Brandon Saad
01/Where he scores from
Saad scored 3 regular season goals on 115 unblocked attempts from the offensive zone, 2025-26. No single patch of ice holds an unusual share of them.
Doorstep. 1 of his 3 goals came from here, on 41 of his 115 attempts.
Slot. 2 of his 3 goals came from here, on 44 of his 115 attempts.
Perimeter. 0 of his 3 goals came from here, on 24 of his 115 attempts.
Point. 0 of his 3 goals came from here, on 6 of his 115 attempts.
Under 150 located attempts, so the counts are raw. A share of 115 shots moves by more than a point on one bounce, and printing it would give the sample an authority it has not earned.
Unblocked attempts — shots on goal, goals and misses — taken in the offensive zone, 2025-26. Clubs change ends each period, so every attempt is rotated into one zone; the shooter’s left is the left of the frame. Blocked attempts are not plotted, and neither is anything taken from the neutral or defensive zone. This is a record of what happened, not a forecast: nothing here is claimed to repeat.
Saad scored 41 regular season goals on 481 unblocked attempts from the offensive zone, 2023-24 to 2025-26. His densest patch is the slot, 27 ft out: 9/41 · 22% of his goals came from inside nine feet of that point, against 9% of the league’s goals from the same patch.
Doorstep. 18/41 · 44% of his goals came from here, on 159/481 · 33% of his attempts — 18/159 · 11% of what he sent from there went in.
Slot. 20/41 · 49% of his goals came from here, on 207/481 · 43% of his attempts — 20/207 · 10% of what he sent from there went in.
Perimeter. 2/41 · 5% of his goals came from here, on 86/481 · 18% of his attempts — 2/86 · 2% of what he sent from there went in.
Point. 1/41 · 2% of his goals came from here, on 29/481 · 6% of his attempts — 1/29 · 3% of what he sent from there went in.
Unblocked attempts — shots on goal, goals and misses — taken in the offensive zone, 2023-24 to 2025-26. Clubs change ends each period, so every attempt is rotated into one zone; the shooter’s left is the left of the frame. Blocked attempts are not plotted, and neither is anything taken from the neutral or defensive zone — which is where 1 of his goals in this window came from, empty nets and long range. This is a record of what happened, not a forecast: nothing here is claimed to repeat.
Saad scored 261 regular season goals on 2,878 unblocked attempts from the offensive zone, 2011-12 to 2025-26. His densest patch is the doorstep, 12 ft out: 104/261 · 40% of his goals came from inside nine feet of that point, against 26% of the league’s goals from the same patch.
Doorstep. 129/261 · 49% of his goals came from here, on 950/2,878 · 33% of his attempts — 129/950 · 14% of what he sent from there went in.
Slot. 107/261 · 41% of his goals came from here, on 1,235/2,878 · 43% of his attempts — 107/1,235 · 9% of what he sent from there went in.
Perimeter. 22/261 · 8% of his goals came from here, on 574/2,878 · 20% of his attempts — 22/574 · 4% of what he sent from there went in.
Point. 3/261 · 1% of his goals came from here, on 119/2,878 · 4% of his attempts — 3/119 · 3% of what he sent from there went in.
Saad scored 26 playoff goals on 324 unblocked attempts from the offensive zone, 2011-12 to 2025-26. His densest patch is right post, 12 ft out: 7/26 · 27% of his goals came from inside nine feet of that point, against 12% of the league’s goals from the same patch.
Doorstep. 13/26 · 50% of his goals came from here, on 92/324 · 28% of his attempts — 13/92 · 14% of what he sent from there went in.
Slot. 12/26 · 46% of his goals came from here, on 145/324 · 45% of his attempts — 12/145 · 8% of what he sent from there went in.
Perimeter. 1/26 · 4% of his goals came from here, on 69/324 · 21% of his attempts — 1/69 · 1% of what he sent from there went in.
Point. 0/26 · 0% of his goals came from here, on 18/324 · 6% of his attempts — 0/18 · 0% of what he sent from there went in.
Unblocked attempts — shots on goal, goals and misses — taken in the offensive zone, 2011-12 to 2025-26. Clubs change ends each period, so every attempt is rotated into one zone; the shooter’s left is the left of the frame. Blocked attempts are not plotted, and neither is anything taken from the neutral or defensive zone — which is where 8 of his goals in this window came from, empty nets and long range. This is a record of what happened, not a forecast: nothing here is claimed to repeat.
02/When his goals came
2 of his 3 goals came in the 1st period, on 30 shots. That is a record of last season, not a description of the player: which period a skater scores in does not carry from one year to the next.
03/Game log
| Date | Opp | Result | G | A | P | S | H | +/- | PIM | TOI |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 12 | @COL | W 3-2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 10:41 |
| Apr 10 | @SEA | OTL 3-4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 14:13 |
| Apr 8 | @VAN | W 2-1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 1 | +1 | 0 | 13:25 |
| Mar 9 | EDM | L 2-4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | -2 | 0 | 8:36 |
| Mar 7 | MIN | L 2-4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | -1 | 0 | 8:39 |
| Mar 5 | @DET | W 4-3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | -1 | 0 | 8:22 |
| Mar 4 | @BUF | L 2-3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | -2 | 0 | 8:14 |
| Mar 1 | @PIT | L 0-5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 16:28 |
| Feb 28 | @WSH | L 2-3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | -1 | 0 | 12:28 |
| Feb 26 | @LAK | W 6-4 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 13:35 |
| Jan 9 | CBJ | W 5-3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 13:40 |
| Jan 7 | @WPG | W 4-3 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 1 | +1 | 0 | 16:11 |
| Jan 5 | @CHI | OTL 2-3 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | +1 | 0 | 12:14 |
| Jan 2 | @STL | L 3-4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 13:23 |
| Dec 31 | NSH | L 2-4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 14:46 |
| Dec 30 | MIN | L 2-5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 15:03 |
| Dec 28 | COL | OTL 5-6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 11:14 |
| Dec 24 | SJS | W 7-2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 14:19 |
| Dec 22 | @EDM | L 3-4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 13:12 |
| Dec 21 | @CGY | L 3-6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 | -1 | 0 | 16:16 |
| Dec 18 | NJD | OTL 1-2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 1 | -1 | 0 | 12:46 |
| Dec 14 | @CBJ | W 3-2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 13:39 |
| Dec 8 | @NYR | W 3-2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | -1 | 0 | 13:41 |
| Dec 6 | @NJD | W 3-0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | — | — | — |
| Dec 3 | CHI | W 4-3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | — | — | — |
Showing the 25 most recent of 49 regular season games. Playoff games are kept out of this table and totalled separately in the career record.
04/Splits
Home / Road
In wins / In losses
Every split prints its own denominator. Any split under eight games is greyed rather than hidden, so the edge of the sample is visible instead of guessed at.
05/Career
| Season | Team | GP | G | A | P | +/- | PIM | S | S% | H | BLK | TOI/G |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2011-12 | CHI | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0.0 | 0 | 1 | 14:01 |
| 2012-13 | CHI | 46 | 10 | 17 | 27 | +12 | 12 | 98 | 10.2 | 41 | 12 | 13:12 |
| 2013-14 | CHI | 78 | 19 | 28 | 47 | +16 | 20 | 159 | 11.9 | 48 | 20 | 13:18 |
| 2014-15 | CHI | 82 | 23 | 29 | 52 | +6 | 12 | 203 | 11.3 | 53 | 29 | 16:33 |
| 2015-16 | CBJ | 78 | 31 | 22 | 53 | +3 | 14 | 233 | 13.3 | 43 | 25 | 15:42 |
| 2016-17 | CBJ | 82 | 24 | 29 | 53 | +18 | 8 | 210 | 11.4 | 24 | 26 | 13:22 |
| 2017-18 | CHI | 82 | 18 | 17 | 35 | -3 | 14 | 237 | 7.6 | 29 | 32 | 14:47 |
| 2018-19 | CHI | 80 | 23 | 24 | 47 | -6 | 12 | 195 | 11.8 | 52 | 25 | 14:49 |
| 2019-20 | CHI | 58 | 21 | 12 | 33 | +2 | 16 | 140 | 15.0 | 36 | 19 | 14:02 |
| 2020-21 | COL | 44 | 15 | 9 | 24 | -1 | 12 | 68 | 22.1 | 16 | 10 | 12:31 |
| 2021-22 | STL | 78 | 24 | 25 | 49 | +13 | 10 | 158 | 15.2 | 20 | 20 | 14:00 |
| 2022-23 | STL | 71 | 19 | 18 | 37 | -5 | 12 | 127 | 15.0 | 24 | 31 | 14:36 |
| 2023-24 | STL | 82 | 26 | 16 | 42 | 0 | 20 | 144 | 18.1 | 17 | 24 | 13:18 |
| 2024-25 | STL/VGK | 72 | 13 | 17 | 30 | -10 | 6 | 127 | 10.2 | 12 | 28 | 12:02 |
| 2025-26 | VGK | 49 | 3 | 6 | 9 | -7 | 14 | 78 | 3.8 | 11 | 23 | 10:02 |
| Career | 984 | 269 | 269 | 538 | +38 | 182 | 2,180 | 12.3 | 426 | 325 | 13:55 |
Playoffs
| Season | Team | GP | G | A | P | +/- | PIM | S | S% | H | BLK | TOI/G |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2011-12 | CHI | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | — | 0 | 0 | – | 4 | 0 | – |
| 2012-13 | CHI | 23 | 1 | 5 | 6 | — | 4 | 50 | 2.0 | 30 | 6 | – |
| 2013-14 | CHI | 19 | 6 | 10 | 16 | — | 6 | 35 | 17.1 | 24 | 9 | – |
| 2014-15 | CHI | 23 | 8 | 3 | 11 | — | 6 | 59 | 13.6 | 46 | 11 | – |
| 2016-17 | CBJ | 5 | 1 | 2 | 3 | — | 0 | 10 | 10.0 | 6 | 0 | – |
| 2019-20 | CHI | 9 | 2 | 3 | 5 | — | 2 | 20 | 10.0 | 8 | 3 | – |
| 2020-21 | COL | 10 | 7 | 1 | 8 | — | 12 | 19 | 36.8 | 15 | 3 | – |
| 2021-22 | STL | 12 | 2 | 3 | 5 | — | 4 | 23 | 8.7 | 6 | 5 | – |
| 2024-25 | STL/VGK | 8 | 0 | 2 | 2 | — | 2 | 13 | 0.0 | 7 | 2 | – |
| 2025-26 | VGK | 5 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 0.0 | 3 | 0 | 8:41 |
| Career | 116 | 27 | 32 | 59 | 0 | 36 | 234 | 11.5 | 149 | 39 | 8:41 |
06/Bio
- Position
- Left Wing
- Jersey
- #20
- Shoots
- L
- Height
- 6'1"
- Weight
- 207 lb
- Born
- Oct 27, 1992 (age 33)
- Birthplace
- Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, USA
- Drafted
- 2011 · Round 2 · Pick 13 · CHI
- Club
- Vegas Golden Knights
