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Brandon Saad

Brandon Saad

VGK·FJersey number #20
Club as of this player’s most recent priced game
Latest captured market
Mar 4 · 7:00 PM ET

Projected · remaining schedule

82 team games · 377 game sample
PTS
29.0
SOG
137.4
G
12.7
A
16.3
PPP
2.7
HIT
21.2
BLK
24.8
PIM
16.3

Each figure is this player's recency-weighted per-game rate over 377 real games × their team's 82 scheduled games. Availability is not projected — injuries, scratches and trades are not modelled anywhere in this project, so the team's schedule is the multiplier, not a forecast of how many games this player will dress for. League board.

What carries into 2026-27

a forecast, not a result

Most of this cold run probably won’t repeat

below expectedabove expected
● what happened○ what is projected
2025-26
−6.46
per 100 attempts, vs position
= −8.0 goals over 115
Carries forward
18%
of that rate
measured, 5 seasons
2026-27
−1.17
per 100 attempts, projected
−1.4 goals at the same volume
How this is measured, and what it doesn’t say →

Among forwards · 973 ranked

Production

Style & role

Percentile against 973 forwards, 2025-26. Shrunk rate is the per-game rate the rank was computed from, pulled toward the league mean by sample size so a short career does not read as an elite one — so it sits closer to average than the rate actually recorded. This skater’s sample is 377 games. Further right means more, not better: hits, blocks and penalty minutes describe a role, not quality.

Observed rates

per game · recency-weighted, not shrunk · 377 games incl. playoffs
PTS
0.35
G
0.15
A
0.20
SOG
1.68
PPP
0.03
HIT
0.25
BLK
0.30
PIM
0.20

Season totals

regular season
SeasonGPGAPP/GPSOGTOI
2025-26493690.187813:23
2024-25721317300.4212714:49
2023-24822616420.5114415:30
2022-23711918370.5212716:40
2021-22782425490.6315816:16

Playoffs

postseason only
SeasonGPGAPP/GPSOGTOI
2025-2650220.4058:41
2024-2580220.251314:26
2021-22122350.422316:32

Last 10 · game log

cleared the Mar 4 lineSOG 4/10G 0/10PPP 0/10
DateOppSOGGAPPPHITBLKPIMTOI
May 22@ COLPO20001009:18
May 20@ COLPO00100008:10
May 14@ ANAPO10001007:01
May 12vs ANAPO201000011:38
May 10@ ANAPO00001007:20
Apr 11@ COL100000010:41
Apr 9@ SEA100000014:13
Apr 7@ VAN301010013:25
Mar 8vs EDM00000008:36
Mar 6vs MIN20000108:39

One threshold, applied to all 10: each figure counts how many of the 10 games above would have cleared the Mar 4 posted line. It is not a record against 10 separate lines — this player was priced once, and games after that date are measured against the same number.

Finishing — goals above expected

open play, regular season
SeasonxGGGAxGPAtt
2025-2611.03minus 8.0 goals above expected41115
2024-2515.513minus 2.5 goals above expected65173
2023-2419.726plus 6.3 goals above expected75200
2022-2317.519plus 1.5 goals above expected68167
2021-2219.924plus 4.1 goals above expected74198

How the 2026-27 projection is made

a forecast, not a result

Finishing persists year over year, but only partly. That share is measured over five seasons of skaters clearing the same 100-attempt floor, and what does not carry regresses toward the rate for the player's position.

Shot volume is not projected, so the goal figure assumes the same number of attempts. A persistent gap means the skater reliably scores above what this model expects — which may be finishing skill or may be shots the model under-rates, and the measurement cannot separate the two. Running cold is a statement about the season just played, not about talent.

This projection is written to a prediction log on the night it is produced, so it can be scored against what actually happens rather than restated later.

Production by strength

G-A-P, regular season
SeasonEven strengthPower playShorthanded
2025-263 goals, 6 assists, 9 points0-0-00 goals, 0 assists, 0 points
2024-2513 goals, 14 assists, 27 points0 goals, 3 assists, 3 points0 goals, 0 assists, 0 points
2023-2421 goals, 16 assists, 37 points5 goals, 0 assists, 5 points0 goals, 0 assists, 0 points
2022-2315 goals, 15 assists, 30 points2 goals, 2 assists, 4 points2 goals, 1 assist, 3 points
2021-2215 goals, 18 assists, 33 points8 goals, 5 assists, 13 points1 goal, 2 assists, 3 points

Shot locations

115 attempts · 3 goals · 2025-26
Missed the net (37)Shot on goal (75)Goal (3)

Markets · Mar 4

modeled projections
G
Anytime goal
Line
0.5
Proj
0.2
P(over)
20%
A
Assists
No line posted.
PPP
Power-play points
Line
0.5
Proj
0.0
P(over)
5%
SOG
Shots on goal
Line
1.5
Proj
1.6
P(over)
45%
HITS
Hits
No line posted.
BLK
Blocked shots
No line posted.
PIM
Penalty minutes
No line posted.

Per-game rates are recency-weighted over this player's game log. Expected goals come from the xG model over open-play unblocked attempts; totals are not directly comparable across seasons. Every market — anytime goals, assists, power-play points, SOG, hits, blocks and PIMs — is a modeled projection. Every number on this page was worked out overnight and is only read here, never recalculated while you wait.