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Parker Kelly

Position	Left Wing / Center	Current Team	Colorado Avalanche
Shoots	Left	Current Contract	2 years ($825.0K CapHit)
Height	6'1"	Expires	2025-26
Weight (lbs)	185	Extended	4 years ($1.7M CapHit)
Age (DOB)	27 (May 14, 1999)	Expiry Age (Jun 30)	31
Drafted	Undrafted	Expiry Status	UFA 2030

Date	Team	Transaction
Jul 1, 2025	Colorado Avalanche	Signed 4 years @ $1.700M AAV starting in 2026-27
Jul 1, 2024	Colorado Avalanche	Signed 2 years @ $825K AAV starting in 2024-25
Oct 12, 2021	Ottawa Senators	Signed 2 years @ $762K AAV starting in 2022-23
Sep 19, 2017	Ottawa Senators	Signed to an entry level contract.

Status History Coming Soon

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About Player Cards

Player cards present an infographic of a players performance using a series of Player Archetypes developed for Puckalytics.com and TheStanleyCap.com. The boxes in the rink image show the archetype ratings for the season specified in the card while the graphs to the right show the five-year trends for those archetypes.

Except for Faceoffs, the values shown are the players z-score (standard deviation from the mean) for the specific metric used to calculate the archetype values. When calculating z-scores forwards were compared to forwards and defensemen were compared to defensemen. Positive values indicate the player is above average and shaded in blue, while negative values indicate the player is below average and shaded in punk. The five year trend charts show a range of -4.0 to 4.0.

The value shown for Faceoffs is the faceoff winning percentage rather than their z-score with winning percentages below 50 in pink shades and above 50 in blue shades.

All archetypes are 5v5 except 5v4 TOI, 4v5 TOI, Skating (even strength) and Faceoffs (all situations). Archetypes use regular season data only.

Archetypes Summary

Sniper - Measures the to score above the expected goal rate.
Rebound - Measures the percent of a players shot attempts that come from rebounds (forwards only).
5v4 TOI - Powerplay ice time, calculated as the percentage of his teams 5v4 ice time that the player was on the ice for.
Shooter - Measures whether a players points come from shots (goals or assists on rebounds from his shots).
Producer - Measures a players ability to produce goals and assists, adjusted for quality of teammates.
Playmaker - Measures whether a players points come from passes.
Drive - Measures a players ability to drive puck possession and generate shot attempts for his team.
Rush - Measures the percent of a players shot attempts that come from rush plays
Possession - An indicator of a players ability to improve his teams puck possession game.
Faceoffs - Faceoff Winning Percentage (min. 75 faceoffs taken).
5v5 TOI - The percentage of his teams 5v5 TOI that the player was on the ice for.
Suppress - Measures a players ability to suppress opponent puck possession and shot attempts against.
Skating - An indicator of a players skating ability, or speed bursts above 20mph per mile skated.
Defend - An indicator of a players ability to suppress shot quality against.
4v5 TOI - Penalty Kill ice time, calculated as the percentage of his teams 4v5 ice time that the player was on the ice for.

Data Sources

Salary data is from TheStanleyCap.com
Shooting and Skating (except Sh%AE) are from NHL Edge
Other statistics are from Puckalytics.com and derived from data from NHL.com

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Read Introducing Player Archetypes on HockeyAnalysis.com for more details on archetype calculations.

Core Archetypes

Season	Team(s)	GP	Producer	Playmaker	Shooter	Sniper	Rebound	Rush	Skating	Defend
2020-21	OTT	1	18.07	-1.46	56.63	22.24	-2.02	-1.74	-	4.72
2021-22	OTT	41	0.91	-0.27	1.68	1.32	-0.51	-0.40	1.35	-0.20
2022-23	OTT	55	-2.03	-1.30	-1.39	-1.31	-1.35	-1.15	0.73	0.09
2023-24	OTT	80	-0.93	0.00	-1.14	-0.84	-1.65	-1.85	-0.07	-0.30
2024-25	COL	80	-1.15	-1.18	-0.35	-0.53	-1.57	-0.63	0.20	0.57
2025-26	COL	82	1.55	-0.19	2.52	2.38	-1.08	-1.19	0.77	-0.71

Situational and Secondary Archetypes

Season	Team(s)	GP	5v5 TOI	5v4 TOI	4v5 TOI	Possession	Drive	Suppress	Faceoffs
2020-21	OTT	1	-3.23	-2.13	-0.78	5.37	6.54	-3.92	-
2021-22	OTT	41	-1.62	-1.90	-0.78	-0.78	-1.25	-0.72	-
2022-23	OTT	55	-2.05	-1.87	0.81	-0.76	-1.62	-1.15	-
2023-24	OTT	80	-1.55	-1.78	1.48	-0.23	-1.12	-1.31	-
2024-25	COL	80	-1.10	-1.96	1.28	-0.40	-1.25	-0.96	43.0
2025-26	COL	82	-1.01	-1.82	1.13	0.18	-1.27	-1.59	36.1

About Archetypes

Player archetypes are a look at a players strengths and weaknesses in his game when compared to other players around the leeague. Except for Faceoffs, the values shown are the players z-score (standard deviation from the mean) for the specific metric used to calculate the archetype values. When calculating z-scores forwards were compared to forwards and defensemen were compared to defensemen. Positive values indicate the player is above average and shaded in blue, while negative values indicate the player is below average and shaded in punk. The five year trend charts show a range of -4.0 to 4.0.

The value shown for Faceoffs is the faceoff winning percentage rather than their z-score with winning percentages below 50 in pink shades and above 50 in blue shades.

All archetypes are 5v5 except 5v4 TOI, 4v5 TOI and Faceoffs (all situations). Archetypes use regular season data only.

Archetypes Summary

Producer - Measures a players ability to produce goals and assists, adjusted for quality of teammates.
Playmaker - Measures whether a players points come from passes.
Shooter - Measures whether a players points come from shots (goals or assists on rebounds from his shots).
Sniper - Measures the to score above the expected goal rate.
Rebound - Measures the percent of a players shot attempts that come from rebounds (forwards only).
Rush - Measures the percent of a players shot attempts that come from rush plays
Skating - An indicator of a players skating ability, or speed bursts above 20mph per mile skated.
Defend - An indicator of a players ability to suppress shot quality against.
5v5 TOI - The percentage of his teams 5v5 TOI that the player was on the ice for.
5v4 TOI - Powerplay ice time, calculated as the percentage of his teams 5v4 ice time that the player was on the ice for.
4v5 TOI - Penalty Kill ice time, calculated as the percentage of his teams 4v5 ice time that the player was on the ice for.
Possession - An indicator of a players ability to improve his teams puck possession game.
Drive - Measures a players ability to drive puck possession and generate shot attempts for his team.
Suppress - Measures a players ability to suppress opponent puck possession and shot attempts against.
Faceoffs - Faceoff Winning Percentage (min. 75 faceoffs taken).

Read Introducing Player Archetypes on HockeyAnalysis.com for more details on archetype calculations.

Data Sources

Salary data is from TheStanleyCap.com
Shooting and Skating (except Sh%AE) are from NHL Edge
Other statistics are from Puckalytics.com and derived from data from NHL.com

5v5 Individual Stats

Season	Team(s)	GP	TOI	G/60	A/60	Pts/60	xG/60	GAE/60	Sh%	xSh%	Sh%AE	%SA Rush	%SA Reb.
2020-21	OTT	1	5:49	10.32	0.00	10.32	0.59	9.73	100.00	5.68	94.32	0.00	0.00
2021-22	OTT	41	382:54	1.10	0.78	1.88	0.75	0.35	14.89	10.21	4.69	3.23	4.84
2022-23	OTT	55	446:06	0.13	0.27	0.40	0.49	-0.36	2.00	7.32	-5.32	1.49	2.99
2023-24	OTT	80	734:50	0.33	0.73	1.06	0.50	-0.18	5.80	8.90	-3.11	0.00	2.94
2024-25	COL	80	829:31	0.43	0.36	0.80	0.56	-0.13	7.23	9.35	-2.12	1.47	2.94
2025-26	COL	82	840:35	1.28	0.93	2.21	0.71	0.57	20.45	11.31	9.15	0.78	4.65

5v5 On Ice Stats

Season	Team(s)	GP	TOI	SAF/60	GF/60	xGF/60	SAA/60	GA/60	xGA/60	GF%	xGF%	xGF Rel	xGA Rel	xGF% Rel
2020-21	OTT	1	5:49	72.21	10.32	3.34	30.95	0.00	2.04	100.00	62.07	1.19	-0.31	14.29
2021-22	OTT	41	382:54	34.47	2.19	1.98	41.06	2.66	2.53	45.16	44.00	-0.57	-0.24	-4.01
2022-23	OTT	55	446:06	36.99	0.94	1.74	39.41	2.56	2.32	26.92	42.90	-1.18	-0.36	-9.32
2023-24	OTT	80	734:50	37.56	1.71	1.84	37.31	2.86	2.16	37.50	46.03	-0.64	-0.43	-2.97
2024-25	COL	80	829:31	38.26	1.16	2.01	33.92	1.95	1.93	37.21	51.03	-0.81	-0.37	-3.99
2025-26	COL	82	840:35	44.33	2.71	2.56	34.40	1.86	1.99	59.38	56.26	-0.75	-0.50	-0.82

NHL Edge Stats

		Skating				Shooting					Zone Time
Season	GP	Top Speed	Bursts>20/mi	Avg. Speed	ES Avg. Speed	Top Speed	Avg. Speed	%Long Range	%Mid Range	%High Danger	ES DZ%	ES NZ%	ES OZ%
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Legend

Percentile 0-25

Percentile 25-50

Percentile 50-75

Percentile 75-100

Forwards are compared with forwards and Defensemen are are compared with Defensemen.

5v5 Lines

Season

Season	Teammate	Teammate	Team	TOI	GF/60	GA/60	GF%	xGF/60	xGA/60	xGF%	xGF Rel	xGA Rel	xGF% Rel
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Glossary

Type	Statistic	Definition
Individual	G/60	Goals Against per 60 minutes.
Individual	A/60	Assists per 60 minutes.
Individual	Pts/60	Points per 60 minutes.
Individual	xG/60	Expected Goals per 60 minutes.
Individual	GAE/60	Goals Above Expected (G/60 - xG/60).
Individual	Sh%	Shooting Percentage.
Individual	xSh%	Expected Shooting Percentage.
Individual	Sh%AE	Shooting percentage above expected (Sh% - xSh%).
Individual	%SA Rush	Percentage of shot attempts determined to be on the rush.
Individual	%SA Reb.	Percentage of shot attempts determined to be from rebounds.
On Ice	SAF/60	Shot Attempts For per 60 minutes.
On Ice	GF/60	Goals For per 60 minutes.
On Ice	xGF/60	Expected Goals For per 60 minutes.
On Ice	SAA/60	Shot Attempts Against per 60 minutes (lower is better).
On Ice	GA/60	Goals Against per 60 minutes (lower is better).
On Ice	xGA/60	Expected Goals Against per 60 minutes (lower is better).
On Ice	GF%	Goals For Percentage = Goals For / (Goals For + Goals Against)
On Ice	xGF%	Expected Goals For Percentage = Expected Goals For / (Expected Goals For + Expected Goals Against)
On Ice	xGF Rel	xGF/60 when On Ice - xGF/60 when not On Ice.
On Ice	xGA Rel	xGA/60 when On Ice - xGA/60 when not On Ice (lower is better).
On Ice	xGF% Rel	xGF% when On Ice - xGF% when not On Ice.

Individual and On-Ice stats from Puckalytics.com (starting in 2015-16). NHL Edge Stats from edge.nhl.com (starting in 2021-22). Edge statistic definitions can be found at the Edge Stats Glossary.

News and Opinions

Parker Kelly’s First-Career Playoff Goal Help Avalanche Take 3-1 Series Lead Over Wild In 5-2 Win at Yahoo Sports NHL (Tue May 12, 2026)
Avalanche are approaching the 2026 Stanley Cup Playoffs in an unexpected way at Mile High Sticking (Thu Apr 30, 2026)
Kelly is Avalanche’s best story this season at Mile High Sticking (Mon Apr 6, 2026)
Recap: Avs lose 3-2 to surging Blues at Yahoo Sports NHL (Mon Apr 6, 2026)
Recap: Avs lose 3-2 to surging Blues at Mile High Hockey (Mon Apr 6, 2026)
Parker Kelly is making the Colorado Avalanche look brilliant for extending him early at Mile High Sticking (Sun Mar 15, 2026)
Nathan MacKinnon heaps high praise on a Colorado Avalanche unsung hero at Mile High Sticking (Thu Mar 5, 2026)
3 Takeaways from the Avalanche’s 5-1 Win Over the Ducks at The Hockey Writers (Wed Mar 4, 2026)
10 Takeaways: Parker Kelly Jokes About His Contract Extension Amid Career-Best Season at Colorado Hockey Now (Wed Mar 4, 2026)
Parker Kelly’s Two-Goal Night Powers Avalanche to 5-1 Win Over Ducks at Yahoo Sports NHL (Wed Mar 4, 2026)
Cale Makar, Parker Kelly lead Avalanche past Ducks 5-1 for a SoCal sweep at Yahoo Sports NHL (Wed Mar 4, 2026)
Parker Kelly paid the Colorado Avalanche the biggest compliment they could receive at Mile High Sticking (Sun Feb 22, 2026)
Red Wings-Avalanche Tweetcap: Colorado humbles Detroit at LCA at The Malik Report (Sat Jan 31, 2026)
The Colorado Avalanche have finally found forward depth at Mile High Sticking (Thu Nov 13, 2025)
Recap: Avalanche set Oilers ablaze in 9-1 torching at Mile High Hockey (Sun Nov 9, 2025)
Parker Kelly Relieved, Excited to Start Season After Signing New Contract at Colorado Hockey Now (Fri Sep 19, 2025)
Keys to the Stanley Cup: Colorado Avalanche climb to the peak Part 3 at Mile High Sticking (Thu Sep 4, 2025)

Current Contract

Parker Kelly signed a $1,650,000 2-year contract with the Colorado Avalanche and General Manager Chris MacFarland on July 1, 2024 with an AAV of $825,000. This contract will start in 2024-25 and end after the 2025-26 season. In the first season of the contract the cap hit was equivalent to 0.94% of the salary cap.

Standard Contract (UFA) ( ) (0 ratings)

Season	Age*	Cap Hit	AAV	Perf. Bonus	Sign. Bonus	Salary	Compensation	Minors Salary	Status
2024-25	25	$825,000	$825,000	-	-	$825,000	$825,000	$825,000	RFA-arb
2025-26	26	$825,000	$825,000	-	-	$825,000	$825,000	$825,000	RFA-arb
Total				-	-	$1,650,000	$1,650,000	$1,650,000

Signed: July 1, 2024

Team: Colorado Avalanche

GM: Chris MacFarland

Exp. Status: UFA

Cap %: 0.94

Contract Extension

Parker Kelly signed a $6,800,000 4-year contract with the Colorado Avalanche and General Manager Chris MacFarland on July 1, 2025 with an AAV of $1,700,000. This contract will start in 2026-27 and end after the 2029-30 season. In the first season of the contract the cap hit was equivalent to 1.63% of the salary cap.

Standard Contract (UFA) ( ) (0 ratings)

Season	Age*	Cap Hit	AAV	Perf. Bonus	Sign. Bonus	Salary	Compensation	Minors Salary	Status
2026-27	27	$1,700,000	$1,700,000	-	-	$2,000,000	$2,000,000	$2,000,000	UFA
2027-28	28	$1,700,000	$1,700,000	-	-	$2,000,000	$2,000,000	$2,000,000	UFA
2028-29	29	$1,700,000	$1,700,000	-	-	$1,600,000	$1,600,000	$1,600,000	UFA
2029-30	30	$1,700,000	$1,700,000	-	-	$1,200,000	$1,200,000	$1,200,000	UFA
Total				-	-	$6,800,000	$6,800,000	$6,800,000

Signed: July 1, 2025

Team: Colorado Avalanche

GM: Chris MacFarland

Exp. Status: UFA

Cap %: 1.63

Previous Contracts (show) (hide)

Parker Kelly signed a $1,525,000 2-year contract with the Ottawa Senators and General Manager Pierre Dorion on October 12, 2021 with an AAV of $762,500. This contract will start in 2022-23 and end after the 2023-24 season. In the first season of the contract the cap hit was equivalent to 0.92% of the salary cap.

Standard Contract (RFA) ( ) (0 ratings)

Season	Age*	Cap Hit	AAV	Perf. Bonus	Sign. Bonus	Salary	Compensation	Minors Salary	Status
2022-23	23	$762,500	$762,500	-	-	$750,000	$750,000	$100,000	RFA
2023-24	24	$762,500	$762,500	-	-	$775,000	$775,000	$775,000	RFA-arb
Total				-	-	$1,525,000	$1,525,000	$875,000

Signed: Oct 12, 2021

Team: Ottawa Senators

GM: Pierre Dorion

Exp. Status: UFA(no QO)

Cap %: 0.92

Parker Kelly signed a $2,240,000 3-year contract with the Ottawa Senators and General Manager Pierre Dorion on September 19, 2017 with an AAV of $746,667. This contract will start in 2017-18 and end after the 2021-22 season. In the first season of the contract the cap hit was equivalent to 1.00% of the salary cap.

Entry Level Contract ( ) (0 ratings)

Season	Age*	Cap Hit	AAV	Perf. Bonus	Sign. Bonus	Salary	Compensation	Minors Salary	Status
2017-18	18	$746,667	$746,667	-	$30,000	-	$30,000	-	ELC
2018-19	19	$736,667	$736,667	-	$30,000	-	$30,000	-	ELC
2019-20	20	$726,667	$726,667	-	$30,000	$700,000	$730,000	$55,000	ELC
2020-21	21	$726,667	$726,667	-	-	$700,000	$700,000	$65,000	ELC
2021-22	22	$726,667	$726,667	-	-	$750,000	$750,000	$65,000	ELC
Total				-	$90,000	$2,150,000	$2,240,000	$185,000

Signed: Sep 19, 2017

Team: Ottawa Senators

GM: Pierre Dorion

Exp. Status: RFA

Note: This entry level contract slid two seasons as player did not meet the games played threshold to start the contract.

Career Statistics

			Regular Season									Playoffs
Season	League	Team	GP	G	A	Pts	+/-	PIM	Shots	Sh%	TOI/G	GP	G	A	Pts	+/-	PIM	Shots	Sh%	TOI/G
2012-13	AMBHL	Camrose Red Wings Bantam AAA	33	8	12	20		12
2013-14	Alberta Cup	Team Northeast										4	3	2	5		4
2013-14	AMBHL	Camrose Red Wings Bantam AAA	31	35	23	58		38				3	5	4	9		4
2014-15	AMHL	Sherwood Park Kings Midget AAA	32	8	17	25		26				2
2014-15	AJHL	Camrose Kodiaks	1	1	0	1						1
2015-16	WHL	Prince Albert Raiders	68	8	11	19	+12	31				5
2016-17	WHL	Prince Albert Raiders	72	21	22	43	-15	75
2017-18	AHL	Belleville Senators	5	1	0	1	-3
2017-18	WHL	Prince Albert Raiders	69	29	30	59	+11	81				7	3	1	4	-3	8
2018-19	Memorial Cup	Prince Albert Raiders	3	0	0	0	-4	2
2018-19	WHL	Prince Albert Raiders	64	35	32	67	+42	54				23	8	9	17	+19	14
2019-20	AHL	Belleville Senators	57	10	6	16	+3	18
2020-21	AHL	Belleville Senators	33	10	8	18	-3	32
2020-21	NHL	Ottawa Senators	1	1	0	1	+1		1	100.0	7:32
2021-22	NHL	Ottawa Senators	41	7	5	12	-4	60	48	14.6	10:35
2021-22	AHL	Belleville Senators	33	5	9	14	-2	34				2				-2
2022-23	NHL	Ottawa Senators	55	1	3	4	-9	37	59	1.7	10:30
2023-24	NHL	Ottawa Senators	80	8	10	18	-8	30	86	9.3	11:42
2024-25	NHL	Colorado Avalanche	80	8	11	19	-1	29	99	8.1	12:45	7		1	1	+4	18	6	0.0	12:38
2025-26	NHL	Colorado Avalanche	82	21	14	35	+18	30	104	20.2	12:42	9	2	1	3	+1	8	15	13.3	11:20
NHL Career			339	46	43	89	-3	186	397	11.6	11:51	16	2	2	4	+5	26	21	9.5	11:54