Brett Howden

Age 25 Mar 29, 1998

Calgary CAN

Center shoots left

6'3" 191 cm

197 lbs 89 kg

ELC Signing Age 18

Waivers Signing Age 18

UFA Year 2025

Agent J.P. Barry

Draft Year 2016
Drafted Overall 27
Draft Round 1
Draft Team

No contract for upcoming season.
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Career Earnings: $4,975,000

Transaction History

May 25, 2023	Vegas Golden Knights \| Brett Howden \| Howden (lower body) is set to play in Thursday's Game 4 versus the Dallas Stars, Danny Webster of the Las Vegas Sun reports.
May 25, 2023	Vegas Golden Knights \| Brett Howden \| Howden (lower body) will probably play against the Dallas Stars in Game 4 on Thursday, Golden Knights coach Bruce Cassidy told Vince Sapienza of FOX5 Las Vegas.
May 24, 2023	Vegas Golden Knights \| Brett Howden \| Howden (lower body) is expected to be a game-time decision Thursday, according to SinBin.vegas.
May 23, 2023	Vegas Golden Knights \| Brett Howden \| Howden (lower body) exited Tuesday's Game 3 versus the Dallas Stars after aggravating a previous injury, though his removal was considered precautionary, Jesse Granger of The Athletic reports.
May 23, 2023	Vegas Golden Knights \| Brett Howden \| Howden (undisclosed) will not finish Tuesday's Game 3 versus the Dallas Stars.
May 19, 2023	Vegas Golden Knights \| Brett Howden \| Howden tallied a goal in a 4-3 overtime victory over the Dallas Stars in Game 1 on Friday.
May 3, 2023	Vegas Golden Knights \| Brett Howden \| Howden logged an assist and four hits in Wednesday's 6-4 win over the Edmonton Oilers in Game 1.
Apr 27, 2023	Vegas Golden Knights \| Brett Howden \| Howden logged an assist, four hits and a plus-2 rating in Thursday's 4-1 win over the Winnipeg Jets in Game 5.
Apr 24, 2023	Vegas Golden Knights \| Brett Howden \| Howden scored two goals on three shots, added three hits, blocked two shots and went plus-2 in Monday's 4-2 win over the Winnipeg Jets in Game 4.
Apr 20, 2023	Vegas Golden Knights \| Brett Howden \| Howden notched an assist, five hits and a plus-2 rating in Thursday's 5-2 win over the Winnipeg Jets in Game 2.
Apr 15, 2023	Vegas Golden Knights \| Brett Howden \| Howden (personal) participated in Saturday's practice, Danny Webster of the Las Vegas Sun reports.
Apr 13, 2023	Vegas Golden Knights \| Brett Howden \| Howden (personal) won't be in the lineup Thursday versus Seattle, Vince Sapienza of FOX5 Las Vegas reports.
Apr 9, 2023	Vegas Golden Knights \| Brett Howden \| Howden scored a goal and added two PIM in Saturday's 2-1 shootout loss to the Dallas Stars.
Apr 2, 2023	Vegas Golden Knights \| Brett Howden \| Howden scored a goal and added six hits in Saturday's 4-1 win over the Minnesota Wild.
Mar 21, 2023	Vegas Golden Knights \| Brett Howden \| Howden recorded an assist in Tuesday's 4-3 win over the Vancouver Canucks.
Mar 20, 2023	Vegas Golden Knights \| Brett Howden \| Howden posted an assist, five shots on goal, two hits and two PIM in Sunday's 7-2 win over the Columbus Blue Jackets.
Mar 13, 2023	Vegas Golden Knights \| Brett Howden \| Howden produced an assist and two hits in Sunday's 5-3 win over the St. Louis Blues.
Mar 12, 2023	Vegas Golden Knights \| Brett Howden \| Howden scored an empty-net goal on two shots, added two PIM, doled out two hits and blocked two shots in Saturday's 4-0 win over the Carolina Hurricanes.
Mar 10, 2023	Vegas Golden Knights \| Brett Howden \| Howden posted an assist, two hits and 12 PIM in Thursday's 4-3 overtime win over the Tampa Bay Lightning.
Feb 19, 2023	Vegas Golden Knights \| Brett Howden \| Howden scored a goal, logged four hits and blocked two shots in Saturday's 5-4 win over the Tampa Bay Lightning.
Feb 12, 2023	Vegas Golden Knights \| Brett Howden \| Howden scored a goal and added two hits in Sunday's 7-2 win over the Anaheim Ducks.
Feb 9, 2023	Vegas Golden Knights \| Brett Howden \| Howden notched an assist and two hits in Thursday's 5-1 win over the Minnesota Wild.
Jan 24, 2023	Vegas Golden Knights \| Brett Howden \| Howden (lower body) wlll be activated off long-term injured reserve and return to the lineup Tuesday against the New Jersey Devils.
Jan 18, 2023	Vegas Golden Knights \| Brett Howden \| Howden (lower body) has resumed skating, per Ben Gotz of the Las Vegas Review-Journal.
Jan 12, 2023	Vegas Golden Knights \| Brett Howden \| Howden (lower body) hasn't started to skate yet, Ben Gotz of the Las Vegas Review-Journal reports.
Dec 7, 2022	Vegas Golden Knights \| Brett Howden \| Howden (lower body) was moved to the long-term injured reserve list Wednesday, Jesse Granger of The Athletic reports.
Dec 7, 2022	Vegas Golden Knights \| Brett Howden \| Howden (lower body) hasn't started to skate yet, Ben Gotz of the Las Vegas Review-Journal reports.
Nov 26, 2022	Vegas Golden Knights \| Brett Howden \| Howden (lower body) won't play Saturday against the Vancouver Canucks, Jesse Granger of The Athletic reports.
Nov 25, 2022	Vegas Golden Knights \| Brett Howden \| Howden (lower body) will not be available Friday against the Seattle Kraken.
Nov 19, 2022	Vegas Golden Knights \| Brett Howden \| Howden provided an assist and logged three hits in Saturday's 4-3 overtime loss to the Edmonton Oilers.
Oct 25, 2022	Vegas Golden Knights \| Brett Howden \| Howden logged an assist and two hits in Tuesday's 4-2 win over the San Jose Sharks.
Oct 18, 2022	Vegas Golden Knights \| Brett Howden \| Howden scored a goal in Tuesday's 3-2 loss to the Calgary Flames.
Sep 21, 2022	Vegas Golden Knights \| Brett Howden \| Howden (upper body) is expected to participate in Thursday's on-ice activities at Golden Knights training camp.
Jul 13, 2022	Vegas Golden Knights \| Brett Howden \| Howden (upper body) signed a one-year, $1.5 million contract with the Vegas Golden Knights on Wednesday, per PuckPedia.
Jul 12, 2022	Brett Howden \| Howden (upper body) will hit the open market Wednesday after the Vegas Golden Knights opted against giving him a qualifying offer, Jesse Granger of The Athletic reports.
Apr 6, 2022	Vegas Golden Knights \| Brett Howden \| Howden (upper body) is not expected to return in the near term, Jesse Granger of The Athletic reports.
Mar 26, 2022	Vegas Golden Knights \| Brett Howden \| Howden (upper body) is expected to be out for a while after being stretched off the ice against the Nashville Predators on Thursday, per NHL.com.
Mar 24, 2022	Vegas Golden Knights \| Brett Howden \| Howden (undisclosed) has full movement and has not suffered a neck or spine injury, per head coach Pete DeBoer.
Mar 24, 2022	Vegas Golden Knights \| Brett Howden \| Howden (undisclosed) was stretchered off the ice in the first period of Thursday's game versus the Nashville Predators, Jesse Granger of The Athletic reports.
Mar 17, 2022	Vegas Golden Knights \| Brett Howden \| Howden scored a goal and added two hits in Thursday's 5-3 win over the Florida Panthers.
Mar 17, 2022	Vegas Golden Knights \| Brett Howden \| Howden (undisclosed) is on track to be activated off injured reserve and return to the lineup Thursday versus Florida, David Schoen of the Las Vegas Review-Journal reports.
Mar 14, 2022	Vegas Golden Knights \| Brett Howden \| Howden (undisclosed) has been placed on injured reserve, per the NHL media site.
Mar 8, 2022	Vegas Golden Knights \| Brett Howden \| Howden (undisclosed) stayed back in Vegas when the team departed for its five-game road trip, Jesse Granger of The Athletic reports.
Mar 1, 2022	Vegas Golden Knights \| Brett Howden \| Howden notched an assist in Tuesday's 3-1 win over the San Jose Sharks.
Feb 20, 2022	Vegas Golden Knights \| Brett Howden \| Howden produced an assist and three hits in Sunday's 4-1 win over the San Jose Sharks.
Feb 8, 2022	Vegas Golden Knights \| Brett Howden \| Howden scored a goal and blocked two shots in Tuesday's 4-0 win over the Edmonton Oilers.
Feb 1, 2022	Vegas Golden Knights \| Brett Howden \| Howden scored a goal on two shots, dished a shorthanded assist and went plus-2 in Tuesday's 5-2 win over the Buffalo Sabres.
Jan 29, 2022	Vegas Golden Knights \| Brett Howden \| Howden scored a goal and dished an assist in Saturday's 3-2 shootout win over the Tampa Bay Lightning.
Jan 26, 2022	Vegas Golden Knights \| Brett Howden \| Howden scored a goal, levied two hits and went plus-2 in Tuesday's 4-3 overtime loss to the Carolina Hurricanes.
Jan 24, 2022	Vegas Golden Knights \| Brett Howden \| Howden provided an assist in a 1-0 win over the Washington Capitals on Monday.
Jan 6, 2022	Vegas Golden Knights \| Brett Howden \| Howden scored a goal on two shots in Thursday's 5-1 win over the New York Rangers.
Jan 2, 2022	Vegas Golden Knights \| Brett Howden \| Howden logged an assist, two PIM and a minus-2 rating in Sunday's 5-4 overtime loss to the Winnipeg Jets.
Jan 2, 2022	Vegas Golden Knights \| Brett Howden \| Howden cleared COVID-19 protocols and will play Sunday against the Winnipeg Jets, Jesse Granger of The Athletic reports.
Dec 27, 2021	Vegas Golden Knights \| Brett Howden \| The Golden Knights placed Howden in COVID-19 protocols Monday.
Dec 18, 2021	Vegas Golden Knights \| Brett Howden \| Howden scored a goal and an assist in Friday's 3-2 shootout win over the New York Rangers.
Dec 16, 2021	Vegas Golden Knights \| Brett Howden \| Howden produced an assist in Thursday's 5-3 win over the New Jersey Devils.
Dec 1, 2021	Vegas Golden Knights \| Brett Howden \| Howden posted a shorthanded assist in Wednesday's 6-5 loss to the Anaheim Ducks.
Nov 27, 2021	Vegas Golden Knights \| Brett Howden \| Howden has cleared COVID-19 protocols and will center the fourth line Saturday versus the Edmonton Oilers, David Schoen of the Las Vegas Review-Journal reports.
Nov 24, 2021	Vegas Golden Knights \| Brett Howden \| Howden missed Wednesday's game versus the Nashville Predators because he was placed on the NHL's COVID-19 protocols list, David Schoen of the Las Vegas Review-Journal reports.
Nov 18, 2021	Vegas Golden Knights \| Brett Howden \| Howden produced an assist, three shots on goal and a plus-2 rating in Thursday's 5-2 win over the Detroit Red Wings.
Nov 16, 2021	Vegas Golden Knights \| Brett Howden \| Howden scored a goal on two shots and blocked two shots in Tuesday's 4-2 loss to the Carolina Hurricanes.
Nov 11, 2021	Vegas Golden Knights \| Brett Howden \| Howden produced an assist, two PIM and a plus-2 rating in Thursday's 3-2 win over the Minnesota Wild.
Nov 4, 2021	Vegas Golden Knights \| Brett Howden \| Howden scored a goal on his only shot of the game in Thursday's 5-1 win over the Ottawa Senators.
Oct 20, 2021	Vegas Golden Knights \| Brett Howden \| Howden will be activated off injured reserve and make his season debut Wednesday versus St. Louis, Steve Carp of Vegas Hockey Now reports.
Oct 11, 2021	Vegas Golden Knights \| Brett Howden \| Howden (undisclosed) was placed on injured reserve Monday, according to PuckPedia.
Oct 11, 2021	Vegas Golden Knights \| Brett Howden \| Howden (undisclosed) will not be an option against the Seattle Kraken on Tuesday, David Schoen of the Las Vegas Review-Journal reports.
Oct 4, 2021	Vegas Golden Knights \| Brett Howden \| Howden (undisclosed) is considered day-to-day, Jesse Granger of The Athletic reports.
Sep 23, 2021	Vegas Golden Knights \| Brett Howden \| Howden (foot) skated at the Vegas Golden Knights' afternoon session of Thursday's practice, David Schoen of the Las Vegas Review-Journal reports.
Jul 17, 2021	TRADE ANALYSIS The New York Rangers traded Brett Howden to the Vegas Golden Knights for Nick DeSimone and 2022 fourth round pick (0) Leave a Comment
Jul 9, 2021	New York Rangers \| Brett Howden \| Howden (foot) secured a one-year, $885,000 contract from the New York Rangers on Friday.
Apr 30, 2021	New York Rangers \| Brett Howden \| Howden suffered a fractured foot during Thursday's loss to the New York Islanders and will miss the remainder of the 2020-21 campaign.
Apr 25, 2021	New York Rangers \| Brett Howden \| Howden notched a shorthanded assist in Sunday's 6-3 win over the Buffalo Sabres.
Apr 8, 2021	New York Rangers \| Brett Howden \| Howden (COVID-19 protocol) was activated from COVID-19 protocol and will play in Thursday's game versus the Pittsburgh Penguins, Dan Rosen of NHL.com reports.
Mar 31, 2021	New York Rangers \| Brett Howden \| Howden (COVID-19 protocols) won't make the trip to Buffalo for the New York Rangers' two-game set against the Buffalo Sabres, Colin Stephenson of Newsday reports.
Mar 25, 2021	New York Rangers \| Brett Howden \| Howden (COVID-19 protocols) won't play Thursday against the Philadelphia Flyers.
Mar 22, 2021	New York Rangers \| Brett Howden \| Howden was placed on the NHL's COVID-19 protocols list Monday, Vince Z. Mercogliano of USA Today reports.
Mar 22, 2021	New York Rangers \| Brett Howden \| Howden (undisclosed) won't play in Monday's game versus the Buffalo Sabres.
Mar 18, 2021	New York Rangers \| Brett Howden \| Howden emerged with an assist in Wednesday's 9-0 win over the Philadelphia Flyers.
Feb 19, 2021	New York Rangers \| Brett Howden \| Howden contributed three blocked shots in Thursday's 3-2 shootout win over the Philadelphia Flyers.
Feb 25, 2020	New York Rangers \| Recalled LW Brett Howden from Hartford (AHL).
Feb 24, 2020	New York Rangers \| Assigned LW Brett Howden to Hartford (AHL).
Mar 3, 2019	New York Rangers \| Activated C Brett Howden from injured reserve.
Feb 26, 2018	Tampa Bay Lightning \| Acquired D Ryan McDonagh and LW J.T. Miller from the New York Rangers for C Vladislav Namestnikov, D Libor Hajek, C Brett Howden, a 2018 first-round draft pick and a conditional 2019 second-round draft pick.
Sep 25, 2017	Tampa Bay Lightning \| Assigned C Brett Howden to Moose Jaw (WHL).
Dec 28, 2016	Tampa Bay Lightning \| Signed C Brett Howden to an entry-level contract.

Current Stats
Career Stats

2022-2023 Regular Season Stats

Brett Howden	GP	G	A	P	+/-	PIM	TOI	GF%	DFF%	Rel DFF%	CF%	Rel CF%	G60	P60
Vegas Golden Knights	54	6	7	13	5	55	652	55.30	45.90	-5.90	42.20	-6.60	0.46	1.10
Brett Howden Stats by Elite Prospects							Brett Howden Advanced Stats by

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
	2012-2013	Eastman Selects U18 AAA	MU18HL	30	11	13	24	16
	2013-2014	Team Manitoba	WCCC-16	4	4	4	8	2
	2013-2014	Moose Jaw Warriors	WHL	5	1	0	1	2
	2013-2014	Eastman Selects U18 AAA	MU18HL	38	24	34	58	38									Playoffs	12	5	9	14	0
	2014-2015	Team White	U17-Dev	3	0	2	2	0
	2014-2015	Moose Jaw Warriors	WHL	68	22	24	46	24
	2014-2015	Canada White U17	WHC-17	5	2	1	3	4
	2014-2015	Canada U18	WJC-18	3	2	1	3	0
Draft Yr	2015-2016	Canada U18	Hlinka Gretzky Cup	4	0	1	1	4
Draft Yr	2015-2016	Team Red	U18-Dev	3	1	2	3	2
Draft Yr	2015-2016	Moose Jaw Warriors	WHL	68	24	40	64	61									Playoffs	10	4	11	15	0
Draft Yr	2015-2016	Canada U18	WJC-18	6	5	3	8	8
	2016-2017	Moose Jaw Warriors	WHL	58	38	43	81	73									Playoffs	7	2	1	3	0
	2016-2017	Syracuse Crunch	AHL	5	3	1	4	2									Playoffs	3	0	2	2	0
	2017-2018	Moose Jaw Warriors	WHL	49	24	51	75	42									Playoffs	14	7	8	15	0
	2017-2018	WHL All-Stars	Jr Super Series	1	1	1	2	0
	2017-2018	Canada U20	WJC-20	7	3	4	7	4
	2018-2019	New York Rangers	NHL	66	6	17	23	14	774	41.33	40.78	-7.28	42.22	-4.30	0.47	1.63
	2019-2020	New York Rangers	NHL	70	9	10	19	28	737	38.70	40.10	-10.30	40.20	-8.40	0.57	1.06	Playoffs	3	0	0	0	0
	2020-2021	New York Rangers	NHL	42	1	6	7	11	427	46.20	46.40	-3.20	45.90	-2.60		0.70
	2021-2022	Vegas Golden Knights	NHL	47	9	11	20	12	472	56.10	51.10	-0.10	48.50	-4.00	1.02	2.16
	2022-2023	Vegas Golden Knights	NHL	54	6	7	13	55	652	55.30	45.90	-5.90	42.20	-6.60	0.46	1.10	Playoffs	16	3	3	6	0
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Contract History

Signing Team

Signing Date July 13, 2022
Signing Status UFA no QO
Agent J.P. Barry

Standard Contract | 1 Years $1,500,000 1.82% of cap space

	2022-2023
Cap Hit	$1,500,000	RFA
AAV	$1,500,000
Performance Bonuses	$0
Base Salary	$1,500,000
Signing Bonuses	$0
Total Salary	$1,500,000
Minors Salary	$1,500,000
Clauses
UFA Year

Signing Team

Signing Date July 9, 2021
Signing Status RFA
Agent J.P. Barry

Standard Contract | 1 Years $885,000 1.09% of cap space

	2021-2022
Cap Hit	$885,000	UFA no QO
AAV	$885,000
Performance Bonuses	$0
Base Salary	$885,000
Signing Bonuses	$0
Total Salary	$885,000
Minors Salary	$885,000
Clauses
UFA Year

Signing Team

Signing Date December 27, 2016
Agent J.P. Barry

Entry Level Contract | 5 Years $4,409,165 1.27% of cap space

	2016-2017	2017-2018	2018-2019	2019-2020	2020-2021
Cap Hit	$925,000	$894,166	$863,333	$863,333	$863,333	RFA
AAV	$925,000	$894,166	$863,333	$863,333	$863,333
Performance Bonuses	$0	$0	$0	$0	$0
Base Salary	$0	$0	$832,500	$832,500	$832,500
Signing Bonuses	$92,500	$92,500	$92,500	$0	$0
Total Salary	$0	$0	$925,000	$832,500	$832,500
Minors Salary	$0	$0	$70,000	$70,000	$70,000
Clauses
UFA Year