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Brandon Saad

#20Left Wing

2025-26 regular season
49
GP
3
G
6
A
9
P
78
SOG
3.8% SH
13:23
TOI/GP

LW · VGK · NHL id 8476438

Brandon Saad has played 49 games for the Vegas Golden Knights in 2025-26, scoring 3 goals and 6 assists (9 points) on 78 shots while averaging 13:23 a night (12:20 at even strength, 0:02 on the power play and 0:54 shorthanded). At 5v5 he has skated 88% of his 5v5 minutes with Tomas Hertl and 62% with Colton Sissons over the last 10 games, and the Golden Knights have controlled 52% of shot attempts with Saad on the ice (18-23 in goals, 56% offensive-zone starts). In the Golden Knights' most recent game against COL he was on L4 with Tomas Hertl and Colton Sissons and off the power play; moved up to L3 (from L4) in the last game. He is shooting 3.8% this season against 12.8% across the 651 games in our data.

Right now

From the May 22 game vs COL, detected from shift data

Line
L4
Tomas HertlColton Sissons
Power play
No PP unit
Penalty kill
No PK unit
Moved up to L3 (from L4) in the last gameLast 5: L4 · L3 · L4 · L4 · L3

Deployment timeline

2025-26 · per-game ice time by strength, with line and power-play unit changes

Usage: 8 games, 10:13 average time on ice, PP1 in 0 games, 4 line changes.

PPLine334▼43▲4▼43▲0m3m7m10m13m17mApr 4Apr 9Apr 13Apr 19Apr 24Apr 29May 4May 8May 12May 20
  • Even strength
  • Power play
  • Penalty kill
  • 5-game average
  • Did not play
  • ▲ promoted · ▼ demoted
8 games shown, 10:13 average. Line and PP unit come from where the player's ice time ranks among his teammates that night.

NHL EDGE tracking

2025-26 percentiles among skaters at his position

Source: NHL EDGE
Top speed69th7022.6 mph
Bursts 20+ mph58th5974
Hardest shot25th2681.1 mph
Offensive-zone time16th1639.6%
Distance skated42nd42106.4 mi
High-danger SOG56th5633
Percentile among position peers│ tick = 3-season weighted

Season-level NHL EDGE puck and player tracking, refreshed nightly. The percentile is the league rank among skaters this season; the label at the right is the raw value.

Shot map

2025-26 · 156 attempts, 83 on goal, 3 goals

Shot map, OPP at VGK: 156 attempts, 83 on goal, 3 goals, 11.01 expected goals; best chance Brandon Saad at 0.75 xG.

  • Even strength
  • Power play
  • Penalty kill
  • Goal
  • Shot on goal
  • Missed
  • Blocked
Every attempt (goals, shots, misses and blocks), attacking toward the right (or the top on phones).

Luck

2025-26 · 49 GP · 9 points vs 17.6 expected

Luck Meter →
Hold(softened from Buy low by the sustainability check)

Last 20 games: -48. Positive means running hot (sell), negative running cold (buy).

3.9%
96.5
50.0%
G vs xG
3 / 10.5
  • • Role shrank over the last 10 games (TOI down 2:24 a game, 3 demotion events): the cold spell may not be all luck.
Goals against expected goals
0510-7.5goals below expected-2.3σ10/84/11
  • Actual goals
  • Expected
  • ±1σ
  • Above expected
  • Below expected

Player analytics

Compare with another player →

2025-26 regular season. Rank is among all qualified players; the bar is his percentile among forwards. Each stat links to its explainer.

Fantasy box score

  • Games played49
  • Goals3525th
  • Assists6573rd
  • Points9577th
  • Power-play points0437th
  • Shorthanded points0227th
  • Shots on goal78403rd
  • Hits11681st
  • Blocked shots18610th
  • Plus/minus−7501st
  • Penalty minutes14548th
  • Faceoffs won9313th

Possession & shot quality (5-on-5 on-ice)

Transition, turnovers & faceoffs

Usage

Special teams & discipline

Luck & trend

NHL EDGE tracking

Unranked rows are below the sample minimum (20 GP, 200 five-on-five minutes, 100 draws or 10 goalie games).

Beyond the box score

2025-26 regular season · 48 of 49 games through the sequence engine (more fill in as games are reprocessed)

MethodLeaders
−0.030
Season net
−0.30xG

5-on-5. Each takeaway is credited, and each giveaway charged, at the league xG value of the zone.

MethodLeaders
Per 100 draws
−0.247
Season
−0.08G
29.0%31 draws

Wins by zone: OZ 2-11 · NZ 5-8 · DZ 2-3

MethodLeaders
Per 60
1.60
Attempts
16
0.123

5-on-5 shots within 10 seconds of winning the puck outside the offensive zone.

MethodLeaders
Season
−0.61G
Per 60
−0.056
Drawn / taken
4 / 7minors

MethodLeaders
55.3%
56.4%
55.7%
Transition CF/60
4.1
Turnovers won/60
19.6
Turnovers lost/60
21.8

5-on-5 while he is on the ice.

MethodLeaders
  • More of his shots than the league
  • Fewer
78 shots on goal, 3 goals, all situations
AreaHis shareLeagueG
Low Slot37%23%1
High Slot13%7%1
L Point0%5%0
R Point1%6%0
R Circle9%12%1
L Circle15%13%0
Center Point6%9%0

Role changes

Notable promotions, demotions and ice-time swings from Line Watch

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How his goals happened

40 goals since 2023-24 with NHL EDGE tracking: press Replay to watch the tracking animation

Method
Goal anatomy
GamePlayEntryPassesShot mphNotesReplay
Feb 25, 2026 @ LAKForecheck turnovercarry056.7—
Jan 4, 2026 @ CHIRushcarry110.0—
Nov 15, 2025 @ STLForecheck turnoverloose156.4—
Apr 15, 2025 @ CGYOdd-man rushpass29.43-on-1
Mar 13, 2025 @ CBJRebound—26.2rebound
Mar 9, 2025 vs LAKDump and chasedump042.3—
Mar 7, 2025 vs PITRushcarry262.4—
Feb 22, 2025 vs VANReboundcarry063.7rebound
Feb 4, 2025 @ NYIReboundcarry024.9rebound
Jan 3, 2025 vs OTTOdd-man rushcarry053.02-on-1
Jan 3, 2025 vs OTTOdd-man rushcarry356.53-on-2
Jan 3, 2025 vs OTTRushloose028.7—
Nov 14, 2024 @ BUFRushpass3*19.6—
Nov 14, 2024 @ BUFCycle—014.0—
Oct 22, 2024 vs WPGForecheck turnover—237.8—
Oct 22, 2024 vs WPGRebound—024.8rebound
Apr 4, 2024 @ NSHForecheck turnover—048.8one-timer
Apr 1, 2024 vs EDMOdd-man rushcarry019.63-on-0
Mar 28, 2024 vs CGYForecheck turnover—134.5one-timer
Mar 25, 2024 vs VGKOdd-man rushcarry020.03-on-2
Mar 23, 2024 @ MINOdd-man rushcarry035.13-on-2
Mar 21, 2024 @ OTTRebound—3*31.4rebound
Mar 13, 2024 vs LAKDeflection—2*29.5one-timer
Mar 11, 2024 @ BOSReboundcarry05.6rebound
Mar 7, 2024 @ NJDRebound—035.9rebound
Feb 27, 2024 @ WPGReboundloose013.13-on-2, rebound
Feb 22, 2024 vs NYIDeflection—3*32.1one-timer
Feb 19, 2024 vs TORCycle—341.6—
Feb 15, 2024 vs EDMOdd-man rushloose01.34-on-1
Jan 23, 2024 @ CGYRushcarry164.6—
Jan 23, 2024 @ CGYCycle—2*61.8—
Jan 15, 2024 vs PHIOdd-man rushloose062.03-on-2
Jan 11, 2024 vs NYRRebound—044.5rebound
Dec 23, 2023 vs CHIDeflection—3*22.3—
Dec 16, 2023 vs DALOff the faceoff—250.7—
Dec 14, 2023 vs OTTRebound—1*62.6one-timer, rebound
Dec 12, 2023 vs DETForecheck turnover—1*28.5—
Dec 2, 2023 @ ARIRebound—026.4rebound
Nov 30, 2023 vs BUFOff the faceoff—026.6—
Nov 4, 2023 vs MTLOdd-man rushcarry1*53.82-on-1

* includes a royal-road (cross-slot) pass. Derived from NHL EDGE puck and player tracking.

Linemates

2025-26 · 5v5 time together and how each pairing performs with and without Saad

TeammatePosGPShareCF% togetherGF% togetherCF% Saad apartCF% mate apart
Tomas HertlC34267:0342%56.9%26% (5-14)48.3% 128:0362.6% 149:54
Kaedan KorczakD49210:3933%53.6%50% (9-9)50.7% 377:3649.4% 558:56
Noah HanifinD43190:1030%52.3%33% (3-6)53.3% 316:1254.3% 641:22
Brayden McNabbD46177:3428%55.3%50% (6-6)50.9% 373:5249.4% 626:08
Shea TheodoreD40158:4025%57.7%83% (5-1)50.8% 312:5750.6% 593:03
Zach WhitecloudD38154:4024%46.3%14% (1-6)53.5% 323:4453.2% 464:20
Ben HuttonD38151:4224%45.2%50% (5-5)53.0% 309:2650.8% 403:34
Pavel DorofeyevLW19150:0323%59.6%25% (2-6)52.9% 97:2163.5% 94:49
Colton SissonsC24149:5923%54.7%67% (8-4)53.3% 143:3337.7% 105:12
Jeremy LauzonD38148:3823%51.9%47% (7-8)52.0% 311:3747.3% 408:19
Reilly SmithRW19144:2623%49.2%56% (5-4)54.6% 90:3247.0% 80:40
Keegan KolesarRW26118:0418%47.4%25% (3-9)53.2% 199:4047.9% 163:42
Brett HowdenC1394:1315%45.9%67% (4-2)52.8% 70:2544.5% 68:02
Rasmus AnderssonD1553:338%51.7%13% (1-7)56.6% 95:3448.2% 230:23

Game log

54 games in 2025-26, newest first

DateOppResultGAP+/-PIMHITBLKEVPPPK
May 22PO@ COLW 3-100002010—9:189:18——
May 20PO@ COLW 4-2011+10000—8:108:10——
May 14PO@ ANAW 5-100001010—7:017:01——
May 12POvs ANAW 3-201102000—11:3811:38——
May 10PO@ ANAL 3-4000-10010—7:207:20——
Apr 11@ COLW 3-200001000—10:4110:41——
Apr 9@ SEAOTL 3-400001000—14:1314:13——
Apr 7@ VANW 2-1011+13010—13:2513:010:24—
Mar 8vs EDML 2-4000-20000—8:368:06—0:30
Mar 6vs MINL 2-4000-12001—8:398:16—0:23
Mar 4@ DETW 4-3000-110100%8:228:19——
Mar 3@ BUFL 2-3000-21000—8:148:120:02—
Mar 1@ PITL 0-5000020000%16:2814:33—1:55
Feb 27@ WSHL 2-3000-11000—12:289:390:012:46
Feb 25@ LAKW 6-410102000100%13:3511:25—0:40
Jan 8vs CBJW 5-300000010—13:4012:40—1:00
Jan 6@ WPGW 4-3011+12010—16:1114:56—1:15
Jan 4@ CHIOTL 2-3101+11000—12:1412:14——
Jan 2@ STLL 3-4000010010%13:2312:06—1:17
Dec 31vs NSHL 2-400005010—14:4612:30—2:16

Season splits by strength

2025-26 regular season · on-ice numbers from shift and play-by-play data

StrengthGPTOI/GPSAGFGAGF%
All situations49655:5213:2363166648.7%49.4%294287183038%30.228.546%
Even strength49604:0912:2061657151.9%52.5%286237182344%28.022.754%
5v549598:2512:1360956551.9%52.6%282233182344%27.722.056%
Power play91:490:121233.3%50.0%1100—0.10.1100%
Penalty kill3743:461:1197610.6%13.6%742050%0.44.83%
4v482:430:203260.0%60.0%1200—0.20.025%
3v3 (OT)33:011:004450.0%42.9%3200—0.20.6—
4v53743:461:1197610.6%13.6%742050%0.44.83%
5v6, opponent net empty125:410:2851722.7%23.1%07020%1.70.9—

Career by season

Seasons in Edgehalla's data (2025-26 is being backfilled; earlier seasons follow)

SeasonTeamGPGAP+/-PIMHITBLKTOI/GP
2025-26PlayoffsVGK50220050.0%308:41
2025-26VGK49369-714783.8%111813:23
2024-25PlayoffsVGK802202130.0%7114:26
2024-25VGK, STL72131730-8612710.2%122114:49
2023-24STL82261642-42014418.1%171615:30
2022-23STL71191837-81212715.0%243116:39
2021-22PlayoffsSTL12235+14238.7%6516:32
2021-22STL78242549+111015815.2%202016:16
2020-21PlayoffsCOL10718+3121936.8%15315:15
2020-21COL4415924+1126822.1%161014:06
2019-20CHI58211233+21614015.0%361916:45
2018-19CHI80232447-91219511.8%522517:41
2017-18CHI82181735-10142377.6%293217:30

Brandon Saad news

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On-ice and deployment numbers are derived by Edgehalla from NHL play-by-play and shift data. Tracking percentiles are from NHL EDGE. Data updates after every game.