Bowen Byram
Age 25 · Shoots left · 6′1″ · 205 lb · Born Cranbrook, British Columbia, CAN
Drafted 2019, #4 overall by Colorado
2025-262025-26: 82 games, 11-31-42, 0.51 points per game Season detail →
Bowen Byram has 0 points in 3 games of 2026-27, after 42 points in 82 games last season.
This season
2026-27 regular season · 3 games Small sample0 points in 3 games for the 29th-placed Chicago
Where he ranks among NHL defencemen with 2+ games, then his scoring rate through the season in ten-game blocks.
Points per game · rolling blocks
Dashed line: season average (0.0). Dark blocks sit at or above it.
Where he ranks
See all: Where he ranks →A top-pair defenceman who runs the first power play
Even-strength, power-play and shorthanded minutes, and how much of Chicago's power play went through him.
Special teams
Power-play involvement
Team power-play goals from the season team report; involvement is his power-play points.
Most attempts from the point
Every attempt, attacking right, from the games with a stored shot map.
By zone
9 attempts across the 3 games with a stored shot map. Small sample
Expected goals
See all: Expected goals →2026-27 · 3 games. Rank among all skaters by ixG. Small sample: early-season xG moves a lot from night to night.
2025-26 · 82 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 leaders20+ mph bursts in the 94th percentile of defencemen: 6
How fast he skated, how far, how hard he shot and where on the ice his shifts were spent, against the average NHL defenceman.
Where his shifts were spent
Share of his time on ice in each zone.
Fastest moments
- 21.06@
VGK29 Sep · 2nd 10:13 - 20.60@VGK29 Sep · 3rd 08:35
- 20.54@
UTA1 Oct · 2nd 12:27 - 20.11@VGK29 Sep · 1st 05:15
- 19.93@UTA1 Oct · 2nd 15:04
- 19.54@VGK29 Sep · 2nd 00:43
- 19.46@VGK29 Sep · 3rd 08:27
- 19.17@VGK29 Sep · 1st 11:31
His fastest bursts in mph.
Bursts per speed band, against the defenceman average.
Hardest shots
- 81.86@UTA1 Oct · 2nd 18:50
- 81.60@UTA1 Oct · 3rd 07:05
- 78.10@UTA1 Oct · 2nd 12:06
- 71.88@UTA1 Oct · 1st 12:13
- 35.70@VGK29 Sep · 3rd 09:14
Shot speed in mph, every attempt type.
Shot attempts per speed band.
Distance, last 10 games
- 3.16vs
STL6 Oct · 21:22 TOI - 3.57@UTA1 Oct · 24:49 TOI
- 3.74@VGK29 Sep · 25:08 TOI
Miles per game with his time on ice. Season average 3.49 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
Against NY Islanders, a point in one of three
NYIW 4-31012022:14NYIW 5-00002+121:18NYIW 3-2 SO0001022:49STLW 4-20002+121:22UTAW 6-00000−224:49VGKW 5-20000−225:0842 points in 82 games
Where he ranks among NHL defencemen with 40+ games, then his scoring rate through the season in ten-game blocks.
Points per game · rolling blocks
Dashed line: season average (0.5). Dark blocks sit at or above it.
Where he ranks
See all: Where he ranks →A top-pair defenceman who plays on the power play
Even-strength, power-play and shorthanded minutes, and how much of Chicago's power play went through him.
Special teams
Clutch numbers to match the totals
How the 11 goals and 31 assists were scored: when, at what strength, in what game state, and per 60 minutes.
Goals by period
Goals by game state
4 of 11 goals broke a tie; 3 came with Chicago trailing.
Most attempts from the wing, goals from the wing
Every attempt, attacking right, from the games with a stored shot map.
By zone
240 attempts across the 80 games with a stored shot map.
Expected goals
See all: Expected goals →2026-27 · 3 games. Rank among all skaters by ixG. Small sample: early-season xG moves a lot from night to night.
2025-26 · 82 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 leaders20+ mph bursts in the 92nd percentile of defencemen: 107
How fast he skated, how far, how hard he shot and where on the ice his shifts were spent, against the average NHL defenceman.
Where his shifts were spent
Share of his time on ice in each zone.
Fastest moments
Bursts per speed band, against the defenceman average.
Hardest shots
Shot attempts per speed band.
Takes more penalties than he draws
Possession events, penalties drawn against penalties taken, and faceoffs.
Possession and physical
A point in one game of three (34 of 82)
How often he scores, how long the streaks run.
Streaks
Against NY Islanders, a point in one of three
NYIW 4-31012022:14NYIW 5-00002+121:18NYIW 3-2 SO0001022:49
DALOTL 3-4 SO0000−119:35CHIW 5-10001+221:11
CBJW 5-00000+219:32
NYRW 5-30112+122:07
TBLW 4-20221+221:16
WSHL 2-60000−320:59
OTTL 1-40111−122:58NYIW 4-31012022:14
SEAW 3-2 SO0001021:29
DETL 2-50113−121:17STLW 4-20002+121:22UTAW 6-00000−224:49VGKW 5-20000−225:08Better at home
Home and road
By opponent
By month
Final season of his deal: an unrestricted free agent next summer
In 2025-26 he scored 6.7 points per $1M of cap hit, 70th of 191 defencemen with 40 or more games and a current contract.
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 Chicago
One season · 2026-27 to 2026-27435th 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.
Franchise ranks
See all: Franchise ranks →Career
Regular season and playoffsSeven seasons, with 3 clubs
Career · regular season
Season rows reconcile with the official career totals.
Draft
Updated after every final · through 6 Oct