St. Louis Blues · #72 · Defence

Justin Barron

Age 24 · Shoots right · 6′2″ · 198 lb · Born Halifax, Nova Scotia, CAN

Drafted 2020, #25 overall by Colorado

Next game · Thu 8 Octvs San Jose · 8:00 PM ET0 P in the last 2 vs SJSGame preview →
Games522025-26 · missed 30
Goals0T-32nd on STL
Assists9T-18th on STL
Points924th on STL
P / GP0.17550th in the NHL
Shots310.0% shooting
TOI / GP14:1519th on STL

Justin Barron scored 9 points (0 goals, 9 assists) in 52 games in 2025-26, 24th on St. Louis. Against San Jose: 0 points in the last 2 meetings.

This season

2026-27 regular season · 0 games

St. Louis have played 3 games and Justin Barron has not dressed yet. Next game on Thursday 8 October against San Jose. 2025-26 in full below.

Last season

2025-26 regular season · 52 games
2025-26 · The season

9 points in 52 games

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

Percentile among NHL defencemen

Penalty differential−553rd
Assists / 600.7350th
Hits3733rd
PP points025th
Blocked shots6016th
Points / GP0.1715th
Ice time14:155th
Shots / GP0.604th
Goals / 600.002nd
Shooting %0.0%2nd
Takeaways41st

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

0.20.31–100.111–200.021–300.331–400.241–500.051–52

Dashed line: season average (0.2). Dark blocks sit at or above it.

Points924th on STL
Points per game0.17550th in NHL
Goals0T-748th in NHL
Assists9T-18th on STL
Shooting %0.0%Below avg (11.1%)
Ice time14:1519th on STL
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Ice time and special teams

A third-pair defenceman who plays mostly at even strength

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

Ice time by strength

Even strength13:37
Power play0:15
Shorthanded0:23
Total14:15

18.8 shifts a game, averaging 46 seconds each.

Special teams

PP goals0T-15th on STL
PP assists0T-17th on STL
PP points0T-18th on STL · T-453rd NHL
SH goals0
PP points / 600.00T-18th on STL

Scoring detail

No goals yet: all 9 points are assists

How the 0 goals and 9 assists were scored: when, at what strength, in what game state, and per 60 minutes.

Goal detail

Game-winning goals0T-22nd on STL
Overtime goals0T-3rd on STL
First goal of the game0
Empty-net goals0
Even-strength goals0
Power-play goals0

Assists

Primary2 · 22%
Secondary7 · 78%

Primary assists are the stronger playmaking signal.

Rates per 60

Points / 600.73
Goals / 600.00
Shots / 602.5
ES points / 600.769 ES points
PP points / 600.000 PP points

Shot locations

Most attempts from the slot

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

GoalOn goalMissedBlocked

By zone

Crease2 att · 0 G
Slot31 att · 0 G
Wing31 att · 0 G
Point26 att · 0 G
Neutral zone0 att · 0 G

90 attempts across the 38 games with a stored shot map.

Expected goals (ixG)2.6629th
Goals0
Goals vs expected−2.6
Unblocked attempts50
xG per attempt.051
ixG per 600.21

2025-26 · 52 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 84th percentile of defencemen: 8.82 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

Defensive-zone time37.4%89th
Offensive-zone time44.4%87th
Distance / 60, mi8.8284th
20+ mph bursts4459th
Top speed, mph21.5824th
22+ mph bursts022nd
90+ mph shots014th
Distance skated, mi108.95th
Hardest shot, mph84.675th
Average shot, mph62.35th

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, mph21.58Defenceman average 22.09
Hardest shot, mph84.67Defenceman average 92.6
Distance skated108.9 mi3.07 mi in his longest game
Offensive-zone starts30.2%34.8% defensive · 35.0% neutral

Where his shifts were spent

44.4%All situations37.4%
OffensiveNeutralDefensive

Share of his time on ice in each zone.

Fastest moments

22+ mph0 · avg 1.9
20-22 mph44 · avg 46
18-20 mph229 · avg 267

Bursts per speed band, against the defenceman average.

Hardest shots

100+ mph0 · avg 0.1
90-99 mph0 · avg 6.4
80-89 mph7 · avg 33
70-79 mph26 · 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

Takeaways424th on STL
Giveaways52
TK / GV ratio0.08
Hits3721st on STL
Blocked shots605th on STL

Discipline

Penalty minutes17
Minors6
Majors1
Penalties drawn2
Net penalties−5drawn minus taken

Consistency

Points come in bunches, not every night (9 of 52)

How often he scores, how long the streaks run.

How often he scores

Games with a point917% of games
Multi-point games00%
Goals in0 games0%
Pointless games4383%

Streaks

Longest point streak2 games21 Oct – 23 Oct
Longest goal streak0 games
Longest pointless run17 games
Final ten2 in 10point in 2

Game log

Against San Jose, a point in zero of two

Full game log →
DateOpponentResultGAPSOG+/-TOI
13 Apr 2026vsSJSL 2-30001−117:25
4 Apr 2026@SJSW 6-30000+217:22

Splits · 2025-26

Better at home

Home and road

SplitGPPP/GP
Home2550.20
Road2740.15

By opponent

SplitGPPP/GP
vs San Jose200.00
vs Central1120.18
vs Eastern Conf.2110.05

By month

SplitGPPP/GP
October1230.25
November710.14
January1100.00
February210.50
March1230.25
April810.13

Contract

Final season of his deal: a restricted free agent next summer

In 2025-26 he scored 5.7 points per $1M of cap hit, 94th of 191 defencemen with 40 or more games and a current contract.

Cap hit$1.58M1.5% of the $104M ceiling
Term1 yearYear 1 of 1
Expires2026-27RFA at 25
Cap value$1.6MCap hit × 1 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 St. Louis

Linemates and opponents

With St. Louis

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

Who he sets up

Tyson Jost2
Cole Smith1
Spencer Stastney1
Michael Bunting1
Ryan O'Reilly1

Scorers on his 9 assists.

By opponent

2025-26 · top 6 by P/GP

Vancouver2 P in 30.67 P/GP
Dallas1 P in 20.50 P/GP
Tampa Bay1 P in 20.50 P/GP
Calgary1 P in 20.50 P/GP
Anaheim1 P in 30.33 P/GP
Los Angeles1 P in 30.33 P/GP

Career

Regular season and playoffs
Career · regular season

Five seasons, with 3 clubs

Career · regular season

SeasonTeamGPGAPP/GPSH%Points
2021-22COL, MTL71120.297.7%
2022-23MTL39411150.3810.0%
2023-24MTL4876130.2711.7%
2024-25MTL, NSH6267130.218.2%
2025-26NSH520990.170.0%
Career2081834520.258.3%

Season rows reconcile with the official career totals.

Draft

2020Colorado · round 1From Halifax (QMJHL)#25

Teammates in the stats

2025-26 · STL points


Updated after every final · through 6 Oct