Regular season

Brett Howden

Vegas Golden Knights · C · #21

Bottom-six playerDepth Forward?Energy role: 100 hits (6.9/60)

HT: 6'2"
WT: 201 lb
Age: 28
Shoots: L
From: Oakbank, CAN
Draft: 2016 TBL · R1 #27

60Alpha?

Alpha sub-scores

what drives the rating · percentile vs position group

4848pctl

2323pctl

2323pctl

2727pctl

League profile

vs. forwards with 20+ GP

0.3844pctl

0.2157pctl

0.1732pctl

1.130pctl

-924pctl

346pctl

HockeyAlpha advanced

event-derived proxies · 1,312 games analyzed

4.9%55pctl

0.9720pctl

0.016pctl

Def Suppression?

0.1919pctl

Center toolkit

vs. centers with 20+ GP

50.3%55pctl

D-Zone FO %?

50.3%57pctl

8.960pctl

0.2828pctl

0:3943pctl

1:0255pctl

On-ice impact

shift charts × our xG model · 39 GP tracked · 10h TOI

On-ice xG share (5v5)?

48.3%38pctl

On-ice goal share (5v5)?

43.5%24pctl

O-zone deployment?

52%57pctl

Usage profile

assignment difficulty · higher fill = tougher job

Competition faced?

17.5 min57pctl

Support received?

18.2 min24pctl

D-zone deployment?

48%43pctl

Micro-metrics

Structural Metric Model · sequences, geometry & leverage from every shot

Cross-slot shots / GP?

0.0422pctl

Net-front presence / GP?

0.9658pctl

Second-chance touches / GP?

0.2130pctl

1.05×85pctl

Cross-slot suppressed?

0.18/gm68pctl

Pressure escape rate?

6.1%13pctl

2025-26 regular season · Percentile beams: fill = league percentile, tick = league median · hockeyalpha.com

The Blueprint

Structural Event Engine · percentile vs forwards · center = median · 766 EV min

General Offense

4.3823

6.5829

Shot Setups/60?

0.1613

Chance Setups/60?

0.1613

Primary Contributions/60?

4.5418

Rebounds Created/60?

0.0813

Playmaking Sequences

Point Shot Setups/60?

0.0029

Center-Lane Setups/60?

0.1615

High-Danger Setups/60?

0.0816

Deflection Setups/60?

0.0037

One-Timer Setups/60?

0.0020

Offense Types

Cycle Offense/60?

1.1034

Rush Offense/60?

5.7922

Shots off HD Setups/60?

0.3117

0.6334

0.0019

Deflections/60?

1.3349

Zone Entries

Entries Started/60?

0.1659

Entries Finished/60?

0.8661

Entries w/ Chance/60?

0.5563

Entry → Chance %?

64%53

DZ Retrievals / Exits

DZ Involvements/60?

1.4167

0.2343

1.1773

Retrieval Success %?

17%29

Exit Involvements/60?

0.0872

Exit Success %?

6%67

Forechecking

4.9363

Dump-In Recoveries/60?

0.0042

Derived from event sequences in public play-by-play data - the ? on each metric explains exactly how it's computed. · hockeyalpha.com

Contract & market

Contract value?

beta · cap data: CapWages

$2.50M

cap hit

$2.03M

Alpha-market value

overpaidmarketsurplus

C

Fair market deal (−$0.5M)

Top comparables?

nearest profiles at the same role · match = statistical fit

Player	Alpha	Archetype	Production	Cap hit	Market	Value	Match
Brett Howden	60	Depth Forward	22 P · 58 GP	$2.50M	$2.03M	C−$0.5M	this player
Phillip Danault	55	Depth Forward	17 P · 75 GP	$5.50M	$1.16M	F−$4.3M	81%
Gage Goncalves	61	Depth Forward	33 P · 74 GP	$1.20M	$2.24M	B+$1.0M	81%
Scott Laughton	62	Faceoff General	20 P · 64 GP	$3.00M	$2.46M	C−$0.5M	79%
Ben Meyers	59	Depth Forward	15 P · 52 GP	$0.78M	$1.83M	B+$1.1M	78%

Chemistry

Top connection: Mitch Marner · 4 goals together

Finishes from

assisters on Brett’s goals

Creates for

goals Brett assisted on

From official goal credits - scorer + assists on every goal, all season.

Recent form · last 10 games

4 pts · 3 G · 1 A · 13 shots in last 10Cooling off(-0.4 P/GP vs prior 5)

vs EDM

0P

0G 0A

vs EDM 03-26

0G 0A · 1 shots · 12:07 TOI

vs WSH

0P

0G 0A

vs WSH 03-28

0G 0A · 1 shots · 17:25 TOI

vs VAN

0P

0G 0A

vs VAN 03-30

0G 0A · 1 shots · 15:43 TOI

vs CGY

1P

1G 0A

vs CGY 04-02

1G 0A · 3 shots · 15:02 TOI

@ EDM

2P

1G 1A

@ EDM 04-04

1G 1A · 4 shots · 15:59 TOI

@ VAN

0P

0G 0A

@ VAN 04-07

0G 0A · 1 shots · 17:17 TOI

@ SEA

1P

1G 0A

@ SEA 04-09

1G 0A · 1 shots · 15:34 TOI

@ COL

0P

0G 0A

@ COL 04-11

0G 0A · 0 shots · 17:11 TOI

vs WPG

0P

0G 0A

vs WPG 04-13

0G 0A · 0 shots · 16:03 TOI

vs SEA

0P

0G 0A

vs SEA 04-15

0G 0A · 1 shots · 17:06 TOI

Tile tint = points that night · underline = shot volume (full bar = 8+ shots) · oldest on the left

The Territory

attacking → · every recorded touch, normalized to one end

Goal On goal Missed/blocked▲ takeaway▽ giveaway■ hit＋ block◯ faceoff dot (size = wins)274 events shown

The office: the inner slot - 6 of 12 goals live there

Defensive floor: 29 blocks · 4 steals inside the d-zone

NHL career · regular season

Season	Team	GP	G	A	P	+/−
2018-19	New York Rangers	66	6	17	23	-16
2019-20	New York Rangers	70	9	10	19	-11
2020-21	New York Rangers	42	1	6	7	-2
2021-22	Vegas Golden Knights	47	9	11	20	9
2022-23	Vegas Golden Knights	54	6	7	13	5
2023-24	Vegas Golden Knights	72	8	11	19	-11
2024-25	Vegas Golden Knights	80	23	17	40	17
2025-26	Vegas Golden Knights	58	12	10	22	-9
Career	2 teams	489	74	89	163	-18