Colton Parayko
Age 33 · Shoots right · 6′6″ · 228 lb · Born St. Albert, Alberta, CAN
Drafted 2012, #86 overall by St. Louis
2025-262025-26: 77 games, 4-14-18, 0.23 points per game Season detail →
Colton Parayko has 1 point in 3 games of 2026-27, after 18 points in 77 games last season.
This season
2026-27 regular season · 3 games Small sample1 point in 3 games for the 27th-placed St. Louis
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 (0.3). Dark blocks sit at or above it.
Where he ranks
See all: Where he ranks →A top-four defenceman who kills penalties
Even-strength, power-play and shorthanded minutes, and how much of St. Louis'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.
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.
Most attempts from the point
Every attempt, attacking right, from the games with a stored shot map.
By zone
12 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 · 77 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 leadersHardest shot in the 97th percentile of defencemen: 95.05 mph
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
- 21.47@
DAL2 Oct · 2nd 04:49 - 20.58@
COL3 Oct · 3rd 05:08 - 20.58@COL3 Oct · 2nd 05:01
- 19.77@COL3 Oct · 3rd 04:40
- 19.61@COL3 Oct · 3rd 02:49
- 18.72@COL3 Oct · 2nd 08:57
- 18.31@COL3 Oct · 2nd 17:02
- 18.23@DAL2 Oct · 3rd 04:07
His fastest bursts in mph.
Bursts per speed band, against the defenceman average.
Hardest shots
- 81.75@COL3 Oct · 2nd 19:33
- 75.04@DAL2 Oct · 3rd 04:25
- 73.84@COL3 Oct · 2nd 05:03
- 72.71@COL3 Oct · 3rd 04:52
- 65.14@COL3 Oct · 1st 12:50
- 63.18@DAL2 Oct · 1st 02:51
Shot speed in mph, every attempt type.
Shot attempts per speed band.
Distance, last 10 games
- 2.77@
CHI6 Oct · 20:10 TOI - 2.87@COL3 Oct · 20:45 TOI
- 2.65@DAL2 Oct · 20:27 TOI
Miles per game with his time on ice. Season average 2.76 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 San Jose, a point in zero of two
SJSL 4-50001+121:23SJSW 2-1 OT0003023:42CHIW 4-20002020:10COLW 6-10002−320:45DALL 0-40112+220:2718 points in 77 games on a team that finished 22nd
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 (0.2). Dark blocks sit at or above it.
Where he ranks
See all: Where he ranks →A top-pair defenceman who kills penalties
Even-strength, power-play and shorthanded minutes, and how much of St. Louis'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 of the goals come at even strength
How the 4 goals and 14 assists were scored: when, at what strength, in what game state, and per 60 minutes.
Goals by period
Goals by game state
1 of 4 goals broke a tie; 1 came with St. Louis trailing.
Most attempts from the point, goals from the point
Every attempt, attacking right, from the games with a stored shot map.
By zone
253 attempts across the 73 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 · 77 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 90th percentile of defencemen: 94
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.
Draws more penalties than he takes
Possession events, penalties drawn against penalties taken, and faceoffs.
Possession and physical
Points come in bunches, not every night (16 of 77)
How often he scores, how long the streaks run.
Streaks
Against San Jose, a point in zero of two
SJSL 4-50001+121:23SJSW 2-1 OT0003023:42
UTAW 5-30002017:58
PITW 7-50001023:36
MINW 6-31011+216:09CHIW 5-30002−122:08
WPGL 2-31011+119:24COLL 1-30000020:51COLW 3-20001+123:14
ANAW 6-21122+222:38
LAKOTL 1-2 OT0002−123:35SJSL 4-50001+121:23CHIW 4-20002020:10COLW 6-10002−320:45DALL 0-40112+220:27Better at home
Home and road
By opponent
By month
$6.5M a season through 2029-30
In 2025-26 he scored 2.8 points per $1M of cap hit, 173rd 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 St. Louis
Eleven seasons · 2015-16 to 2025-2617th 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 playoffsEleven seasons, all with the Blues
Career · regular season
Season rows reconcile with the official career totals.
Draft
Updated after every final · through 6 Oct