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Brett Howden has 14 points (8 goals, 6 assists) in 37 games for the Vegas Golden Knights this season.

Selected in the 1st round (No. 27) of the 2016 NHL Draft by the Tampa Bay Lightning, he has 155 points (70 goals, 85 assists) in 468 regular-season games for the New York Rangers and the Vegas Golden Knights.

He also has 15 points (9 goals, 6 assists) in 43 Stanley Cup Playoff games.

  • Country: Country FlagCAN
    Age: 27.8 yrs (29.03.1998)
    Height / Weight: 188 cm / 91 kg
    Shoots: L
    Drafted: 27th in 2016
    Draft Team: Team logoTampa Bay Lightning
    Awards: Stanley Cup (1x)
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The 27-year-old is around break-even for his team, with the Golden Knights controlling 50% of expected goals when he is on the ice. When Brett Howden is off the ice, the Golden Knights control 55% of expected goals, indicating the team is noticeably worse when he plays.

He is being deployed in a defense-leaning role, starting 20% of his shifts in the offensive zone versus 32% in the defensive zone.

  • 63

    Overall Rating
    Offense:Off: 157th of 244 Centers
    Defense:Def: 170th of 244 Centers
  • Metric Current Season
    Games
    1 - 82
    80.00
    QoC
    -0.14 - 0.14
    -0.07
    IceTimePerGame
    12 - 22
    14.86
    Metric Current Season
    Goals/60
    0.2 - 1.5
    1.16
    PrimaryAssists/60
    0.1 - 1.5
    0.45
    SecondaryAssists/60
    0.1 - 1.2
    0.40
    xGoals/60
    0.49 - 1.34
    1.00
    OnIce_xGoalsFor/60
    1.8 - 5
    3.01
    OnIce_GoalsFor/60
    1.4 - 5.5
    3.18
    PenaltiesDrawn/60
    0.27 - 1.56
    0.86
    OZoneStartPct
    0.15 - 0.4
    0.29
    PP_xGoals/60
    0.5 - 2.5
    0.00
    PP_OnIce_GoalsFor/60
    3 - 13
    0.00
    Metric Current Season
    OnIce_xGoalsAgainst/60
    2.5 - 4
    3.14
    OnIce_GoalsAgainst/60
    2.5 - 4
    3.08
    Penalties/60
    0.5 - 1.5
    0.96
    ShotsBlocked/60
    1 - 3
    2.83
    Takeaways/60
    0.5 - 2
    1.11
    Giveaways/60
    1 - 4
    2.12
    DZoneStartPct
    0.15 - 0.4
    0.34
    PK_OnIce_xGoalsAgainst/60
    5 - 12
    7.54
    PK_OnIce_GoalsAgainst/60
    5 - 12
    9.50
Contract InformationPowered by CORE
Actual AAV: $2.500M
Player Contract Value: $1.400M
Remaining: 5 year(s)
Contract Ends: 2030 UFA
Age at the end: 33.3 yrs (29.03.1998)
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Brett Howden
Recent Games
Year Team GP G A Pts +/- TOI/G S S% PIM
29.12.2025 Team Logo Wild 1 0 0 0 -4 17:07 0 0
31.12.2025 Team Logo Predators 1 0 0 0 -1 14:16 0 2
02.01.2026 Team Logo Blues 1 0 1 1 0 14:01 1 0.0% 0
04.01.2026 Team Logo Blackhawks 1 0 1 1 1 13:28 0 0
06.01.2026 Team Logo Jets 1 1 0 1 1 16:07 3 33.3% 0
Total 5 1 2 3 -3 4 25.0% 2
Regular Season
Year Team GP G A Pts +/- TOI/G S S% PIM
2018-19 Team Logo Rangers 66 6 17 23 -16 14:55 74 8.1% 14
2019-20 Team Logo Rangers 70 9 10 19 -11 13:09 64 14.1% 28
2020-21 Team Logo Rangers 42 1 6 7 -2 12:34 33 3.0% 11
2021-22 Team Logo Golden Knights 47 9 11 20 9 10:39 39 23.1% 12
2022-23 Team Logo Golden Knights 54 6 7 13 5 13:04 53 11.3% 55
2023-24 Team Logo Golden Knights 72 8 11 19 -11 13:13 76 10.5% 39
2024-25 Team Logo Golden Knights 80 23 17 40 17 14:52 125 18.4% 46
2025-26 Team Logo Golden Knights 37 8 6 14 -5 14:55 42 19.0% 20
Season Projection 78 17 13 30 -11 14:56 89 19.1% 42
Total 468 70 85 155 -14 506 13.8% 225
Playoffs
Year Team GP G A Pts +/- TOI/G S S% PIM
2019-20 Team Logo Rangers 3 0 0 0 -3 15:35 2 0.0% 4
2022-23 Team Logo Golden Knights 22 5 5 10 4 13:58 30 16.7% 31
2023-24 Team Logo Golden Knights 7 1 1 2 1 13:01 7 14.3% 0
2024-25 Team Logo Golden Knights 11 3 0 3 -2 13:49 15 20.0% 4
Total 43 9 6 15 0 54 16.7% 39
Player MatchPowered by CORE
Player
Match		 Name Team Pos Age Height / Weight Season
P/G		 Career
P/G		 Offense
Rating		 Defense
Rating		 Actual AAV
Brett Howden Team Logo C 27.8 yrs 188 cm / 91 kg 0.38 0.33 63 65 $2.500M
89% Calum Ritchie Team Logo C 21 yrs 188 cm / 91 kg 0.34 0.31 65 63 $0.918M
88% Paul Cotter Team Logo LW 26.1 yrs 188 cm / 97 kg 0.25 0.30 61 65 $0.775M
88% Aatu Raty Team Logo C 23.2 yrs 188 cm / 93 kg 0.32 0.30 62 63 $0.775M
87% Vasily Podkolzin Team Logo RW 24.5 yrs 185 cm / 86 kg 0.42 0.29 64 69 $1.000M
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