74 G · 89 A · 489 GP
0.333 P/GP · 7 PPP · 13:35 ATOI
Vegas Golden Knights#21Active
Brett Howden
C · 6′2″ / 201 lb · Shoots L · Oakbank, CAN · Age 28 · 2016 #27 by TBL
163Career points
0.333Career P/GP
489Games played
74Goals
8 seasonsNHL service
Overview
2025-2622points
The latest read.
22 points in 58 games in 2025-26. Career: 163 points across 489 games.
58GP
12goals
10assists
22points
66shots
3PP points
The career ledger.
Regular season and playoffsofficial NHL landing
23 G · 10 A · 65 GP
0.508 P/GP · 2 PPP · 14:49 ATOI
0.348 → 0.379P/GP by season · 8 seasons of 10+ GP · peak 2024-25
The arc.
Points and points per game by seasonNHL season log · 8 seasons
When it mattered.
Postseason against the field. A smaller, self-selected population, so it is marked on the scale rather than filled1,215 all-time peers
Playoff career · 65 GP · 23 G · 10 A · 33 pts (0.508 P/GP)
94.3
80.9
90.5
Last five games.
Most recent official appearancesofficial game log
2026-06-14vs CARPlayoff14:52 TOI0G 0A0 P · 1 S
2026-06-11@ CARPlayoff14:32 TOI0G 0A0 P · 3 S
2026-06-09vs CARPlayoff15:40 TOI1G 0A1 P · 1 S
2026-06-06vs CARPlayoff21:31 TOI0G 1A1 P · 3 S
2026-06-04@ CARPlayoff15:35 TOI2G 0A2 P · 3 S
What this draft slot returns.
Observed careers at the same pick, across all positionsdraft history · 2026-08-14 00:35 UTC
2016 draft#27round 1 · TBL
21Players in sample
85.7%Reached the NHL
Most games in this sample: John Carlson (2008, WSH), 1,159 NHL games.
Sample: 21 players taken #27, across all positions, from draft classes through 2018 on file. Historical totals reflect the 2026-08-14 00:35 UTC snapshot; Brett Howden's games use this page's NHL career record. Active careers can still grow.
These are observed outcomes, not a forecast for Brett Howden. Exact-slot rates require at least 12 players. Draft Value methodology.
Against history.
Percentile against every NHL peercareer totals · position-aware
The height of the career.
Peak season and the best five41+ GP qualified seasons
2024-25 peak: 80 GP / 23 G / 17 A / 40 Pts / 0.500 P/GP · 14:52 TOI
| Best five | GP | G | A | PTS | P/GP |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 80 | 23 | 17 | 40 | 0.500 |
| 2021-22 | 47 | 9 | 11 | 20 | 0.426 |
| 2025-26 | 58 | 12 | 10 | 22 | 0.379 |
| 2018-19 | 66 | 6 | 17 | 23 | 0.348 |
| 2019-20 | 70 | 9 | 10 | 19 | 0.271 |
| Prime-five | 321 | 59 | 65 | 124 | 0.386 |
Honours.
Trophies won and near missesofficial NHL landing
Stanley Cup2022-23
Career
Where he stands right now.
2025-26 league position and career shapeNHL league browser 2025-26
Season by season.
Every NHL season · peak highlighted, split seasons kept apart8 regular-season rows
| Season | Team | GP | G | A | PTS | +/- | PPP | S |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025-26 | Vegas Golden Knights | 58 | 12 | 10 | 22 | -9 | 3 | 66 |
| 2024-25Peak | Vegas Golden Knights | 80 | 23 | 17 | 40 | +17 | 0 | 125 |
| 2023-24 | Vegas Golden Knights | 72 | 8 | 11 | 19 | -11 | 0 | 76 |
| 2022-23 | Vegas Golden Knights | 54 | 6 | 7 | 13 | +5 | 0 | 53 |
| 2021-22 | Vegas Golden Knights | 47 | 9 | 11 | 20 | +9 | 0 | 39 |
| 2020-21 | New York Rangers | 42 | 1 | 6 | 7 | -2 | 0 | 33 |
| 2019-20 | New York Rangers | 70 | 9 | 10 | 19 | -11 | 2 | 64 |
| 2018-19 | New York Rangers | 66 | 6 | 17 | 23 | -16 | 2 | 74 |
| Season | Team | GP | G | A | PTS | +/- | PPP | S |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025-26 | Vegas Golden Knights | 22 | 14 | 4 | 18 | +11 | 0 | 41 |
| 2024-25 | Vegas Golden Knights | 11 | 3 | 0 | 3 | -2 | 1 | 15 |
| 2023-24 | Vegas Golden Knights | 7 | 1 | 1 | 2 | +1 | 0 | 7 |
| 2022-23 | Vegas Golden Knights | 22 | 5 | 5 | 10 | +4 | 1 | 30 |
| 2019-20 | New York Rangers | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | -3 | 0 | 2 |
The same numbers, in the league that produced them.
Every qualified season levelled to a 3.00-goal NHLofficial final standings · 1990-91 onward
2024-25 is the best season either way: 0.500 raw, 0.493 once the league it happened in is levelled out.
| Season | GP | Raw P/GP | League GF/gm | Adj. P/GP |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025-26 | 58 | 0.379 | 3.13 | 0.364 |
| 2024-25Best adjusted | 80 | 0.500 | 3.04 | 0.493 |
| 2023-24 | 72 | 0.264 | 3.11 | 0.254 |
| 2022-23 | 54 | 0.241 | 3.18 | 0.227 |
| 2021-22 | 47 | 0.426 | 3.14 | 0.406 |
| 2020-21 | 42 | 0.167 | 2.94 | 0.170 |
| 2019-20 | 70 | 0.271 | 3.02 | 0.270 |
| 2018-19 | 66 | 0.348 | 3.01 | 0.347 |
Method: each season's raw points per game is multiplied by 3.00 ÷ that season's league goals per team-game, taken from the official final standings. Seasons under 20 games are excluded. It levels scoring climate and nothing else (not role, ice time, teammates, schedule or injury), so treat it as one comparison, not a verdict.
Before the NHL.
Junior, college, European and international rowsofficial NHL landing · season totals
| Season | League | Team | GP | G | A | PTS |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2017-18 | WHL | Moose Jaw Warriors | 49 | 24 | 51 | 75 |
| 2017-18 | WJC-20 | Canada U20 | 7 | 3 | 4 | 7 |
| 2017-18 | WHL | Moose Jaw Warriors | 14 | 7 | 8 | 15 |
| 2016-17 | AHL | Syracuse Crunch | 5 | 3 | 1 | 4 |
| 2016-17 | WHL | Moose Jaw Warriors | 58 | 38 | 43 | 81 |
| 2016-17 | AHL | Syracuse Crunch | 3 | 0 | 2 | 2 |
| 2016-17 | WHL | Moose Jaw Warriors | 7 | 2 | 1 | 3 |
| 2015-16 | Ivan Hlinka Memorial | Canada U18 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 2015-16 | U18-Dev | Team Red | 3 | 1 | 2 | 3 |
| 2015-16 | WHL | Moose Jaw | 68 | 24 | 40 | 64 |
| 2015-16 | WJC-18 | Canada U18 | 6 | 5 | 3 | 8 |
| 2015-16 | WHL | Moose Jaw | 10 | 4 | 11 | 15 |
| 2014-15 | WHL | Moose Jaw | 68 | 22 | 24 | 46 |
| 2013-14 | MMHL | Eastman | 38 | 24 | 34 | 58 |
| 2013-14 | WHL | Moose Jaw | 5 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 2013-14 | MMHL | Eastman | 12 | 5 | 9 | 14 |
| 2012-13 | MMHL | Eastman Selects Midget AAA | 30 | 11 | 13 | 24 |
The comparable set.
Chosen by a printed rule, not by feelNHL dossier pool · 1,162 careers
Selection rule. Forwards only; career games played within ±20% of 489 (or ±10 games, whichever band is wider: 391 to 587); then the five nearest by career P/GP, ties broken by the closest games played. The pool is the 1,162 players in this site's NHL dossier set who own at least one official regular-season game: 82 of them cleared the band.
Michael AmadioR · 2014 #90 · active522 GP · 83 G · 91 A · 174 P0.333 P/GP · levelBlake LizotteC · Undrafted · active434 GP · 55 G · 90 A · 145 P0.334 P/GP · +0.001Oskar SundqvistC · 2012 #81 · active545 GP · 67 G · 114 A · 181 P0.332 P/GP · −0.001Michael RasmussenC · 2017 #9 · active454 GP · 66 G · 88 A · 154 P0.339 P/GP · +0.006Mathieu JosephR · 2015 #120 · active471 GP · 61 G · 99 A · 160 P0.340 P/GP · +0.006
Similar career shape is not similar player. The rule matches volume and rate only; it knows nothing about era, position within the group, usage or role, and two careers can land on the same line for opposite reasons.
Game log
Compare observed minutes, shots and finishing across game windows →
Official game ledger
Every 2025-26 appearance.
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Insights
NHL Edge tracking.
Measured puck and player tracking · 2025-26 regular seasonNHL Edge tracking · api-web.nhle.com · coverage from 2021-22 · fetched 2026-08-17
Tracked axisMeasuredPercentile, 0 to 100Pct
Top shot speed85.2mph52.5
137.1 km/h equivalent · league average 83.6 mph
Max skating speed23.2mph90.2
37.3 km/h equivalent · league average 22.2 mph
Distance skated226.9km53.8
141.0 mi equivalent · league average 198.8 km
Most distance in one game5.0km57.8
3.1 mi equivalent · league average 4.7 km
Bursts over 20 mph173bursts90.9
league average 75.2
Where the shift was spent
Offensive zone time40.8%32.9
league average 43.1
Neutral zone time18.8%97.4
league average 16.8
Defensive zone time40.3%45.2
league average 40.1
Shots on goal, by location
All shots on goal66shots46.1
league average 85.9 shots
High-danger shots on goal32shots54.2
league average 31.6 shots
Method: every figure and every percentile on this panel is published by the NHL Edge endpoint. This site converts nothing and ranks nothing. The percentile column is the league's own, against the tracked population for 2025-26. Speeds arrive in mph and km/h; distance is read in kilometres with the mile conversion stated beside it. Tracked seasons on file for this player: 2021-22, 2022-23, 2023-24, 2024-25, 2025-26.
The shot map.
Where his shots came from · 2025-26 regular season · NHL Edge areasNHL Edge shot-location detail · api-web.nhle.com · fetched 2026-08-18
Hover, tap or focus an area for its exact figures. Net at the top; left and right as the shooter sees them.
AreaShotsShare of hisPct
Low Slot276 G54th
High Slot91 G59th
L Circle91 G60th
Crease53 G61th
Offensive Neutral Zone30 G67th
R Circle30 G31th
Beyond Red Line20 G59th
L Net Side20 G49th
L Point20 G47th
Outside L20 G33th
Outside R21 G36th
Behind the Net00 G0th
Center Point00 G0th
L Corner00 G0th
R Corner00 G0th
R Net Side00 G0th
R Point00 G0th
32high danger9 G · 28.1%
21mid danger2 G · 9.5%
2long range0 G · 0.0%
Method: 66 shots on goal in 2025-26, placed by the NHL into the areas it names; each area is shaded by its share of his total, so this map is his distribution and not a comparison to any other player. The percentile column is the league's own for shots from that area, where it publishes one; nothing is converted, ranked or combined. Areas as the NHL names them; the drawing is to rink proportion with the net at the top.
Opponent atlas.
Career results by opponentlocal NHL AI Opponent Atlas
Career volume leaders
Career vs.SJS13 points19 GP · 7 G · 6 A22 shots · 0 PP points
Career vs.ANA13 points23 GP · 9 G · 4 A33 shots · 1 PP points
Career vs.CAR13 points24 GP · 8 G · 5 A31 shots · 0 PP points
Career vs.WPG11 points21 GP · 7 G · 4 A24 shots · 1 PP points
Career vs.DAL10 points28 GP · 4 G · 6 A28 shots · 2 PP points
Career vs.BUF9 points15 GP · 4 G · 5 A18 shots · 0 PP pointsBest points-per-game matchups
Pace vs.NYR0.78 P/GP9 GP · 4 G · 3 A16 shots · 0 PP pointsPace vs.SJS0.68 P/GP19 GP · 7 G · 6 A22 shots · 0 PP pointsPace vs.BUF0.60 P/GP15 GP · 4 G · 5 A18 shots · 0 PP pointsPace vs.ANA0.57 P/GP23 GP · 9 G · 4 A33 shots · 1 PP points
Pace vs.VAN0.56 P/GP16 GP · 4 G · 5 A27 shots · 0 PP pointsPace vs.CAR0.54 P/GP24 GP · 8 G · 5 A31 shots · 0 PP pointsFrozen from the local NHL AI Opponent Atlas. These are descriptive career splits through the source snapshot, not a projection of the next matchup and not evidence that the opponent caused the result.
Against the goaltenders.
Goaltenders faced, from play-by-playNHL play-by-play · 2023-24, 2024-25, 2025-26 · 4,192 games · fetched 2026-08-18
Brett Howden has faced 69 goaltenders in this dataset but none of them for the 20 shots on goal a published rate requires here. The counts exist; the rates would be noise, so they are not printed.
The source receipt.
Official basics plus named researchOfficial NHL API Web player landing, with local nhl api draft cache reuse
Career, season, game-log, bio, draft and award rows come from official NHL endpoints. Redraft is a separate hindsight model with its own snapshot clock. Pressure is a descriptive Gamelogs layer. Development Trails uses its own declared clock. Missing evidence stays unavailable rather than being drawn as zero.
Official endpoint: player landing · redraft 2026-07-10-redraft-v5.2 snapshot 2026-07-09.
Fantasy Desk.
2026-27 rankings on a three-season blend, most recent season weighted heaviestHockey Insights fantasy pool · 2026-09-29
1.16blended ESPN pts/gm
ESPN#386Yahoo#388Fantrax#387Roto#415
25-2658 GP12 G10 A1.06 pts/gm
2nd half+0.33Market avg#230
This desk has Brett Howden No. 386 among skaters on the ESPN points board — the market has him 156 seats higher.
The room.
Every current Vegas Golden Knights teammate, one click awaycanonical player directory