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Centre · #21

Brett Howden

New York Rangers Vegas Golden Knights(traded during the season)
Age
28
Shoots
Left
Height
188 cm
Weight
93 kg
Born
Oakbank, CAN
Draft
2016, round 1, #27 (TBL)

Career · 2018–19 to 2026–27

Games
493
Goals
74
Points
164
TOI per game
13:37
xGF% (5v5)
47.9%
Goals above expected
−2.0
ShowAll teamsNew York RangersVegas Golden Knights

Season by season

The regular-season line for each season, with the total, by team for traded players.

2018–19NYR6661723−1614:56748.1%211.042.1%
2019–20NYR7091019−1113:096414.1%28.540.3%
2020–21NYR42167−212:34333.0%05.145.3%
2021–22VGK4791120+910:393923.1%05.752.7%
2022–23VGK546713+513:045311.3%07.648.3%
2023–24VGK7281119−1113:147610.5%09.847.9%
2024–25VGK80231740+1714:5212518.4%017.951.6%
2025–26VGK58121022−914:546618.2%39.054.6%
2026–27VGK4011+216:2070.0%01.462.0%
Total2 teams4937490164−1613:3753713.8%776.047.9%

Form

Rolling averages smooth out single games so the trend shows.

Form, ten-game rolling

Points and individual expected goals per game (left scale), averaged over the previous ten games. Ice time is on the second chart.

Points per gameixG per gameTOI per game (minutes)
00.20.40.60.81100200300400
8m10m12m14m16m18m100200300400Game

Player card

Model-based

How 2018–19 to 2026–27 compares with everyone else at the position over the same seasons, and the players with the most similar profile.

Overall rating

4th line

32nd percentile among qualified forwards, blending scoring 40%, play-driving 40%, usage 20%.

  1. 1st line
  2. 2nd line
  3. 3rd line
  4. 4th line
  5. Extra / AHL

Scoring

3rd line
  • Goals /600.6647th pct
  • Assists /600.8041st pct
  • ixG /600.6841st pct
  • Goals above expected−2.045th pct

Play-driving

4th line
  • xGF% (5v5)47.9%40th pct
  • CF% (5v5)45.5%18th pct
  • Relative xGF%−4.021st pct
  • Penalty diff /600.0040th pct

Usage

3rd line
  • TOI per game13:3754th pct
  • PP time share7.7%35th pct
  • Offensive zone starts44.4%26th pct
  • Quality of competition23.9%44th pct

Percentiles among forwards with 200+ minutes at 5-on-5 and 20+ games. Ratings rank each column's average percentile among the same players and read it as a role on a depth chart (how).

Most similar players this season

  1. Noah LabaNYR0.90
  2. Greg McKeggCAR/NYR/BOS0.85
  3. Jay BeagleVAN0.85
  4. Luke GlendeningDET/DAL/TBL/NJD0.85
  5. John BeecherBOS/CGY0.85
  6. Nate ThompsonLAK/MTL/PHI0.85

Faceoffs

How often Howden wins the draw over 2018–19 to 2026–27, against whom and where, and what a win leads to. Ranked among players with 1549+ draws over the same seasons.

Win rate

49.1%

1679–1744 · #118 of 196 regulars, 40th percentile

Against an average centre

49.0%

Opponents won 49.9% of their draws; an average centre would have won 50.1% against them.

Wins above average

−36

Draws won beyond what an average centre facing the same opponents would have won.

Draws per game

7.4

3,423 draws in all.

By dot, attacking to the right

51%722 · +1.154%712 · +1.141%286 · +1.757%115 · 0.043%112 · −0.559%128 · +1.848%118 · +1.950%718 · +2.441%512 · +1.9Attacking zone →← Defending zone

Win rate at each dot; the small numbers are draws and the xG swing (×100) of winning rather than losing there.

By zone

  • Offensive zone50.1% 500–498
  • Neutral zone51.1% 611–584
  • Defensive zone46.2% 568–662

By strength

  • Even strength49.5% 1475–1504
  • Power play53.4% 63–55
  • Shorthanded43.3% 141–185

What a win leads to

Shot attempts in the next 20 seconds, for minus against, per 100 draws: +11 after a win, −22 after a loss. Each win was worth 1.6 expected goals per 100 draws more than a loss.

Most-faced opponents

Season by season

SeasonDrawsWin rateAgainst average
2018–1972948.4%48.4%
2019–2052148.2%48.0%
2020–2125346.6%47.7%
2021–2229148.1%47.9%
2022–2322751.5%51.3%
2023–2436645.1%44.6%
2024–2551652.7%51.9%
2025–2651750.3%50.8%
2026–273100.0%99.7%

Finishing

Model-based

Did the goals match the chances?

Goals against expected goals

Cumulative goals (solid) and individual xG (dashed) through the season. The gap is finishing: above the dashed line, the player scored more than an average shooter would from the same chances.

−2.0 goals above expected

020406080100200300400Game

Goals above expected, everyone at the same position with 20+ games

−500+50+100

Speed and tracking

From the NHL's EDGE tracking system (2021–22 on): skating speed, shot speed, distance and zone time, for the selected seasons and then every tracked season, to show improvement or decline.

Tracking data (NHL EDGE)

Values from the NHL's puck and player tracking, with the NHL's own league percentile for each. Missing values mean the player wasn't tracked enough.

Tracking

  • Top skating speed35.5 km/h85th pct
  • Speed bursts over 20 mph882nd pct
  • Hardest shot128.1 km/h63rd pct
  • Distance skated17 km86th pct
  • Offensive-zone time43.1%63rd pct
Tracking, season by season

Each season against the other forwards that season with 20+ games. A season in progress appears once half its games are played, as provisional: season bests only grow. Bursts and distance are per 60 minutes of ice time, so seasons with fewer games still compare. Percentiles are on these rates, so they can differ from the NHL's, which are on season totals.

This playerMedian forwardMiddle half (25th–75th percentile)Hollow dot: too few games to rank, or a season in progress (*, dashed). Dotted line: no NHL games that season.

Top skating speed

37.3 km/h87th pct

▲ +0.7 km/h since 2024–25

343536373821–2222–2323–2424–2525–262021–22: 34.9 km/h, 15th percentile (47 games)2022–23: 35.9 km/h, 45th percentile (54 games)2023–24: 35.8 km/h, 45th percentile (72 games)2024–25: 36.6 km/h, 66th percentile (80 games)2025–26: 37.3 km/h, 87th percentile (58 games)

Bursts over 20 mph per 60

12.092nd pct

▲ +2.9 since 2024–25

05101521–2222–2323–2424–2525–262021–22: 5.5, 54th percentile (47 games)2022–23: 5.3, 54th percentile (54 games)2023–24: 6.2, 62nd percentile (72 games)2024–25: 9.1, 81st percentile (80 games)2025–26: 12.0, 92nd percentile (58 games)

Distance skated per 60

15.8 km66th pct

▼ −0.0 km since 2024–25

14.51515.51616.521–2222–2323–2424–2525–262021–22: 15.8 km, 60th percentile (47 games)2022–23: 15.8 km, 76th percentile (54 games)2023–24: 15.7 km, 60th percentile (72 games)2024–25: 15.8 km, 61st percentile (80 games)2025–26: 15.8 km, 66th percentile (58 games)

Hardest shot

137.1 km/h42nd pct

▲ +1.1 km/h since 2024–25

12013014015016021–2222–2323–2424–2525–262021–22: 130.5 km/h, 9th percentile (47 games)2022–23: 137.5 km/h, 24th percentile (54 games)2023–24: 136.1 km/h, 22nd percentile (72 games)2024–25: 136.0 km/h, 28th percentile (80 games)2025–26: 137.1 km/h, 42nd percentile (58 games)

Offensive-zone time

40.8%36th pct

▲ +0.6 points since 2024–25

36%38%40%42%44%46%21–2222–2323–2424–2525–262021–22: 40.1%, 29th percentile (47 games)2022–23: 40.1%, 26th percentile (54 games)2023–24: 37.7%, 9th percentile (72 games)2024–25: 40.2%, 27th percentile (80 games)2025–26: 40.8%, 36th percentile (58 games)