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Vegas Golden Knights Logo Brett Howden

Position Center / Left Wing Current Team Vegas Golden Knights
Shoots Left Current Contract 5 years ($2.5M CapHit)
Height 6'2" Expires 2029-30
Weight (lbs) 201 Expiry Age (Jun 30) 32
Age (DOB) 28 (Mar 29, 1998) Expiry Status UFA
Drafted 2016, Round 1, Overall 27 (TBL)
Date Team Transaction
Mar 6, 2026 Vegas Golden Knights Activated from LTIR
Feb 24, 2026 Vegas Golden Knights Placed on LTIR
Jan 20, 2026 Vegas Golden Knights Placed on IR
Nov 22, 2024 Vegas Golden Knights Signed 5 years @ $2.500M AAV starting in 2025-26
Jul 19, 2023 Vegas Golden Knights Signed 2 years @ $1.900M AAV starting in 2023-24
Jul 13, 2022 Vegas Golden Knights Signed 1 year @ $1.500M AAV starting in 2022-23
Jul 9, 2021 New York Rangers Signed 1 year @ $885K AAV starting in 2021-22
Dec 27, 2016 Tampa Bay Lightning Signed to an entry level contract.
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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 pink. 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
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Read Introducing Player Archetypes on HockeyAnalysis.com for more details on archetype calculations.

Core Archetypes

Season Team(s) GP TOI Producer Playmaker Shooter Sniper Rebound Rush Skating Defend
2018-19 NYR 66 -0.14 1.12 -1.10 -1.49 -0.74 0.27 - -0.58
2019-20 NYR 70 -1.05 -1.07 -0.37 -0.09 2.30 -1.18 - -0.38
2020-21 NYR 42 -1.56 -0.14 -1.41 -3.14 -0.42 2.60 - 0.19
2021-22 VGK 47 0.76 0.25 0.70 2.50 2.47 -0.20 -0.11 0.04
2022-23 VGK 54 -1.12 -0.94 -0.66 -0.92 0.80 1.17 -0.12 0.89
2023-24 VGK 72 -1.22 -0.92 -0.85 -0.94 1.41 1.59 0.13 -1.52
2024-25 VGK 80 -0.24 -0.96 0.81 0.78 0.43 0.82 0.96 -0.93
2025-26 VGK 58 -0.39 -1.21 0.99 1.90 0.31 -0.96 1.82 -1.42

Situational and Secondary Archetypes

Season Team(s) GP TOI 5v5 TOI 5v4 TOI 4v5 TOI Possession Drive Suppress Faceoffs
2018-19 NYR 66 -0.27 -0.40 -0.34 -1.58 0.23 3.34 48.4
2019-20 NYR 70 -0.85 -1.84 0.56 -2.13 -1.55 1.76 48.2
2020-21 NYR 42 -1.20 -1.94 0.73 -0.38 -0.34 0.26 46.6
2021-22 VGK 47 -1.51 -1.92 -1.25 -0.52 -0.88 -0.34 48.1
2022-23 VGK 54 -0.33 -1.88 -0.26 -2.08 -2.02 0.29 51.5
2023-24 VGK 72 -0.38 -1.81 0.04 -1.65 -1.12 1.27 45.1
2024-25 VGK 80 0.05 -1.86 0.26 -0.28 -0.09 0.39 52.7
2025-26 VGK 58 0.04 -1.22 -0.20 -0.88 -0.74 0.36 50.3

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 pink. 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

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.
2018-19 NYR 66 767:01 0.39 1.17 1.56 0.61 -0.22 9.43 14.63 -5.20 4.65 3.49
2019-20 NYR 70 728:08 0.58 0.49 1.07 0.60 -0.02 11.86 12.30 -0.43 1.32 13.16
2020-21 NYR 42 419:20 0.00 0.72 0.72 0.57 -0.57 0.00 13.19 -13.19 9.30 4.65
2021-22 VGK 47 471:03 1.02 1.15 2.17 0.62 0.40 22.86 13.89 8.96 3.64 12.73
2022-23 VGK 54 646:50 0.46 0.65 1.11 0.65 -0.19 9.62 13.52 -3.91 6.10 9.76
2023-24 VGK 72 833:43 0.43 0.65 1.08 0.61 -0.18 8.57 12.05 -3.48 7.22 12.37
2024-25 VGK 80 1053:57 0.91 0.68 1.59 0.73 0.18 14.29 11.49 2.80 3.68 8.59
2025-26 VGK 58 723:39 1.00 0.50 1.49 0.67 0.33 21.82 14.67 7.15 1.14 9.09

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
2018-19 NYR 66 767:01 38.64 2.35 2.38 53.19 3.29 3.28 41.67 42.10 0.08 0.74 -5.42
2019-20 NYR 70 728:08 35.43 1.98 1.97 50.35 2.97 3.07 40.00 39.14 -0.73 0.33 -10.52
2020-21 NYR 42 419:20 37.63 1.72 2.13 42.07 2.15 2.36 44.44 47.41 -0.29 -0.12 -1.96
2021-22 VGK 47 471:03 40.38 3.06 2.61 38.21 2.17 2.43 58.54 51.73 -0.09 -0.22 1.32
2022-23 VGK 54 646:50 33.21 2.04 2.28 43.97 1.67 2.58 55.00 46.96 -0.67 -0.03 -6.19
2023-24 VGK 72 833:43 36.20 2.23 2.19 45.56 3.02 2.48 42.47 46.87 -0.37 0.20 -5.98
2024-25 VGK 80 1053:57 41.96 2.68 2.43 40.65 2.56 2.40 51.09 50.36 -0.24 0.14 -3.88
2025-26 VGK 58 723:39 38.89 2.49 2.55 36.15 2.90 2.34 46.15 52.10 -0.12 0.19 -3.28

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
This table is for Basic and Premium subscribers only. To view please login to and/or subscribe to one of our subscription plans. 2021-22 2022-23 2023-24 2024-25 2025-26 2026-27 2027-28 2028-29 2030-31 2031-32 2032-33 2033-34 2034-35

Glossary

Type Statistic Definition
IndividualG/60Goals Against per 60 minutes.
IndividualA/60Assists per 60 minutes.
IndividualPts/60Points per 60 minutes.
IndividualxG/60Expected Goals per 60 minutes.
IndividualGAE/60Goals Above Expected (G/60 - xG/60).
IndividualSh%Shooting Percentage.
IndividualxSh%Expected Shooting Percentage.
IndividualSh%AEShooting percentage above expected (Sh% - xSh%).
Individual%SA RushPercentage of shot attempts determined to be on the rush.
Individual%SA Reb.Percentage of shot attempts determined to be from rebounds.
On IceSAF/60Shot Attempts For per 60 minutes.
On IceGF/60Goals For per 60 minutes.
On IcexGF/60Expected Goals For per 60 minutes.
On IceSAA/60Shot Attempts Against per 60 minutes (lower is better).
On IceGA/60Goals Against per 60 minutes (lower is better).
On IcexGA/60Expected Goals Against per 60 minutes (lower is better).
On IceGF%Goals For Percentage = Goals For / (Goals For + Goals Against)
On IcexGF%Expected Goals For Percentage = Expected Goals For / (Expected Goals For + Expected Goals Against)
On IcexGF RelxGF/60 when On Ice - xGF/60 when not On Ice.
On IcexGA RelxGA/60 when On Ice - xGA/60 when not On Ice (lower is better).
On IcexGF% RelxGF% 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

Current Contract

Brett Howden signed a $12,500,000 5-year contract with the Vegas Golden Knights and General Manager Kelly McCrimmon on November 22, 2024 with an AAV of $2,500,000. This contract will start in 2025-26 and end after the 2029-30 season. In the first season of the contract the cap hit was equivalent to 2.62% of the salary cap.

Standard Contract (UFA) ( )  (0 ratings)

Season Age* Clause Cap Hit AAV Perf. Bonus Sign. Bonus Salary Compensation Minors Salary Status
2025-26 27 $2,500,000 $2,500,000 - $2,000,000 $1,000,000 $3,000,000 $3,000,000 UFA
2026-27 28 $2,500,000 $2,500,000 - - $2,500,000 $2,500,000 $2,500,000 UFA
2027-28 29 $2,500,000 $2,500,000 - - $2,500,000 $2,500,000 $2,500,000 UFA
2028-29 30 $2,500,000 $2,500,000 - - $2,500,000 $2,500,000 $2,500,000 UFA
2029-30 31 $2,500,000 $2,500,000 - - $2,000,000 $2,000,000 $2,000,000 UFA
Total - $2,000,000 $10,500,000 $12,500,000 $12,500,000
Signed: Nov 22, 2024
Team: Vegas Golden Knights
GM: Kelly McCrimmon
Exp. Status: UFA
Cap %: 2.62

Previous Contracts (show) (hide)

Brett Howden signed a $3,800,000 2-year contract with the Vegas Golden Knights and General Manager Kelly McCrimmon on July 19, 2023 with an AAV of $1,900,000. This contract will start in 2023-24 and end after the 2024-25 season. In the first season of the contract the cap hit was equivalent to 2.28% of the salary cap.

Standard Contract (RFA) ( )  (0 ratings)

Season Age* Clause Cap Hit AAV Perf. Bonus Sign. Bonus Salary Compensation Minors Salary Status
2023-24 25 $1,900,000 $1,900,000 - $1,375,000 $775,000 $2,150,000 $2,150,000 RFA-arb
2024-25 26 $1,900,000 $1,900,000 - - $1,650,000 $1,650,000 $1,650,000 RFA-arb
Total - $1,375,000 $2,425,000 $3,800,000 $3,800,000
Signed: July 19, 2023
Team: Vegas Golden Knights
GM: Kelly McCrimmon
Exp. Status: UFA
Cap %: 2.28

Brett Howden signed a $1,500,000 1-year contract with the Vegas Golden Knights and General Manager Kelly McCrimmon on July 13, 2022 with an AAV of $1,500,000. This contract will start in 2022-23 and end after the 2022-23 season. In the first season of the contract the cap hit was equivalent to 1.82% of the salary cap.

Standard Contract (UFA) ( )  (0 ratings)

Season Age* Clause Cap Hit AAV Perf. Bonus Sign. Bonus Salary Compensation Minors Salary Status
2022-23 24 $1,500,000 $1,500,000 - - $1,500,000 $1,500,000 $1,500,000 RFA-arb
Total - - $1,500,000 $1,500,000 $1,500,000
Signed: July 13, 2022
Team: Vegas Golden Knights
GM: Kelly McCrimmon
Exp. Status: RFA-arb
Cap %: 1.82

Brett Howden signed a $885,000 1-year contract with the New York Rangers and General Manager Chris Drury on July 9, 2021 with an AAV of $885,000. This contract will start in 2021-22 and end after the 2021-22 season. In the first season of the contract the cap hit was equivalent to 1.09% of the salary cap.

Standard Contract (RFA) ( )  (0 ratings)

Season Age* Clause Cap Hit AAV Perf. Bonus Sign. Bonus Salary Compensation Minors Salary Status
2021-22 23 $885,000 $885,000 - - $885,000 $885,000 $885,000 RFA
Total - - $885,000 $885,000 $885,000
Signed: July 9, 2021
Team: New York Rangers
GM: Chris Drury
Exp. Status: UFA(no QO)
Cap %: 1.09

Brett Howden signed a $2,775,000 3-year contract with the Tampa Bay Lightning and General Manager Steve Yzerman on December 27, 2016 with an AAV of $925,000. This contract will start in 2016-17 and end after the 2020-21 season. In the first season of the contract the cap hit was equivalent to 1.27% of the salary cap.

Entry Level Contract ( )  (0 ratings)

Season Age* Clause Cap Hit AAV Perf. Bonus Sign. Bonus Salary Compensation Minors Salary Status
2016-17 18 $925,000 $925,000 - $92,500 - $92,500 - ELC
2017-18 19 $894,167 $894,167 - $92,500 - $92,500 - ELC
2018-19 20 $863,333 $863,333 - $92,500 $832,500 $925,000 $70,000 ELC
2019-20 21 $863,333 $863,333 - - $832,500 $832,500 $70,000 ELC
2020-21 22 $863,333 $863,333 - - $832,500 $832,500 $70,000 ELC
Total - $277,500 $2,497,500 $2,775,000 $210,000
Signed: Dec 27, 2016
Team: Tampa Bay Lightning
GM: Steve Yzerman
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 MMHL Eastman Selects Midget AAA 30 11 13 24 16
2013-14 WHL Moose Jaw 5 1 0 1 2
2013-14 MMHL Eastman 38 24 34 58 38 12 5 9 14 20
2014-15 WHL Moose Jaw 68 22 24 46 -31 24
2015-16 WJC-18 Canada U18 6 5 3 8 +2 8
2015-16 Hlinka Gretzky Cup Canada U18 4 0 1 1 4
2015-16 U18-Dev Team Red 3 1 2 3 2
2015-16 WHL Moose Jaw 68 24 40 64 -7 61 10 4 11 15 4
2016-17 WHL Moose Jaw Warriors 58 38 43 81 +14 73 7 2 1 3 -4 12
2016-17 AHL Syracuse Crunch 5 3 1 4 +1 2 3 2 2 +1
2017-18 WJC-20 Canada U20 7 3 4 7 +9 4
2017-18 WHL Moose Jaw Warriors 49 24 51 75 +28 42 14 7 8 15 +2 8
2018-19 NHL New York Rangers 66 6 17 23 -16 14 74 8.1 14:56
2019-20 NHL New York Rangers 70 9 10 19 -11 28 64 14.1 13:09 3 -3 4 2 0.0 15:36
2020-21 NHL New York Rangers 42 1 6 7 -2 11 33 3.0 12:34
2021-22 NHL Vegas Golden Knights 47 9 11 20 +9 12 39 23.1 10:39
2022-23 NHL Vegas Golden Knights 54 6 7 13 +5 55 53 11.3 13:04 22 5 5 10 +4 31 30 16.7 13:59
2023-24 NHL Vegas Golden Knights 72 8 11 19 -11 39 76 10.5 13:14 7 1 1 2 +1 7 14.3 13:02
2024-25 NHL Vegas Golden Knights 80 23 17 40 +17 46 125 18.4 14:52 11 3 3 -2 4 15 20.0 13:50
2025-26 NHL Vegas Golden Knights 58 12 10 22 -9 41 66 18.2 14:54 15 10 2 12 +8 4 27 37.0 16:40
NHL Career 489 74 89 163 -18 246 530 14.0 13:35 58 19 8 27 +8 43 81 23.4 14:37