Brett Howden
Age 28 · Shoots left · 6′2″ · 204 lb · Born Oakbank, Manitoba, CAN
Drafted 2016, #27 overall by Tampa Bay
vs Toronto · 10:00 PM ET2025-262025-26: 58 games, 12-10-22, 0.38 points per game Season detail →
Brett Howden has 1 point in 4 games of 2026-27, after 22 points in 58 games last season.
This season
2026-27 regular season · 4 games Small sample1 point in 4 games for the 3rd-placed Vegas
Where he ranks among NHL forwards with 2+ games, then his scoring rate through the season in ten-game blocks.
Points per game · rolling blocks
Dashed line: season average (0.3). Dark blocks sit at or above it.
Where he ranks
See all: Where he ranks →A depth forward who kills penalties
Even-strength, power-play and shorthanded minutes, and how much of Vegas's power play went through him.
Special teams
Power-play involvement
Team power-play goals from the season team report; involvement is his power-play points.
No goals yet: his one point is an assist
How the 0 goals and 1 assist were scored: when, at what strength, in what game state, and per 60 minutes.
Most attempts from the slot
Every attempt, attacking right, from the games with a stored shot map.
By zone
16 attempts across the 4 games with a stored shot map. Small sample
Expected goals
See all: Expected goals →2026-27 · 4 games. Rank among all skaters by ixG. Small sample: early-season xG moves a lot from night to night.
2025-26 · 58 games. Rank among all skaters by ixG.
Every unblocked attempt he took, weighed by its chance of scoring from that spot, shot type and strength. Above zero is finishing better than the chances.
xG leadersTop speed in the 85th percentile of forwards: 22.07 mph
How fast he skated, how far, how hard he shot and where on the ice his shifts were spent, against the average NHL forward.
Where his shifts were spent
Share of his time on ice in each zone.
Fastest moments
- 22.07vs
CHI29 Sep · 2nd 00:44 - 21.54vs
ANA2 Oct · 2nd 14:37 - 21.50@
VAN4 Oct · 2nd 12:23 - 21.49vsANA2 Oct · 2nd 01:00
- 21.25vsCHI29 Sep · 2nd 10:55
- 20.50@VAN4 Oct · 3rd 01:05
- 20.46vsANA2 Oct · 2nd 08:20
- 19.84vsCHI29 Sep · 1st 11:46
His fastest bursts in mph.
Bursts per speed band, against the forward average.
Hardest shots
- 79.62vsCHI29 Sep · 2nd 17:33
- 62.66vsCHI29 Sep · 2nd 16:33
- 59.06vsANA2 Oct · 2nd 10:57
- 38.97@VAN4 Oct · 3rd 13:50
- 31.50vsCHI29 Sep · 2nd 10:55
- 22.63@VAN4 Oct · 2nd 05:45
- 12.53@VAN4 Oct · 2nd 00:10
Shot speed in mph, every attempt type.
Shot attempts per speed band.
Distance, last 10 games
- 2.62@
SEA6 Oct · 15:51 TOI - 2.67@VAN4 Oct · 17:16 TOI
- 2.42vsANA2 Oct · 14:58 TOI
- 2.71vsCHI29 Sep · 17:16 TOI
Miles per game with his time on ice. Season average 2.60 a game. Small sample: these numbers move a lot in the first weeks of a season.
Physical play, discipline and faceoffs
Possession events, penalties drawn against penalties taken, and faceoffs.
Possession and physical
The last ten games
SEAL 2-60000015:51VANL 2-30001+117:16ANAL 3-40113014:58CHIW 5-20003+117:1622 points in 58 games on a team that finished 13th
Where he ranks among NHL forwards with 40+ games, then his scoring rate through the season in ten-game blocks.
Points per game · rolling blocks
Dashed line: season average (0.4). Dark blocks sit at or above it.
Where he ranks
See all: Where he ranks →A depth forward who plays mostly at even strength
Even-strength, power-play and shorthanded minutes, and how much of Vegas's power play went through him.
Special teams
Power-play involvement
Team power-play goals from the season team report; involvement is his power-play points.
Most of the goals come at even strength
How the 12 goals and 10 assists were scored: when, at what strength, in what game state, and per 60 minutes.
Goals by period
Goals by game state
5 of 12 goals broke a tie; 4 came with Vegas trailing.
Most attempts from the slot, goals from the slot
Every attempt, attacking right, from the games with a stored shot map.
By zone
135 attempts across the 50 games with a stored shot map.
Expected goals
See all: Expected goals →2026-27 · 4 games. Rank among all skaters by ixG. Small sample: early-season xG moves a lot from night to night.
2025-26 · 58 games. Rank among all skaters by ixG.
Every unblocked attempt he took, weighed by its chance of scoring from that spot, shot type and strength. Above zero is finishing better than the chances.
xG leadersTop speed in the 85th percentile of forwards: 23.20 mph
How fast he skated, how far, how hard he shot and where on the ice his shifts were spent, against the average NHL forward.
Where his shifts were spent
Share of his time on ice in each zone.
Fastest moments
Bursts per speed band, against the forward average.
Hardest shots
Shot attempts per speed band.
Physical play, discipline and faceoffs
Possession events, penalties drawn against penalties taken, and faceoffs.
Possession and physical
A point in one game of three (20 of 58)
How often he scores, how long the streaks run.
Streaks
The last ten games
SEAW 4-10001017:06
WPGW 6-20000016:03
COLW 3-2 OT0000+117:11SEAOTL 3-4 SO1011−115:34VANW 2-10001017:17
EDMW 5-11124+115:59
CGYW 6-31013015:02VANW 4-20001−115:43
WSHOTL 4-5 SO0001017:25EDMOTL 3-4 OT0001−312:07SEAL 2-60000015:51VANL 2-30001+117:16ANAL 3-40113014:58CHIW 5-20003+117:16Better on the road
Home and road
By opponent
By month
$2.5M a season through 2029-30
In 2025-26 he scored 8.8 points per $1M of cap hit, 189th of 370 forwards with 40 or more games and a current contract.
Cap hit is the average annual charge against the salary cap, not a yearly salary; cap value is cap hit times the years of the deal, not a reported total. As of 1 Oct 2026.
With Vegas
Six seasons · 2021-22 to 2026-2717th in franchise points since 1990-91
Built from goal and assist records: who assists on his goals, whose goals he assists, and his scoring against each opponent.
Franchise ranks
See all: Franchise ranks →Career
Regular season and playoffsNine seasons, with 2 clubs
Career · regular season
Season rows reconcile with the official career totals.
Draft
Updated after every final · through 6 Oct