Edmonton Oilers · #53 · Left wing

Isaac Howard

Age 22 · Shoots left · 5′10″ · 185 lb · Born Hudson, Wisconsin, USA

Drafted 2022, #31 overall by Tampa Bay

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Games32026-27 Small sample
Goals0T-9th on EDM
Assists1T-7th on EDM
Points1T-9th on EDM
P / GP0.33T-274th in the NHL
Shots50.0% shooting
TOI / GP10:0918th on EDM

2025-262025-26: 29 games, 2-3-5, 0.17 points per game Season detail →

Isaac Howard has 1 point in 3 games of 2026-27, after 5 points in 29 games last season.

This season

2026-27 regular season · 3 games Small sample
2026-27 · The season

1 point in 3 games for the 6th-placed Edmonton

Where he ranks among NHL forwards with 2+ games, then his scoring rate through the season in ten-game blocks.

Percentile among NHL forwards

Penalty differential+180th
Assists / 601.9778th
Shots / GP1.6755th
Points / GP0.3340th
PP points036th
Hits233rd
Takeaways027th
Goals / 600.0026th
Shooting %0.0%25th
Blocked shots012th
Ice time10:097th

Bars show the percentile against 383 forwards with 2+ games in 2026-27; the thin line marks the league median.

Points per game · rolling blocks

0.30.31–3

Dashed line: season average (0.3). Dark blocks sit at or above it.

Points1T-9th on EDM
Points per game0.33T-274th in NHL
Goals0T-232nd in NHL
Assists1T-7th on EDM
Shooting %0.0%Below avg (11.6%)
Ice time10:0918th on EDM
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Ice time and special teams

A depth forward who plays on the power play

Even-strength, power-play and shorthanded minutes, and how much of Edmonton's power play went through him.

Ice time by strength

Even strength8:15
Power play1:54
Shorthanded0:00
Total10:09

16.7 shifts a game, averaging 37 seconds each.

Special teams

PP goals0T-3rd on EDM
PP assists0T-6th on EDM
PP points0T-6th on EDM · T-142nd NHL
SH goals0
PP points / 600.00T-6th on EDM

Power-play involvement

Goals on the PP3Edmonton total
Involved in0goals or assists
Share0.0%of every EDM PPG
PP TOI share28.8%of EDM PP time

Team power-play goals from the season team report; involvement is his power-play points.


Scoring detail

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.

Goal detail

Game-winning goals0T-3rd on EDM
Overtime goals0T-1st on EDM
First goal of the game0
Empty-net goals0
Even-strength goals0
Power-play goals0

Assists

Primary1 · 100%
Secondary0 · 0%

Primary assists are the stronger playmaking signal.

Rates per 60

Points / 601.97
Goals / 600.00
Shots / 609.9
ES points / 602.431 ES points
PP points / 600.000 PP points

Shot locations

Most attempts from the wing

Every attempt, attacking right, from the games with a stored shot map.

GoalOn goalMissedBlocked

By zone

Crease0 att · 0 G
Slot3 att · 0 G
Wing6 att · 0 G
Point0 att · 0 G
Neutral zone0 att · 0 G

9 attempts across the 3 games with a stored shot map. Small sample

Expected goals (ixG)0.3345th
Goals0
Goals vs expected−0.3
Unblocked attempts5
xG per attempt.058
ixG per 600.57

2026-27 · 3 games. Rank among all skaters by ixG. Small sample: early-season xG moves a lot from night to night.

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 leaders

2026-27 · Skating and shot power

Top speed in the 99th percentile of forwards: 23.38 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.

Tracking percentile among NHL forwards

Top speed, mph23.3899th
22+ mph bursts499th
Distance / 60, mi10.5897th
Hardest shot, mph88.5494th
Average shot, mph66.488th
20+ mph bursts986th
Offensive-zone time44.7%75th
Defensive-zone time37.7%71st
90+ mph shots048th
Distance skated, mi5.419th

Bars show the percentile against 383 forwards with 2+ games in 2026-27; the thin line marks the median. Higher is better on every row: less defensive-zone time ranks higher.

Top speed, mph23.38Forward average 21.23
Hardest shot, mph88.54Forward average 74.7
Distance skated5.4 mi1.98 mi in his longest game
Offensive-zone starts36.8%10.5% defensive · 52.6% neutral

Where his shifts were spent

44.7%All situations37.7%
42.7%Even strength38.8%
54.0%Power play32.7%
OffensiveNeutralDefensive

Share of his time on ice in each zone.

Fastest moments

  1. 23.38vsVAN29 Sep · 1st 02:40
  2. 22.42vsVAN29 Sep · 1st 08:26
  3. 22.11vsSEA3 Oct · 1st 08:57
  4. 22.04vsSEA3 Oct · 1st 05:30
  5. 21.41vsVAN29 Sep · 1st 18:26
  6. 21.27vsVAN29 Sep · 2nd 16:35
  7. 20.99vsVAN29 Sep · 2nd 09:29
  8. 20.46@VAN1 Oct · 2nd 02:01

His fastest bursts in mph.

22+ mph4 · avg 0.3
20-22 mph5 · avg 4.6
18-20 mph24 · avg 20

Bursts per speed band, against the forward average.

Hardest shots

  1. 88.54vsSEA3 Oct · 3rd 14:29
  2. 84.98@VAN1 Oct · 3rd 14:19
  3. 80.08@VAN1 Oct · 2nd 07:05
  4. 66.00vsVAN29 Sep · 1st 10:17
  5. 56.62vsVAN29 Sep · 2nd 06:34
  6. 52.75@VAN1 Oct · 2nd 05:02
  7. 35.83vsSEA3 Oct · 2nd 02:19

Shot speed in mph, every attempt type.

100+ mph0 · avg 0.0
90-99 mph0 · avg 0.0
80-89 mph3 · avg 0.6
70-79 mph0 · avg 1.6

Shot attempts per speed band.

Distance, last 10 games

  1. 1.49vsSEA3 Oct · 8:22 TOI
  2. 1.90@VAN1 Oct · 10:58 TOI
  3. 1.98vsVAN29 Sep · 11:06 TOI

Miles per game with his time on ice. Season average 1.79 a game. Small sample: these numbers move a lot in the first weeks of a season.


Physical play, discipline and faceoffs

Physical play, discipline and faceoffs

Possession events, penalties drawn against penalties taken, and faceoffs.

Possession and physical

Takeaways0T-10th on EDM
Giveaways1
TK / GV ratio0.00
Hits2T-12th on EDM
Blocked shots0T-13th on EDM

Discipline

Penalty minutes0
Minors0
Majors0
Penalties drawn1
Net penalties+1drawn minus taken

Game log

The last ten games

DateOpponentResultGAPSOG+/-TOI
3 OctvsSEAW 3-1000108:22
1 OctvsVANL 7-90113010:58
29 SepvsVANOTL 5-6 OT0001011:06

Prediction markets

Priced at 12% for a point tonight

From stats is a Poisson rate from his scoring this season and last, combined; the market is the venues' average midpoint.

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Contract

$973K a season through 2027-28

Cap hit$973K0.9% of the $104M ceiling
Term3 yearsYear 2 of 3
Expires2027-28RFA at 24
Cap value$2.9MCap hit × 3 years

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 Edmonton

Two seasons · 2025-26 to 2026-27
Linemates and opponents

274th 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.

By opponent

2026-27 · top 6 by P/GP

Vancouver1 P in 20.50 P/GP

since 1990-91 · regular season

Points6274th for Edmonton
Goals2261st
Assists4269th
Games played32308th
Team history

Career

Regular season and playoffs
Career · regular season

Two seasons, all with the Oilers

Career · regular season

SeasonTeamGPGAPP/GPSH%Points
2025-26EDM292350.175.6%
2026-27EDM10000.000.0%
Career302350.175.4%

Season rows reconcile with the official career totals.

Draft

2022Tampa Bay · round 1From USA U-18 (NTDP)#31

Teammates in the stats

2026-27 · EDM points


Updated after every final · through 6 Oct