Colorado Avalanche · #17 · Centre

Parker Kelly

Age 27 · Shoots left · 6′1″ · 185 lb · Born Camrose, Alberta, CAN

Undrafted

Next game · tonightat Winnipeg · 7:30 PM ET3 P in the last 4 vs WPG
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Games22026-27 Small sample
Goals1T-5th on COL
Assists3T-1st on COL
Points4T-2nd on COL
P / GP2.00T-7th in the NHL
Shots250.0% shooting
TOI / GP14:1215th on COL

2025-262025-26: 82 games, 21-14-35, 0.43 points per game Season detail →

Parker Kelly has 4 points in 2 games of 2026-27, after 35 points in 82 games last season.

This season

2026-27 regular season · 2 games Small sample
2026-27 · The season

4 points in 2 games for the 9th-placed Colorado

Where he ranks among NHL forwards with 2+ games.

Percentile among NHL forwards

Assists / 606.3499th
Points / GP2.0098th
Shooting %50.0%95th
Goals / 602.1187th
Takeaways169th
Blocked shots267th
Hits455th
Penalty differential048th
Ice time14:1238th
PP points036th
Shots / GP1.0029th

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

Points4T-2nd on COL
Points per game2.00T-7th in NHL
Goals1T-67th in NHL
Assists3T-1st on COL
Shooting %50.0%Above avg (11.6%)
Ice time14:1215th on COL
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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 Colorado's power play went through him.

Ice time by strength

Even strength11:43
Power play0:00
Shorthanded2:29
Total14:12

21.5 shifts a game, averaging 40 seconds each.

Special teams

PP goals0T-4th on COL
PP assists0T-6th on COL
PP points0T-8th on COL · T-142nd NHL
SH goals0
PP points / 600.00

Power-play involvement

Goals on the PP4Colorado total
Involved in0goals or assists
Share0.0%of every COL PPG
PP TOI share0.0%of COL PP time

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


Scoring detail

1 of 1 goal broke a tie

How the 1 goal and 3 assists were scored: when, at what strength, in what game state, and per 60 minutes.

Goal detail

Game-winning goals0T-3rd on COL
Overtime goals0T-1st on COL
First goal of the game0
Empty-net goals0
Even-strength goals1
Power-play goals0

Goals by period

1st1
2nd0
3rd0
Overtime0

Goals by game state

Tied1
Leading0
Trailing0

1 of 1 goal broke a tie; 0 came with Colorado trailing.

Assists

Primary1 · 33%
Secondary2 · 67%

Primary assists are the stronger playmaking signal.

Rates per 60

Points / 608.45
Goals / 602.11
Shots / 604.2
ES points / 6010.244 ES points
PP points / 600.000 PP points

Shot locations

Most attempts from the slot, goals from the slot

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

GoalOn goalMissedBlocked

By zone

Crease0 att · 0 G
Slot4 att · 1 G
Wing1 att · 0 G
Point0 att · 0 G
Neutral zone0 att · 0 G

5 attempts across the 2 games with a stored shot map. Small sample

Expected goals (ixG)0.1469th
Goals1
Goals vs expected+0.9
Unblocked attempts2
xG per attempt.063
ixG per 600.27

2026-27 · 2 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 94th percentile of forwards: 87.56 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

Average shot, mph76.599th
Hardest shot, mph87.5694th
Distance / 60, mi9.8460th
90+ mph shots048th
Offensive-zone time40.6%42nd
22+ mph bursts041st
Defensive-zone time42.0%35th
20+ mph bursts227th
Top speed, mph20.3013th
Distance skated, mi4.711th

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, mph20.30Forward average 21.23
Hardest shot, mph87.56Forward average 74.7
Distance skated4.7 mi2.52 mi in his longest game
Offensive-zone starts32.0%24.0% defensive · 44.0% neutral

Where his shifts were spent

40.6%All situations42.0%
43.0%Even strength38.2%
29.8%Shorthanded59.5%
OffensiveNeutralDefensive

Share of his time on ice in each zone.

Fastest moments

  1. 20.30vsSTL3 Oct · 1st 07:15
  2. 20.02vsLAK30 Sep · 3rd 15:22
  3. 19.70vsLAK30 Sep · 2nd 08:59
  4. 19.63vsSTL3 Oct · 3rd 10:09
  5. 19.39vsLAK30 Sep · 1st 17:54
  6. 19.25vsSTL3 Oct · 1st 11:59
  7. 19.01vsLAK30 Sep · 1st 02:36
  8. 18.96vsSTL3 Oct · 1st 12:15

His fastest bursts in mph.

22+ mph0 · avg 0.3
20-22 mph2 · avg 4.6
18-20 mph14 · avg 20

Bursts per speed band, against the forward average.

Hardest shots

  1. 87.56vsLAK30 Sep · 1st 17:58
  2. 65.46vsSTL3 Oct · 3rd 15:18

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. 2.52vsSTL3 Oct · 15:31 TOI
  2. 2.14vsLAK30 Sep · 12:53 TOI

Miles per game with his time on ice. Season average 2.33 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

Takeaways1T-2nd on COL
Giveaways3
TK / GV ratio0.33
Hits4T-2nd on COL
Blocked shots2T-5th on COL

Discipline

Penalty minutes0
Minors0
Majors0
Penalties drawn0
Net penalties0drawn minus taken

Faceoffs

Taken21.0 a game
Won0
Win %0.0%
Offensive zone0 of 2

A part-time centre on the draw.


Game log

Against Winnipeg, a point in three of four

Full game log →
DateOpponentResultGAPSOG+/-TOI
28 Mar 2026vsWPGL 2-41014+110:34
26 Mar 2026@WPGW 3-20110+111:49
14 Mar 2026@WPGL 1-30000−113:20
19 Dec 2025vsWPGW 3-21011+210:49

Prediction markets

Priced at 11% 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 WPGAnytime scorer11%23%Best12¢13¢Not listed

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Contract

$1.7M a season through 2029-30

In 2025-26 he scored 20.6 points per $1M of cap hit, 39th of 370 forwards with 40 or more games and a current contract.

Cap hit$1.7M1.6% of the $104M ceiling
Term4 yearsYear 1 of 4
Expires2029-30UFA at 31
Cap value$6.8MCap hit × 4 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 Colorado

Three seasons · 2024-25 to 2026-27
Linemates and opponents

83rd 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.

Who he sets up

Nicolas Roy2
Josh Manson1

Scorers on his 3 assists.

since 1990-91 · regular season

Points5883rd for Colorado
Goals3059th
Assists2899th
Games played16482nd
Team history

Career

Regular season and playoffs
Career · regular season

Seven seasons, with 2 clubs

Career · regular season

SeasonTeamGPGAPP/GPSH%Points
2020-21OTT11011.00100.0%
2021-22OTT4175120.2914.6%
2022-23OTT551340.071.7%
2023-24OTT80810180.239.3%
2024-25COL80811190.248.1%
2025-26COL822114350.4320.2%
2026-27COL11122.00100.0%
Career3404744910.2711.8%

Season rows reconcile with the official career totals.

Teammates in the stats

2026-27 · COL points

Games20
Goals2
Points50.25 P/GP
Game-winning goals1
Career page

Updated after every final · through 6 Oct