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Brett Howden #21
Player Information
The 27-year-old has 5 points (3 goals, 2 assists) in 15 games for the Vegas Golden Knights this season. Selected by the Tampa Bay Lightning in the 1st round (No. 27) of the 2016 NHL Draft, he has 146 points (65 goals, 81 assists) in 446 regular-season games for the New York Rangers and the Vegas Golden Knights. He also has 15 playoff points (9 goals, 6 assists) in 43 games.
Country: Country FlagCAN
Age: 27.6 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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63

Overall Rating
Offense:Off: 153rd of 239 Centers
Defense:Def: 203rd of 239 Centers
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Actual AAV: $2.500M
Player Contract Value: $1.400M
Remaining: 5 year(s)
Contract Ends: 2031 UFA
Age at the end: 32.3 yrs (29.03.1998)
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Brett Howden
Recent Games
Year Team GP G A Pts +/- TOI/G S S% PIM
10.11.2025 Team Logo Panthers 1 0 0 0 -1 14:52 1 0.0% 2
13.11.2025 Team Logo Islanders 1 0 1 1 1 13:34 0 0
15.11.2025 Team Logo Blues 1 0 1 1 2 14:19 2 0.0% 0
16.11.2025 Team Logo Wild 1 0 0 0 -1 15:54 1 0.0% 0
18.11.2025 Team Logo Rangers 1 0 0 0 0 15:10 0 0
Total 5 0 2 2 1 4 0.0% 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 15 3 2 5 -4 14:18 14 21.4% 6
Season Projection 78 16 10 26 -21 14:17 73 21.9% 31
Total 446 65 81 146 -13 478 13.6% 211
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
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Match
Name Team Pos Age Height / Weight Season
P/G
Career
P/G
Offense
Rating
Defense
Rating
Actual AAV
Brett Howden Team Logo C 27.6 yrs 188 cm / 91 kg 0.33 0.33 64 63 $2.500M
89% Adam Gaudette Team Logo RW 29.1 yrs 185 cm / 86 kg 0.31 0.32 65 64 $2.000M
85% Drew O'Connor Team Logo LW 27.5 yrs 193 cm / 94 kg 0.48 0.32 68 62 $2.500M
84% Fraser Minten Team Logo C 21.4 yrs 188 cm / 93 kg 0.27 0.23 63 66 $0.817M
84% Ryan McLeod Team Logo C 26.2 yrs 191 cm / 93 kg 0.45 0.43 67 63 $5.000M
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