Career profile Last roster: 2023-24 NYR
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Paul Byron

C · ONT
+ 8 other teams
Status
Retired 2 yrs ago
Career
2010–2024 (14 yrs)
Age
37 (35 in 2024)
Vitals
5'9" · 165 lb
Drafted
2007 Rd 7 (#192) BUF

Career Regular Season

11 seasons (2013–2024)
Games 798
Goals 125
Assists 131
Points 256
+/- -28
P/GP 0.32
SHT% 9.6
PiM 238

Stats

OTHL Career
Season Team GP G A P P/GP +/- PiM GW PPG SHG S S% Hit
2013-14 BUF 34 0 1 1 0.03 -2 0 0 0 0 10 0.0% 8
2014-15 BUF 82 9 12 21 0.26 -7 14 2 1 0 77 11.7% 10
2015-16 BUF 61 5 6 11 0.18 -9 17 0 0 0 60 8.3% 31
2016-17 DAL 68 14 13 27 0.40 +2 18 3 1 0 135 10.4% 62
2017-18 DAL 82 17 24 41 0.50 +10 36 5 2 1 208 8.2% 94
2018-19 DAL 82 21 20 41 0.50 +13 44 3 4 0 232 9.1% 119
2019-20 DAL / WSH 82 20 27 47 0.57 +16 39 3 3 0 206 9.7% 118
2020-21 VAN / CLB 76 5 3 8 0.11 -10 12 1 0 0 68 7.4% 28
2021-22 BOS / CAR / TBL 72 11 8 19 0.26 -14 24 1 2 0 100 11.0% 61
2022-23 NYR 80 9 5 14 0.18 -22 14 0 0 0 91 9.9% 61
2023-24 NYR 79 14 12 26 0.33 -5 20 2 0 0 119 11.8% 91
CAREER 11 yrs 798 125 131 256 0.32 -28 238 20 13 1 -- 9.6% 683
OTHL Playoffs
Season Team GP G A P P/GP +/- PiM GW PPG SHG S S% Hit
2014-15 BUF 5 0 0 0 0.00 -1 0 0 0 0 2 0.0% 0
2015-16 BUF 2 0 0 0 0.00 -1 0 0 0 0 1 0.0% 0
2016-17 DAL 12 1 1 2 0.17 0 11 1 0 0 21 4.8% 10
2017-18 DAL 7 3 0 3 0.43 -4 6 0 0 0 12 25.0% 6
2018-19 DAL 15 4 5 9 0.60 +2 8 0 0 0 44 9.1% 19
2019-20 WSH 6 0 2 2 0.33 -1 2 0 0 0 4 0.0% 5
2020-21 CLB 6 0 1 1 0.17 -2 0 0 0 0 13 0.0% 2
CAREER 7 app. 53 8 9 17 0.32 -7 27 1 0 0 -- 8.2% 42
NHL Career Stats
Season Team GP G A P P/GP +/- PiM GW PPG PPP S% TOI
2010-11 BUF 8 1 1 2 0.25 0 2 0 0 0 20.0% 10:57
2011-12 CGY 22 3 2 5 0.23 +3 2 1 0 0 23.1% 10:14
2012-13 CGY 4 0 1 1 0.25 -2 2 0 0 0 0.0% 10:27
2013-14 CGY 47 7 14 21 0.45 +6 27 1 2 3 15.2% 14:27
2014-15 CGY 57 6 13 19 0.33 -2 8 0 1 1 9.7% 14:28
2015-16 MTL 62 11 7 18 0.29 -9 11 2 0 0 22.0% 13:46
2016-17 MTL 81 22 21 43 0.53 +21 29 6 0 4 22.9% 15:04
2017-18 MTL 82 20 15 35 0.43 -4 23 1 2 4 17.4% 16:08
2018-19 MTL 56 15 16 31 0.55 +16 17 3 0 1 16.0% 14:34
2019-20 MTL 29 4 6 10 0.34 +5 4 0 0 0 13.8% 14:20
2020-21 MTL 46 5 11 16 0.35 +5 12 1 0 0 11.4% 12:51
2021-22 MTL 27 4 3 7 0.26 -8 2 2 0 0 12.1% 12:36
Career NHL 521 98 110 208 0.40 +31 139 17 5 13 16.7% -

History

Overall, season by season

Above the band is elite. Inside it, above average. Below it, below average.

OV Forwards, average to top 10%

Attributes

Season Age Pos Team CK FG DI SK ST EN DU PH FO PA SC DF PS EX LD OV
2010-11 21 C BUF 50 50 5 50 50 - 50 50 5 50 5 5 - 5 5 30
2011-12 22 C BUF 92 40 87 72 50 84 84 65 67 63 60 65 60 54 54 63
2012-13 23 C BUF 53 36 72 75 55 48 54 56 46 50 48 52 51 58 58 53
2013-14 24 C BUF 55 35 74 73 55 52 50 54 43 52 50 66 52 60 58 55
2014-15 25 C BUF 58 37 79 78 55 53 57 66 45 63 59 73 76 62 58 62
2015-16 26 C BUF 64 39 84 77 55 52 57 65 47 62 57 71 62 64 58 62
2016-17 27 C DAL 82 53 93 81 53 61 77 61 55 64 72 84 72 62 62 67
2017-18 28 C DAL 80 42 88 85 53 69 89 68 56 71 78 76 80 65 65 70
2018-19 29 C DAL 82 53 90 85 53 73 99 68 41 64 75 79 85 68 68 70
2019-20 30 C WSH 85 55 90 85 58 68 86 64 36 74 78 69 80 67 67 69
2020-21 31 C CLB 79 43 95 90 58 67 61 61 30 66 66 78 85 68 68 66
2021-22 32 C TBL 90 44 91 89 59 63 65 57 39 69 60 76 80 69 70 66
2022-23 33 C NYR 89 44 97 85 59 63 63 62 51 60 68 77 80 70 72 66
2023-24 34 C NYR 89 44 97 85 59 63 63 62 51 60 68 77 80 70 72 66
Season Age Pos Team CK FG DI SK ST EN DU PH FO PA SC DF PS EX LD OV
2010-11 21 C BUF 50 50 5 50 50 - 50 50 5 50 5 5 - 5 5 30
2011-12 22 C BUF +42 −10 +82 +22 · 84 +34 +15 +62 +13 +55 +60 60 +49 +49 +33
2012-13 23 C BUF −39 −4 −15 +3 +5 −36 −30 −9 −21 −13 −12 −13 −9 +4 +4 −10
2013-14 24 C BUF +2 −1 +2 −2 · +4 −4 −2 −3 +2 +2 +14 +1 +2 · +2
2014-15 25 C BUF +3 +2 +5 +5 · +1 +7 +12 +2 +11 +9 +7 +24 +2 · +7
2015-16 26 C BUF +6 +2 +5 −1 · −1 · −1 +2 −1 −2 −2 −14 +2 · ·
2016-17 27 C DAL +18 +14 +9 +4 −2 +9 +20 −4 +8 +2 +15 +13 +10 −2 +4 +5
2017-18 28 C DAL −2 −11 −5 +4 · +8 +12 +7 +1 +7 +6 −8 +8 +3 +3 +3
2018-19 29 C DAL +2 +11 +2 · · +4 +10 · −15 −7 −3 +3 +5 +3 +3 ·
2019-20 30 C WSH +3 +2 · · +5 −5 −13 −4 −5 +10 +3 −10 −5 −1 −1 −1
2020-21 31 C CLB −6 −12 +5 +5 · −1 −25 −3 −6 −8 −12 +9 +5 +1 +1 −3
2021-22 32 C TBL +11 +1 −4 −1 +1 −4 +4 −4 +9 +3 −6 −2 −5 +1 +2 ·
2022-23 33 C NYR −1 · +6 −4 · · −2 +5 +12 −9 +8 +1 · +1 +2 ·
2023-24 34 C NYR · · · · · · · · · · · · · · · ·
Starting Team Salary Length Cap % Age Signed as
2010-11 BUF $570,000 4 yr 1.0% 21 RFA Rookie
2012-13 BUF $555,000 2 yr 0.8% 23 RFA Rookie
2014-15 BUF $800,000 3 yr 1.2% 25 RFA
2017-18 DAL $2,500,000 4 yr 3.3% 28 RFA
2021-22 BOS $2,800,000 1 yr 3.4% 32 UFA
2022-23 NYR $3,500,000 2 yr 4.2% 33 UFA
2016-17
Aug 2 2016
2016-17
to STARS
2019-20
Mar 15 2020
2019-20
to CAPITALS
2020-21
Sep 2 2020
2020-21
to CANUCKS
  • Paul Byron 66
to CAPITALS
Mar 15 2021
2020-21
to BLUE JACKETS
  • Paul Byron 66
to CANUCKS
2021-22
Mar 22 2022
2021-22
to LIGHTNING
to HURRICANES

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