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Vancouver Canucks

Max Sasson

23.7

#63Center6'1"179 lb

0.0 in 2 days
2026-27 regular season
2
GP
1
G
1
A
2
P
2
SOG
50.0% SH
15:07
TOI/GP

C · VAN · NHL id 8484136

Max Sasson has played 2 games for the Vancouver Canucks in 2026-27, scoring 1 goal and 1 assist (2 points) on 2 shots while averaging 15:07 a night (12:46 at even strength, 0:06 on the power play and 2:00 shorthanded). At 5v5 he has skated 89% of his 5v5 minutes with Drew O'Connor and 64% with Zeev Buium over the last 2 games, and the Canucks have controlled 40% of shot attempts with Sasson on the ice (1-3 in goals, 17% offensive-zone starts). In the Canucks' most recent game against EDM he was on L3 with Brendan Gallagher and Drew O'Connor and off the power play; dropped to L3 (from L1) in the last game.

Right now

From the Oct 1 game vs EDM, detected from shift data

Line
L3
Brendan GallagherDrew O'Connor
Power play
No PP unit
Penalty kill
PK2F
Drew O'Connor
Dropped to L3 (from L1) in the last gameLast 2: L1 · L3
Ascension65Risinglast 2 games vs previous 20 (incl. last season), through Oct 1, 2026
  • 2 P in last 2 (0.35/GP before)
  • +2:56 TOI a game

Deployment timeline

2026-27 · per-game ice time by strength, with line and power-play unit changes

Usage: 2 games, 14:51 average time on ice, PP1 in 0 games, 1 line changes.

PPLine13▼0m3m7m10m13m17mSep 29Oct 1
  • Even strength
  • Power play
  • Penalty kill
  • 5-game average
  • Did not play
  • ▲ promoted · ▼ demoted
2 games shown, 14:51 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

Only 2 GP in 2026-27; showing 2025-26 NHL EDGE data.

Top speed96th9723.7 mph
Bursts 20+ mph93rd93190
Hardest shot44th4484.0 mph
Offensive-zone time35th3541.0%
Distance skated49th50132.2 mi
High-danger SOG44th4424
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

2026-27 · 6 attempts, 2 on goal, 1 goal

Shot map, OPP at VAN: 6 attempts, 2 on goal, 1 goal, 0.16 expected goals; best chance Max Sasson at 0.14 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 · 66 GP · 19 points vs 18.7 expected

Luck Meter →
Hold

Last 20 games: +17. Positive means running hot (sell), negative running cold (buy).

21.0%
96.4
70.4%
G vs xG
13 / 9.0
  • • Role shrank over the last 10 games (PP share 8% → 0%, 2 demotion events): the cold spell may not be all luck.
Goals against expected goals
0510+4.0goals above expected1.3σ10/164/11
  • 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.

  • 2026-27 so far: 2 GP, 1 G, 1 A, 0 PPP, 2 SOG.

Fantasy box score

  • Games played66
  • Goals13227th
  • Assists6573rd
  • Points19410th
  • Power-play points1380th
  • Shorthanded points0227th
  • Shots on goal62487th
  • Hits30539th
  • Blocked shots36381st
  • Plus/minus−13612th
  • Penalty minutes26351st
  • Faceoffs won122165th

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 · 65 of 66 games through the sequence engine (more fill in as games are reprocessed)

MethodLeaders
−0.039
Season net
−0.47xG

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

MethodLeaders
Per 100 draws
−0.060
Season
−0.17G
42.1%290 draws

Wins by zone: OZ 41-48 · NZ 50-81 · DZ 31-39

MethodLeaders
Per 60
1.17
Attempts
14
0.069

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

MethodLeaders
Season
−1.22G
Per 60
−0.095
Drawn / taken
7 / 13minors

MethodLeaders
43.6%
45.0%
43.4%
Transition CF/60
4.3
Turnovers won/60
20.8
Turnovers lost/60
20.6

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

MethodLeaders
  • More of his shots than the league
  • Fewer
62 shots on goal, 13 goals, all situations
AreaHis shareLeagueG
Center Point2%9%0
Crease10%3%3
L Circle19%13%2
L Point0%5%0
R Point2%6%0
R Circle16%12%2
L Net Side6%3%1

Role changes

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

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How his goals happened

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

Method
Goal anatomy
GamePlayEntryPassesShot mphNotesReplay
Sep 29, 2026 @ EDMRushpass017.4—
Apr 7, 2026 vs VGKOdd-man rushcarry1*69.53-on-2
Apr 1, 2026 @ COLDump and chasedump026.22-on-1
Mar 6, 2026 @ CHIRushloose049.0—
Jan 19, 2026 vs NYIForecheck turnover—3*61.2one-timer
Jan 12, 2026 @ MTLOdd-man rushcarry114.33-on-2
Dec 22, 2025 @ PHIRushcarry022.9—
Dec 20, 2025 @ BOSForecheck turnover—057.2—
Dec 11, 2025 vs BUFRushcarry032.9—
Nov 26, 2025 @ ANADeflection—2*12.5—
Nov 14, 2025 @ CAROdd-man rushcarry053.32-on-1
Oct 23, 2025 @ NSHOdd-man rushcarry142.61-on-0
Oct 17, 2025 @ CHIRebound—025.3one-timer, rebound
Oct 16, 2025 @ DALOdd-man rushpass151.01-on-0
Apr 5, 2025 vs ANAOdd-man rushcarry023.91-on-0
Jan 2, 2025 @ SEAForecheck turnover—044.9—
Dec 14, 2024 vs BOSForecheck turnover—025.6—

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

Linemates

2026-27 · 5v5 time together and how each pairing performs with and without Sasson

TeammatePosGPShareCF% togetherGF% togetherCF% Sasson apartCF% mate apart
Drew O'ConnorLW222:2489%41.3%25% (1-3)0.0% 2:4033.3% 4:01
Zeev BuiumD215:5964%41.9%33% (1-2)37.5% 9:0550.0% 22:56
Linus KarlssonC215:0260%31.0%25% (1-3)55.6% 10:0245.5% 9:28
Filip HronekD213:4755%36.0%33% (1-2)45.5% 11:1751.4% 19:13
Tom WillanderD27:3230%35.3%0% (0-2)43.3% 17:3226.2% 28:52
Jamie OleksiakD27:1929%46.2%— (0-0)38.2% 17:4525.5% 29:24
Brendan GallagherRW15:4023%63.6%— (0-0)14.3% 5:1230.0% 4:29
Luke SchennD13:5315%57.1%— (0-0)36.4% 6:5962.5% 8:47
Elias PetterssonD11:064%0.0%— (0-0)47.1% 9:4661.1% 11:37

Game log

2 games in 2026-27, newest first

DateOppResultGAP+/-PIMHITBLKEVPPPK
Oct 1vs EDML 7-9000-2000063%13:3610:520:112:27
Sep 29@ EDMW 6-5112+1220229%16:3714:39—1:32

Season splits by strength

2026-27 regular season · on-ice numbers from shift and play-by-play data

StrengthGPTOI/GPSAGFGAGF%
All situations230:1315:07223836.7%41.9%9172529%1.82.211%
Even strength225:3112:46212842.9%48.6%9132340%1.81.417%
5v5225:0412:32192840.4%45.7%8131325%1.21.417%
Power play10:110:1100——0000—0.00.0—
Penalty kill23:592:00070.0%0.0%03010%0.00.50%
4v523:592:00070.0%0.0%03010%0.00.50%

Career by season

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

SeasonTeamGPGAP+/-PIMHITBLKTOI/GP
2026-27VAN2112-12250.0%0215:07
2025-26VAN6613619-13266221.0%303611:43
2024-25VAN29347+10319.7%181310:20

Max Sasson 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.