150.208.7%
2025-26WPG651112230.3511.8%
Career3214142830.269.6%

Season rows reconcile with the official career totals.

Draft

2017NY Rangers · round 6#174

Teammates in the stats

2026-27 · WPG points

Games18
Goals0
Points20.11 P/GP
Game-winning goals0
Career page

Updated after every final · through 6 Oct