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Brett Howden

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Vegas Golden Knights

C · 6'2", 204 lb · 28 years old · Shoots left · Oakbank, Manitoba, CAN

Drafted 2016 · TBL · round 1 · #27 overall

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Last 5 games

Date	Opp	G	PTS	GS	SOG	+/−	TOI
Nov 13	NSH	0	0	-0.1	5	-1	15:46
Nov 11	UTA	1	1	1.2	4	0	13:55
Nov 8	@BUF	0	0	-0.2	1	0	13:45
Nov 5	@DET	0	0	0.4	1	0	17:38
Nov 3	@PIT	0	0	0.2	0	-1	14:31

Against their position

This playerAverage forward

Against 440 forwards, on rates per 60 minutes so a shortened season is not read as a worse one.

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Role

Hits / 604.64214th

Blocks / 602.22168th

Takeaways / 600.92161st

Giveaways / 602.60180th

Faceoff win %50.0%130th

Penalty minutes16369th

Off the radar because these describe a role rather than a quality — a shutdown defenceman blocks more than a power-play specialist, and neither is better for it.

Per game, against the average forward

Goals

F 0.22

Assists

F 0.31

SOG

Shots on goal

F 1.7

Expected goals

F 0.22

Attempts for

F 11.2

Attempts against

F 11.2

TOI

Ice time

F 15:11

Speed

Top, mph

22.2

F 21.9

Hits

F 1.3

Hit±

Dealt minus taken

F +0.4

BLK

Shot blocks

F 0.5

bxG

Block xG margin

F -.01

Poss±

Take minus give

F -0.5

Pen±

Drawn minus taken

F +0.0

FO%

Faceoffs won

F 50.0%

Shot

Hardest, mph

79.6

F 81.0

Every shot this season

Goal6Shot on goal28Missed24Shot blocked8

NHL regular season

Season	Team	GP	G	A	PTS	+/−	SOG	S%	TOI
2026-27	Vegas Golden Knights	21	6	3	9	0	35	17.1	15:23
2025-26	Vegas Golden Knights	58	12	10	22	-9	66	18.2	14:54
2024-25	Vegas Golden Knights	80	23	17	40	+17	125	18.4	14:52
2023-24	Vegas Golden Knights	72	8	11	19	-11	76	10.5	13:14
2022-23	Vegas Golden Knights	54	6	7	13	+5	53	11.3	13:04
2021-22	Vegas Golden Knights	47	9	11	20	+9	39	23.1	10:39
2020-21	New York Rangers	42	1	6	7	-2	33	3.0	12:34
2019-20	New York Rangers	70	9	10	19	-11	64	14.1	13:09
2018-19	New York Rangers	66	6	17	23	-16	74	8.1	14:56
Career		510	80	92	172	-18	565	14.2	13:40

Other competitions

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
2016-17	WHL	Moose Jaw Warriors	58	38	43	81
2016-17	AHL	Syracuse Crunch	5	3	1	4
2015-16	WHL	Moose Jaw	68	24	40	64
2015-16	Ivan Hlinka Memorial	Canada U18	4	0	1	1
2015-16	U18-Dev	Team Red	3	1	2	3
2015-16	WJC-18	Canada U18	6	5	3	8
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
2012-13	MMHL	Eastman Selects Midget AAA	30	11	13	24