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Brett Howden

Brett Howden

VGK·FJersey number #21
Latest captured market
Apr 7 · 10:00 PM ET

Projected · remaining schedule

82 team games · 373 game sample
PTS
36.9
SOG
109.6
G
22.4
A
14.5
PPP
1.7
HIT
153.0
BLK
42.5
PIM
48.4

Each figure is this player's recency-weighted per-game rate over 373 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 finishing edge probably won’t repeat

below expectedabove expected
● what happened○ what is projected
2025-26
+2.77
per 100 attempts, vs position
= +2.1 goals over 103
Carries forward
18%
of that rate
measured, 5 seasons
2026-27
+0.50
per 100 attempts, projected
+0.5 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 373 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 · 373 games incl. playoffs
PTS
0.45
G
0.27
A
0.18
SOG
1.34
PPP
0.02
HIT
1.87
BLK
0.52
PIM
0.59

Season totals

regular season
SeasonGPGAPP/GPSOGTOI
2025-26581210220.386614:53
2024-25802317400.5012514:52
2023-2472811190.267613:14
2022-235467130.245313:04
2021-2247911200.433910:40

Playoffs

postseason only
SeasonGPGAPP/GPSOGTOI
2025-2622144180.824116:37
2024-25113030.271513:50
2023-2471120.29713:02
2022-232255100.453013:59

Last 10 · game log

cleared the Apr 7 lineG 5/10A 2/10PPP 0/10
DateOppSOGGAPPPHITBLKPIMTOI
Jun 14vs CARPO100020014:52
Jun 11@ CARPO300040014:32
Jun 9vs CARPO110020015:40
Jun 6vs CARPO301061021:31
Jun 4@ CARPO320013015:35
Jun 2@ CARPO211030214:51
May 26vs COLPO100060018:19
May 24vs COLPO210040017:03
May 22@ COLPO100011017:09
May 20@ COLPO410011018:11

One threshold, applied to all 10: each figure counts how many of the 10 games above would have cleared the Apr 7 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
2025-269.912plus 2.1 goals above expected43103
2024-2518.723plus 4.3 goals above expected68181
2023-249.18minus 1.1 goals above expected53105
2022-238.46minus 2.4 goals above expected4283
2021-224.99plus 4.1 goals above expected3160

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 hot 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
2025-2612 goals, 7 assists, 19 points0 goals, 3 assists, 3 points0 goals, 0 assists, 0 points
2024-2521 goals, 17 assists, 38 points0 goals, 0 assists, 0 points2 goals, 0 assists, 2 points
2023-246 goals, 11 assists, 17 points0-0-02 goals, 0 assists, 2 points
2022-236 goals, 7 assists, 13 points0-0-00-0-0
2021-229 goals, 9 assists, 18 points0-0-00 goals, 2 assists, 2 points

Shot locations

103 attempts · 12 goals · 2025-26
Missed the net (37)Shot on goal (54)Goal (12)

Markets · Apr 7

modeled projections
G
Anytime goal
Line
0.5
Proj
0.2
P(over)
19%
A
Assists
Line
0.5
Proj
0.3
P(over)
25%
PPP
Power-play points
Line
0.5
Proj
0.2
P(over)
16%
SOG
Shots on goal
No line posted.
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.