Brandon Saad

Age 30 Oct 27, 1992

Pittsburgh USA

Left Wing shoots left

6'1" 185 cm

206 lbs 93 kg

ELC Signing Age 18

Waivers Signing Age 18

UFA Year 2019

Agent Lewis Gross

Draft Year 2011
Drafted Overall 43
Draft Round 2
Draft Team

Cap Hit: $4,500,000
5.5% of team cap space
Accumulated Cap Hit: $1,410,811
Year 2 of 5 year contract
Expiry Status UFA | 2026 | 33 yrs old
Career Earnings: $47,292,500

Transaction History

Nov 28, 2022	St. Louis Blues \| Brandon Saad \| Saad scored a goal on four shots in Monday's 4-1 loss to the Dallas Stars.
Nov 25, 2022	St. Louis Blues \| Brandon Saad \| Saad (illness) will be back in the lineup Friday against the Tampa Bay Lightning.
Nov 23, 2022	St. Louis Blues \| Brandon Saad \| Saad (illness) won't play Wednesday versus the Buffalo Sabres.
Nov 14, 2022	St. Louis Blues \| Brandon Saad \| Saad scored a goal on five shots in Monday's 3-2 win over the Colorado Avalanche.
Nov 12, 2022	St. Louis Blues \| Brandon Saad \| Saad scored a goal on two shots in Saturday's 3-2 win over the Vegas Golden Knights.
Nov 10, 2022	St. Louis Blues \| Brandon Saad \| Saad contributed a goal in Thursday's 5-3 win over the San Jose Sharks.
Nov 7, 2022	St. Louis Blues \| Brandon Saad \| Saad (upper body) is expected to suit up versus Boston on Monday.
Nov 6, 2022	St. Louis Blues \| Brandon Saad \| Saad (upper body) should be available to return to the lineup Monday against the Boston Bruins, Jeremy Rutherford of The Athletic reports.
Nov 4, 2022	St. Louis Blues \| Brandon Saad \| Saad (upper body) is participating in a full practice, Lou Korac of NHL.com reports.
Nov 3, 2022	St. Louis Blues \| Brandon Saad \| Saad (upper body) won't make his return Thursday versus the New York Islanders.
Nov 3, 2022	St. Louis Blues \| Brandon Saad \| Saad (upper body) is skating Thursday at the St. Louis Blues' optional practice, Jim Thomas of The St. Louis Post-Dispatch reports.
Oct 31, 2022	St. Louis Blues \| Brandon Saad \| Saad (upper body) won't be available for Monday's matchup against the Los Angeles Kings.
Oct 29, 2022	St. Louis Blues \| Brandon Saad \| Saad (upper body) won't be in the lineup Saturday against the Montreal Canadiens, Lou Korac of Sports Illustrated reports.
Oct 26, 2022	St. Louis Blues \| Brandon Saad \| Saad (upper body) won't play Thursday versus the Nashville Predators, Jim Thomas of The St. Louis Post-Dispatch reports.
Oct 26, 2022	St. Louis Blues \| Brandon Saad \| Saad (upper body) is expected to be sidelined versus Edmonton on Wednesday.
Oct 24, 2022	St. Louis Blues \| Brandon Saad \| Saad won't play Monday against the Winnipeg Jets because of an upper-body injury, Jeremy Rutherford of The Athletic reports.
May 23, 2022	St. Louis Blues \| Brandon Saad \| Saad recorded a power-play assist and two shots on goal in Monday's 6-3 loss to the Colorado Avalanche in Game 4.
May 19, 2022	St. Louis Blues \| Brandon Saad \| Saad scored an empty-net goal on three shots in Thursday's 4-1 win over the Colorado Avalanche in Game 2.
May 12, 2022	St. Louis Blues \| Brandon Saad \| Saad notched an assist and two PIM in Thursday's 5-1 win over the Minnesota Wild in Game 6.
May 10, 2022	St. Louis Blues \| Brandon Saad \| Saad scored a goal in Tuesday's 5-2 win over the Minnesota Wild in Game 5.
Apr 26, 2022	St. Louis Blues \| Brandon Saad \| Saad scored a power-play goal on four shots in Tuesday's 5-3 loss to the Colorado Avalanche.
Apr 23, 2022	St. Louis Blues \| Brandon Saad \| Saad scored a power-play goal in Saturday's 5-4 overtime win over the Arizona Coyotes.
Apr 6, 2022	St. Louis Blues \| Brandon Saad \| Saad logged an assist and three shots on goal in Wednesday's 4-1 win over the Seattle Kraken.
Apr 2, 2022	St. Louis Blues \| Brandon Saad \| Saad scored an empty-net goal and added an assist in Saturday's 6-4 win over the Calgary Flames.
Apr 1, 2022	St. Louis Blues \| Brandon Saad \| Saad picked up an assist and two shots on goal in Friday's 6-5 overtime loss to the Edmonton Oilers.
Mar 30, 2022	St. Louis Blues \| Brandon Saad \| Saad produced a shorthanded assist in Wednesday's 4-3 win over the Vancouver Canucks.
Mar 23, 2022	St. Louis Blues \| Brandon Saad \| Saad scored an even-strength goal and added a power-play assist in Tuesday's 5-2 win over the Washington Capitals.
Mar 10, 2022	St. Louis Blues \| Brandon Saad \| Saad notched an assist and three shots on goal in Thursday's 6-2 win over the New York Rangers.
Feb 12, 2022	St. Louis Blues \| Brandon Saad \| Saad recorded an assist in Saturday's 5-1 win over the Chicago Blackhawks.
Jan 27, 2022	St. Louis Blues \| Brandon Saad \| Saad scored a pair of goals, dished a power-play assist and went plus-3 in Thursday's 5-1 win over the Calgary Flames.
Jan 23, 2022	St. Louis Blues \| Brandon Saad \| Saad notched an assist and three shots on goal in Sunday's 3-1 win over the Vancouver Canucks.
Jan 21, 2022	St. Louis Blues \| Brandon Saad \| Saad notched two assists -- one while shorthanded -- in Friday's 5-0 win over the Seattle Kraken.
Jan 7, 2022	St. Louis Blues \| Brandon Saad \| Saad logged an assist in Friday's 5-1 win over the Washington Capitals.
Nov 18, 2021	St. Louis Blues \| Brandon Saad \| Saad scored two goals -- one on the power play -- to go with six shots in Thursday's 4-1 win over the San Jose Sharks.
Nov 7, 2021	St. Louis Blues \| Brandon Saad \| Saad scored a goal on three shots in Sunday's 4-1 loss to the Anaheim Ducks.
Nov 4, 2021	St. Louis Blues \| Brandon Saad \| Saad scored twice in Thursday's 5-3 win over the San Jose Sharks.
Nov 3, 2021	St. Louis Blues \| Brandon Saad \| Saad (not injury related), as expected, will be in the lineup versus Los Angeles on Wednesday.
Oct 31, 2021	St. Louis Blues \| Brandon Saad \| Head coach Craig Berube said Saad, who was activated off the COVID-19 protocols list Saturday, will start skating Monday and likely rejoin the lineup Wednesday in Los Angeles, Lou Korac of NHL.com reports.
Oct 30, 2021	St. Louis Blues \| Brandon Saad \| Saad has been activated off the COVID-19 protocols list, but he won't play Saturday versus Chicago, Lou Korac of NHL.com reports.
Oct 21, 2021	St. Louis Blues \| Brandon Saad \| Saad (COVID-19 protocols) will not play Saturday versus the Los Angeles Kings.
Oct 20, 2021	St. Louis Blues \| Brandon Saad \| Saad scored a goal on four shots in Wednesday's 3-1 win over the Vegas Golden Knights.
Oct 16, 2021	St. Louis Blues \| Brandon Saad \| Saad recorded an assist, three blocked shots and a plus-2 rating in Saturday's 5-3 win over the Colorado Avalanche.
Jul 29, 2021	St. Louis Blues \| Brandon Saad \| Saad signed a five-year, $22.5 million contract with St. Louis on Thursday.
Jun 10, 2021	Colorado Avalanche \| Brandon Saad \| Saad posted an assist and two hits in Thursday's 6-3 loss to the Vegas Golden Knights in Game 6.
Jun 8, 2021	Colorado Avalanche \| Brandon Saad \| Saad scored a goal on two shots and added a pair of hits Tuesday in a 3-2 overtime loss to Vegas in Game 5.
Jun 6, 2021	Colorado Avalanche \| Brandon Saad \| Saad scored a goal on two shots and added four hits in Sunday's 5-1 loss to the Vegas Golden Knights in Game 4.
Jun 2, 2021	Colorado Avalanche \| Brandon Saad \| Saad scored a goal on three shots in Wednesday's 3-2 overtime win over the Vegas Golden Knights in Game 2.
May 30, 2021	Colorado Avalanche \| Brandon Saad \| Saad scored a goal on two shots, went plus-2 and added 12 PIM in Sunday's 7-1 win over the Vegas Golden Knights in Game 1.
May 23, 2021	Colorado Avalanche \| Brandon Saad \| Saad scored a power-play goal on two shots in Sunday's 5-2 win over the St. Louis Blues in Game 4.
May 21, 2021	Colorado Avalanche \| Brandon Saad \| Saad scored a goal on two shots in Friday's 5-1 win over the St. Louis Blues in Game 3.
May 19, 2021	Colorado Avalanche \| Brandon Saad \| Saad scored an empty-net goal on two shots in Wednesday's 6-3 win over the St. Louis Blues in Game 2.
May 18, 2021	Colorado Avalanche \| Brandon Saad \| Saad had two shots on net over 14:38 of ice time in Colorado's 4-1 win over the St. Louis Blues in Game 1 of their playoff series Monday.
May 15, 2021	Colorado Avalanche \| Brandon Saad \| Saad (lower body) was on the ice for Saturday's practice, Adrian Dater of Colorado Hockey Now reports.
May 10, 2021	Colorado Avalanche \| Brandon Saad \| Saad (lower body) is slated to be sidelined for at least the first game of the postseason, Adrian Dater of ColoradoHockeyNow.com reports.
May 6, 2021	Colorado Avalanche \| Brandon Saad \| Saad (lower body) could be ready to return Wednesday or next Thursday versus LA, Mike Chambers of The Denver Post reports.
Apr 27, 2021	Colorado Avalanche \| Martin Kaut \| Kaut replaced Brandon Saad (lower body) on the third line in Monday's 4-1 loss to the St. Louis Blues. He had one shot on net, two blocked shots and two PIM.
Apr 26, 2021	Colorado Avalanche \| Brandon Saad \| Saad (lower body) will miss 2-4 weeks after suffering an injury Saturday against the St. Louis Blues, Peter Baugh of The Athletic reports.
Apr 22, 2021	Colorado Avalanche \| Brandon Saad \| Saad scored a goal on two shots and added two PIM in Thursday's 4-2 win over the St. Louis Blues.
Apr 14, 2021	Colorado Avalanche \| Brandon Saad \| Saad scored a goal and added two hits in Wednesday's 4-3 win over the St. Louis Blues.
Apr 12, 2021	Colorado Avalanche \| Brandon Saad \| Saad scored a goal in Monday's 4-2 win over the Arizona Coyotes.
Apr 5, 2021	Colorado Avalanche \| Brandon Saad \| Saad scored a goal on two shots in Monday's 5-4 win over the Minnesota Wild.
Apr 2, 2021	Colorado Avalanche \| Brandon Saad \| Saad scored a power-play goal on four shots and blocked a pair of shots in Friday's 3-2 win over the St. Louis Blues.
Mar 21, 2021	Colorado Avalanche \| Brandon Saad \| Saad had an assist and four shots on net in Saturday's 6-0 win over the Minnesota Wild.
Mar 16, 2021	Colorado Avalanche \| Brandon Saad \| Saad scored a power play goal on two shots and added an assist in Tuesday's 8-4 win over the Anaheim Ducks.
Mar 14, 2021	Colorado Avalanche \| Brandon Saad \| Saad notched an assist and went plus-2 in Sunday's 4-1 win over the Los Angeles Kings.
Mar 10, 2021	Colorado Avalanche \| Brandon Saad \| Saad scored a goal on three shots in Wednesday's 2-1 overtime win over the Arizona Coyotes.
Mar 6, 2021	Colorado Avalanche \| Brandon Saad \| Saad scored a goal on his only shot and dished out a pair of hits Saturday in a 5-4 overtime loss to the Anaheim Ducks.
Mar 5, 2021	Colorado Avalanche \| Brandon Saad \| Saad scored a goal and supplied a pair of assists in Friday's 3-2 overtime win over the Anaheim Ducks.
Feb 27, 2021	Colorado Avalanche \| Brandon Saad \| Saad had one shot on net and one blocked shot over 15:01 of ice time in Friday's 3-2 win over the Arizona Coyotes.
Feb 26, 2021	Colorado Avalanche \| Brandon Saad \| Saad (personal) participated in Friday's skate, suggesting he'll take part in Friday night's game against the Arizona Coyotes.
Feb 24, 2021	Colorado Avalanche \| Brandon Saad \| Saad (personal) won't play Wednesday against the Minnesota Wild so that he can attend the birth of his child.
Feb 16, 2021	Colorado Avalanche \| Brandon Saad \| Saad scored a goal on three shots, dished an assist and went plus-3 in Tuesday's 3-2 win over the Vegas Golden Knights.
Jan 31, 2021	Colorado Avalanche \| Brandon Saad \| Saad scored a goal on two shots in Sunday's 4-3 overtime loss to the Minnesota Wild.
Jan 30, 2021	Colorado Avalanche \| Brandon Saad \| Saad scored a goal on two shots and supplied an assist in Saturday's 5-1 win over the Minnesota Wild.
Jan 28, 2021	Colorado Avalanche \| Brandon Saad \| Saad posted two assists and a plus-2 rating in Thursday's 3-0 win over the San Jose Sharks.
Jan 26, 2021	Colorado Avalanche \| Brandon Saad \| Saad scored two goals on three shots in Tuesday's 7-3 win over the San Jose Sharks.
Jan 25, 2021	Colorado Avalanche \| Brandon Saad \| Saad had one shot on net over a season-low 10:51 of ice time in Sunday's 3-1 loss to the Anaheim Ducks.
Jan 19, 2021	Colorado Avalanche \| Brandon Saad \| Saad scored his first goal for the Colorado Avalanche in Tuesday's 3-2 win over the Los Angeles Kings.
Jan 8, 2021	Colorado Avalanche \| Brandon Saad \| Saad (undisclosed) is on the ice for Friday's practice, NHL.com's Rick Sadowski reports.
Jan 4, 2021	Colorado Avalanche \| Brandon Saad \| Saad (undisclosed) was deemed unfit to play for the start of training camp Monday by coach Jared Bednar, Rick Sadowski of NHL.com reports.
Oct 10, 2020	TRADE ANALYSIS The Chicago Blackhawks acquired Nikita Zadorov and Anton Lindholm from the Colorado Avalanche for Brandon Saad and Dennis Gilbert (0) Leave a Comment
Jan 18, 2020	Chicago Blackhawks \| Activated LW Brandon Saad from injured reserve.
Jun 23, 2017	Chicago Blackhawks \| Acquired LW Brandon Saad, G Anton Forsberg and a 2018 fifth-round draft pick from the Columbus Blue Jackets for LW Artemi Panarin, LW Tyler Motte and a 2017 sixth-round draft pick.
Jul 3, 2015	Columbus Blue Jackets \| Signed LW Brandon Saad to a six-year, $36 million contract extension.
Jun 30, 2015	Columbus Blue Jackets \| Columbus Blue Jackets Acquired LW Brandon Saad, D Michael Paliotta and C Alex Broadnurst from the Chicago Blackhawks for C Artem Anisimov, C Marko Dano, RW Jeremy Morin, RW Corey Tropp and a 2016 fourth-round draft pick.
Jan 13, 2013	Chicago Blackhawks \| Recalled LW Brandon Saad from Rockford (AHL).
Sep 15, 2012	Chicago Blackhawks \| Assigned LW Brandon Saad to Rockford (AHL).
Apr 16, 2012	Chicago Blackhawks \| (Brandon Saad) has been recalled from the Saginaw Spirit (AHL).
Oct 4, 2011	Chicago Blackhawks \| (Brandon Saad) Agreed to terms with forward on a three-year contract.

Current Stats
Career Stats

2022-2023 Regular Season Stats

Brandon Saad	GP	G	A	P	+/-	PIM	TOI	GF%	DFF%	Rel DFF%	CF%	Rel CF%	G60	P60
St. Louis Blues	19	5	2	7	-4	4
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Career Stats

	Season	Team	League	GP	G	A	TP	PIM	TOI	GF%	DFF%	Rel DFF%	CF%	Rel CF%	G60	P60	Playoffs	GP	G	A	TP	PIM
	2007-2008	Pine-Richland High	USHS-PA	13	8	19	27	14
	2007-2008	Pittsburgh Hornets 18U AAA	T1EHL 18U	26	11	19	30	16
	2007-2008	Pittsburgh Hornets 18U AAA	18U AAA	76	43	51	94	92
	2008-2009	Mahoning Valley Phantoms	NAHL	47	29	18	47	48									Playoffs	7	5	1	6	0
	2008-2009	USA U17	WHC-17	6	4	5	9	2
	2009-2010	USNTDP Juniors	USHL	24	12	14	26	18
	2009-2010	U.S. National U18 Team	USDP	39	17	15	32	34
	2009-2010	USA U18	WJC-18	7	3	3	6	4
Draft Yr	2010-2011	Saginaw Spirit	OHL	59	27	28	55	47									Playoffs	12	3	8	11	0
	2011-2012	Chicago Blackhawks	NHL	2	0	0	0	0	25		38.10	-21.71	37.36	-18.52	0.00	0.00	Playoffs	2	0	1	1	0
	2011-2012	Saginaw Spirit	OHL	44	34	42	76	38									Playoffs	12	8	9	17	0
	2011-2012	USA U20	WJC-20	6	1	5	6	0
	2012-2013	Rockford IceHogs	AHL	31	8	12	20	10
	2012-2013	Chicago Blackhawks	NHL	46	10	17	27	12	610	67.35	61.58	11.12	58.62	3.30	0.88	2.16	Playoffs	23	1	5	6	0
	2013-2014	Chicago Blackhawks	NHL	78	19	28	47	20	1,010	57.29	58.99	3.57	58.12	2.48	0.71	1.90	Playoffs	19	6	10	16	0
	2014-2015	Chicago Blackhawks	NHL	82	23	29	52	12	1,093	55.81	52.86	4.30	53.89	-0.12	1.04	2.09	Playoffs	23	8	3	11	0
	2015-2016	Columbus Blue Jackets	NHL	78	31	22	53	14	1,053	56.67	52.97	2.56	49.40	2.20	1.14	2.17
	2016-2017	Team North America	WCup	3	0	0	0	2
	2016-2017	Columbus Blue Jackets	NHL	82	24	29	53	8	1,138	62.35	54.97	5.16	55.45	6.04	1.05	2.27	Playoffs	5	1	2	3	0
	2017-2018	Chicago Blackhawks	NHL	82	18	17	35	14	1,061	45.74	51.43	2.72	55.58	5.07	0.79	1.58
	2018-2019	Chicago Blackhawks	NHL	80	23	24	47	12	1,096	47.06	46.09	2.43	52.69	4.86	0.77	1.75
	2019-2020	Chicago Blackhawks	NHL	58	21	12	33	16	749	54.00	50.60	4.60	49.90	3.00	1.28	2.16	Playoffs	9	2	3	5	0
	2020-2021	Colorado Avalanche	NHL	44	15	9	24	12	523	50.90	55.30	-4.80	56.70	-2.00	1.49	2.29	Playoffs	10	7	1	8	0
	2021-2022	St. Louis Blues	NHL	78	24	25	49	10	1,026	58.80	47.40	-0.80	48.30	2.00	0.76	1.70	Playoffs	12	2	3	5	0
	2022-2023	St. Louis Blues	NHL	19	5	2	7	4
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Active Contract

Signing Team

Signing Date July 29, 2021
Signing Status UFA
Agent Lewis Gross

Buyout Calculator

Standard Contract | 5 Years $22,500,000 5.45% of cap space

	2021-2022	2022-2023	2023-2024	2024-2025	2025-2026
Cap Hit	$4,500,000	$4,500,000	$4,500,000	$4,500,000	$4,500,000	UFA
AAV	$4,500,000	$4,500,000	$4,500,000	$4,500,000	$4,500,000
Performance Bonuses	$0	$0	$0	$0	$0
Base Salary	$4,500,000	$4,500,000	$5,500,000	$4,375,000	$3,625,000
Signing Bonuses	$0	$0	$0	$0	$0
Total Salary	$4,500,000	$4,500,000	$5,500,000	$4,375,000	$3,625,000
Minors Salary	$4,500,000	$4,500,000	$5,500,000	$4,375,000	$3,625,000
Clauses	NTC	NTC	NTC	NTC	M-NTC
UFA Year
		Buy It Out	Buy It Out	Buy It Out	Buy It Out
No Trade – through 2024-25 season; Modified Trade Clause – 2025-26 season – 12 team No Trade List

Contract History

Signing Team

Signing Date July 3, 2015
Signing Status RFA
Agent Lewis Gross

Standard Contract | 6 Years $36,000,000 8.40% of cap space

	2015-2016	2016-2017	2017-2018	2018-2019	2019-2020	2020-2021
Cap Hit	$6,000,000	$6,000,000	$6,000,000	$6,000,000	$6,000,000	$6,000,000	UFA
AAV	$6,000,000	$6,000,000	$6,000,000	$6,000,000	$6,000,000	$6,000,000
Performance Bonuses	$0	$0	$0	$0	$0	$0
Base Salary	$4,000,000	$5,750,000	$6,250,000	$6,750,000	$6,750,000	$6,500,000
Signing Bonuses	$0	$0	$0	$0	$0	$0
Total Salary	$4,000,000	$5,750,000	$6,250,000	$6,750,000	$6,750,000	$6,500,000
Minors Salary	$4,000,000	$5,750,000	$6,250,000	$6,750,000	$6,750,000	$6,500,000
Clauses						M-NTC
UFA Year
* Retained 16.6666% of contract was retained by Chicago Blackhawks in trade to Colorado Avalanche

Signing Team

Signing Date October 5, 2011

Entry Level Contract | 3 Years $2,775,000 1.24% of cap space

	2011-2012	2012-2013	2013-2014	2014-2015
Cap Hit	$795,000	$764,167	$764,167	$764,167	RFA
AAV	$925,000	$894,167	$894,167	$894,167
Performance Bonuses	$0	$307,500	$82,500	$0
Base Salary	$0	$525,000	$750,000	$832,500
Signing Bonuses	$92,500	$92,500	$92,500	$0
Total Salary	$0	$617,500	$842,500	$832,500
Minors Salary	$0	$70,000	$70,000	$70,000
Clauses
UFA Year