Brett Howden

Shoots left · 28 years old

	GamesGP	GoalsG	AssistsA	PointsP	ShotsSOG	Ice timeTOI
This season	5	1	1	2	10	16:08
Last season	58	12	10	22	66	14:54

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Role

Where he fits on Vegas right now.

Line: L2 with W. Karlsson and M. Marner · 9:59 a game together
Power play: Not on either unit
Penalty kill: Second wave 10 of 12 kills · 0:45 a kill · starts only 1
Ice time: 16:08 a game, 5th-most among Vegas forwards · 14:09 5-on-5 · 1:31 PK
Competition: Easier opponents than 67% of forwards · home tougher than 65%, road 90%
Easier opponents than 87% of forwards · home about average

Where he stands out

What he does better or worse than most players at his position.

Better than most at his position

Fast bursts
11.7 bursts /60more often than 92% of forwards
Drawing penalties
1.15 penalties drawn /60better than 89% of forwards
Top speed
23.2 mphfaster than 85% of forwards
Creating his own chances
0.81 expected goals /60better than 81% of centers

Behind most at his position

Staying out of the box
1.06 penalties taken /60behind 86% of forwards

Listed only when we can be confident he is above or below average. Numbers from this season and last, through Oct 10. Compared with forwards who have played at least 20 games over the two seasons.

Better than most at his position

Time in the offensive zone
44.8% of his timemore than 86% of forwards
Creating his own chances
0.80 expected goals /60better than 77% of centers
Shooting volume
13.1 shot attempts /60better than 76% of centers

Behind most at his position

Nothing yet where we can be confident he is below most forwards.

Listed only when we can be confident he is above or below average. Numbers from this season, through Oct 10. Compared with forwards who have played at least 3 games.

All ratings

Every rating, against other forwards.

Brett HowdenAverage forwardLikely range

This season’s 5 games blended with last season’s 58, and pulled toward the average forward by an amount that depends on how quickly each rating settles.

Shooting volume, creating his own chances, shot blocking, hardest shot and distance skated compare centers with centers, because centers and wingers really differ there. Everything else compares all forwards.

This season’s 5 games only, pulled toward the average forward. Expect wide ranges this early.

Driving play at 5-on-5

Creating chances
Along for the rideDrives play
+0.03 expected goals /60average
−0.01 expected goals /60bottom 42%
Preventing chances
Chances against riseShuts it down
−0.04 expected goals against /60average
−0.04 expected goals against /60top 44%

Scoring

Shooting volume
Rarely shootsFires away
11.6 shot attempts /60average
13.1 shot attempts /60top 24%
Creating his own chances
Few chancesDangerous
0.81 expected goals /60top 19%
0.80 expected goals /60top 23%
Finishing
Below expectedSniper
−0.2 goals above expected /100 shotstop 34%
−0.5 goals above expected /100 shotsbottom 40%
Setting up goals
Rarely sets upPlaymaker
0.47 first assists /60bottom 13%
0.58 first assists /60top 36%

Special teams

Power-play chances
QuietThreat
1.75 expected goals /60too few games
1.83 expected goals /60too few games
Shorthanded threat
Pure defensePower kill
0.82 expected goals for /60bottom 37%
0.89 expected goals for /60top 41%

Physical and puck

Hitting
Avoids contactPhysical
hitting score 89top 44%6.80 hits /60top 28%
hitting score 82average5.21 hits /60top 37%
Shot blocking
Rarely blocksShot blocker
blocking score 76bottom 27%1.97 blocks /60bottom 29%
blocking score 87bottom 43%1.49 blocks /60bottom 11%
Takeaways
RarePuck thief
takeaway score 80bottom 24%0.83 takeaways /60bottom 41%
takeaway score 84bottom 31%0.00 takeaways /60bottom 1%

Penalties and faceoffs

Drawing penalties
RarelyDraws calls
1.15 penalties drawn /60top 11%
0.80 penalties drawn /60average
Staying out of the box
Often penalizedClean
1.06 penalties taken /60bottom 14%
0.71 penalties taken /60average
Faceoffs
Loses drawsWins draws
51.7% wontop 39%
51.5% wontoo few games

Hitting, shot blocking and takeaways are arena-adjusted scores (100 is the average forward); switch “Hits and takeaways” to Raw in the settings to see the numbers as recorded. How the ratings work.

Shots

Where his shots come from, and how his misses miss.

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121 unblocked shots, this season and last, from his point of view. 5 more from outside the zone. Empty nets left out.

18 unblocked shots, this season, from his point of view. Empty nets left out.

How his misses miss

Wide left14
Wide right17
Over the net8
Off the post or crossbar3
Short or other3

45 missed shots. “Wide left” is from his point of view.

Wide left2
Wide right5
Over the net1
Off the post or crossbar0
Short or other0

8 missed shots. “Wide left” is from his point of view.

The NHL’s game data records how a shot missed, but not where in the net a goal or save went (glove side, blocker, five-hole). That needs paid camera tracking, so we don’t show it.

Skating and shot

Speed, bursts, shot power and where he spends his shifts, from the NHL’s own tracking (NHL EDGE).

Top speed
SlowerBurner
23.2 mphtop 15%
22.1 mphtop 20%
Fast bursts
RareFrequent
11.7 bursts /60top 8%
8.2 bursts /60top 29%
Hardest shot
SofterCannon
85.2 mphbottom 44%
79.6 mphtop 42%
Distance skated
ShorterCovers ground
9.78 miles /60top 38%
9.58 miles /60bottom 40%
Time in the offensive zone
DefendingAttacking
41.0% of his timeaverage
44.8% of his timetop 14%

Top speed and hardest shot are his best single moments over this season and lastthis season; bursts and distance are per 60 minutes of his ice time. Tracking data: NHL EDGE.