- Age
- 26
- Shoots
- Left
- Height
- 185 cm
- Weight
- 82 kg
- Born
- Birmingham, USA
- Draft
- Undrafted
Career · 2024–25 to 2026–27
- Games
- 99
- Goals
- 17
- Points
- 28
- TOI per game
- 11:26
- xGF% (5v5)
- 45.6%
- Goals above expected
- +5.7
Season by season
The regular-season line for each season, with the total, by team for traded players.
Form
Rolling averages smooth out single games so the trend shows.
Points and individual expected goals per game (left scale), averaged over the previous ten games. Ice time is on the second chart.
Player card
How 2024–25 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
34th percentile among qualified forwards, blending scoring 40%, play-driving 40%, usage 20%.
- 1st line
- 2nd line
- 3rd line
- 4th line
- Extra / AHL
Scoring
3rd line- Goals /600.9068th pct
- Assists /600.5816th pct
- ixG /600.6022nd pct
- Goals above expected+5.785th pct
Play-driving
4th line- xGF% (5v5)45.6%22nd pct
- CF% (5v5)48.1%36th pct
- Relative xGF%+1.166th pct
- Penalty diff /60-0.1621st pct
Usage
4th line- TOI per game11:2621st pct
- PP time share6.3%29th pct
- Offensive zone starts57.9%58th pct
- Quality of competition24.3%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).
Faceoffs
How often Sasson wins the draw over 2024–25 to 2026–27, against whom and where, and what a win leads to. Ranked among players with 422+ draws over the same seasons.
Win rate
41.5%
182–257 · #174 of 184 regulars, 6th percentile
Against an average centre
41.6%
Opponents won 50.2% of their draws; an average centre would have won 49.8% against them.
Wins above average
−37
Draws won beyond what an average centre facing the same opponents would have won.
Draws per game
5.5
439 draws in all.
By dot, attacking to the right
Win rate at each dot; the small numbers are draws and the xG swing (×100) of winning rather than losing there.
By zone
- Offensive zone41.9% 52–72
- Neutral zone41.6% 82–115
- Defensive zone40.7% 48–70
By strength
- Even strength42.2% 172–236
- Power play47.4% 9–10
- Shorthanded8.3% 1–11
What a win leads to
Shot attempts in the next 20 seconds, for minus against, per 100 draws: +7 after a win, −17 after a loss. Each win was worth 0.3 expected goals per 100 draws more than a loss.
Most-faced opponents
- Connor McDavid41.7% 5–7
- Yanni Gourde27.3% 3–8
- Nicolas Roy36.4% 4–7
- William Karlsson20.0% 2–8
- Adam Henrique28.6% 2–5
- Evan Rodrigues71.4% 5–2
- Ty Dellandrea42.9% 3–4
- Phillip Danault85.7% 6–1
Season by season
| Season | Draws | Win rate | Against average |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2024–25 | 110 | 42.7% | 42.7% |
| 2025–26 | 290 | 42.1% | 42.2% |
| 2026–27 | 39 | 33.3% | 34.8% |
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.
+5.7 goals above expected
Goals above expected, everyone at the same position with 20+ games
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.
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 speed36.7 km/h97th pct
- Speed bursts over 20 mph21100th pct
- Hardest shot123.7 km/h50th pct
- Distance skated16 km81st pct
- Offensive-zone time35.4%7th pct
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.
Top skating speed
38.1 km/h96th pct
▲ +1.0 km/h since 2024–25
Bursts over 20 mph per 60
14.797th pct
▲ +5.1 since 2024–25
Distance skated per 60
16.5 km96th pct
▲ +0.4 km since 2024–25
Hardest shot
135.2 km/h33rd pct
▲ +8.0 km/h since 2024–25
Offensive-zone time
41.0%38th pct
▼ −0.9 points since 2024–25