Braeden
Bowman
R · VGK · Balanced · Around average
- PAL
- 54
- WAR
- -0.8
- Value
- 72
- PTS
- 26
2025-26№ 593 / 615
Braeden Bowman (Vegas Golden Knights) stats and profile: offensive production, ice time, advanced stats, WAR and PAL rating.
Braeden Bowman
#42RPlays: Right wing · 0% of faceoffs
Vegas Golden Knights
HEIGHT : 185 cm · WEIGHT : 91 kg · SHOOTS : R
Born : June 25, 2003 · Kitchener, Canada
Contract : $837,500 · 2025-26 → 2026-27 · Entry-Level Contract · RFA · Signing bonus $62,500
NHL record
| Year | Team | GP | G | A | PTS | PIM |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026-27 | Vegas Golden Knights | 19 | 4 | 3 | 7 | 17 |
| 2025-26 | Vegas Golden Knights | 54 | 8 | 18 | 26 | 12 |
| NHL totals | 73 | 12 | 21 | 33 | 29 | |
Playoffs
| Year | Team | GP | G | A | PTS | PIM |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025-26 | Vegas Golden Knights | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Playoff totals | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
Braeden Bowman: our analysis
2025-26 season: 54 GP, 8 G, 18 A, 26 PTS, -16 +/-, 14:08 TOI. WAR -0.8 (593rd of 615) · PAL 54, around average.
In 2025-26, Braeden Bowman, 23, posts a PAL Rating of 54 out of 100 (around average), and his WAR of -0.8 ranks 593rd among 615 regulars, in the bottom quarter.
His strengths: creation (91, among the best in the league) and shooting (66, above average). On the other hand, discipline (22, well below average) and penalty kill (24, well below average) hold him back.
Breaking down his WAR (goals above average), his biggest contribution: EV defense (+0.1); his biggest cost: finishing (-6.2).
Contract-wise, his Value score of 72 (good value) weighs his output against what he costs: 50 is what that salary should buy.
Braeden Bowman's story
Growing up in Kitchener, Bowman cut his teeth with the Jr. Rangers and the Dutchmen before moving up to major junior hockey. He spent his junior career with the Guelph Storm in the OHL and wore the captain’s letter in his final season, a role that helped him develop leadership traits and his on-ice decision-making.
After attending the Vegas Golden Knights’ development camp in summer 2024, Bowman began his pro career by signing a one-year contract with Vegas’ AHL affiliate, the Henderson Silver Knights, on July 9, 2024. In his 2024–25 rookie season in the AHL he scored 14 goals and collected 36 points across 68 games, numbers that paved the way to an NHL contract the following spring.
On March 2, 2025, Bowman inked a two-year entry-level deal with the Golden Knights. The next season he opened strongly in Henderson — 12 points in his first 12 games — and was recalled to Vegas on November 12, 2025 after an injury to William Karlsson. He made his NHL debut the following night, registering four shots in a 4–3 overtime loss to the New York Islanders on November 13.
Bowman scored his first NHL goal on November 15, 2025 against Joel Hofer of the St. Louis Blues; the goal stood as the game-winner in a 4–1 Golden Knights victory. The marker kicked off a productive stretch: three more goals and his first NHL assist over his next four games, five points through six contests, and a five-game point streak from his third through eighth NHL games — the first undrafted rookie to do so since Taro Hirose in 2018–19.
After appearing in 54 games with Vegas he was sent back to the AHL on April 1, 2026, then recalled on May 12 during the Stanley Cup playoffs following an injury to Mark Stone. He made his playoff debut on June 14, 2026, skating on the fourth line in Game 6 of the Stanley Cup Final, a 3–0 loss. On September 10, 2026 Bowman signed a six-year extension keeping him with the Golden Knights through the 2032–33 season. His game is defined by timely offensive instincts and the ability to generate chances when given regular opportunities.
Facts drawn from Wikipédia, told in our own words.
Advanced stats
- TOI/GP
- 13:09
- PP TOI/GP
- 1:20
- SH TOI/GP
- 0:17
- Pts/GP
- 0.37
- EV points
- 4
- Hits
- 6
- Blocks
- 4
- Takeaways
- 6
- Corsi % (SAT)
- 46.6 %
- Off. zone starts
- 28.6 %
- Faceoffs
- 0.0 %
Stats and photos: NHL (NHL.com)
2026-27 projection
Projected points
30between 14 and 46 (80% range)
- Goals
- 12
- Assists
- 18
- Games
- 68
So far: 7 pts in 19 games. The team has played 19 of 84 games. Projected pace: 0.48 pts per game (last season: 0.48).
The projection follows last season's pace. Tested on 2,265 player seasons (2022-23 to 2025-26): average miss of 9 points over 82 games; for players at 0.9 points per game and up, it ran 5 points high on average.
This is only a projection. It knows nothing about injuries, trades or role changes; one player in five finishes outside the range.
Player ratings, 2025-26
All ratings →Fourteen ratings from 0 to 100 drawn from data, never by hand: 75 = established NHL player, 95+ = elite.
OV · OverallConfidence 43 %
76
Established NHL
- SK
- Skating
- 61
- Confidence 40 %
- ST
- Strength
- 77
- Confidence 48 %
- EN
- Endurance
- 70
- Confidence 50 %
- DU
- Durability
- 68
- Confidence 40 %
- CK
- Checking
- 67
- Confidence 48 %
- FG
- Fighting
- 78
- Confidence 25 %
- DI
- Discipline
- 67
- Confidence 48 %
- FO
- Faceoffs
- —
- PA
- Passing
- 78
- Confidence 43 %
- SC
- Scoring
- 78
- Confidence 43 %
- DF
- Defense
- 77
- Confidence 38 %
- PS
- Penalty shot
- 76
- Confidence 0 %
- EX
- Experience
- 42
- Confidence 100 %
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SK — Skating61
- Top speed (35 %)35.2 · 62
- Bursts > 20 mph /60 (30 %)3.854 · 66
- Distance /60 (20 %)15.5 · 61
- Speed consistency (15 %)34.9 · 67
ST — Strength77
- Contact absorbed /60 (50 %)4.117 · 77
- Body mass (50 %)-0.103 · 75
EN — Endurance70
- Ice time per game (45 %)14.4 · 71
- Total ice time (20 %)746 · 66
- Shift length (15 %)46.1 · 76
- Lowest recent ice time per game (15 %)13.8 · 76
- Special-teams time per game (5 %)1.729 · 69
DU — Durability68
- Share of games played (100 %)0.759 · 68
CK — Checking67
- Hits /60 (70 %)3.075 · 68
- Lowest seasonal rate (20 %)3.048 · 71
- Season volume (10 %)2.996 · 60
FG — Fighting78
- Fights per 82 games (100 %)0.877 · 78
DI — Discipline67
- Net penalty value /60 (50 %)-0.007 · 67
- Penalties taken /60 (30 %)0.576 · 78
- Penalties drawn /60 (20 %)0.536 · 60
PA — Passing78
- Primary assists /60 (40 %)0.741 · 78
- Secondary assists /60 (20 %)0.63 · 84
- Offensive creation (RAPM) (20 %)0.05 · 71
- Power-play points /60 (10 %)4.235 · 72
- Assist consistency (10 %)0.62 · 81
SC — Scoring78
- Goals /60 (25 %)0.798 · 67
- Individual xG /60 (20 %)1.035 · 84
- Finishing (goals − xG per shot) (20 %)-0.711 · 57
- High-danger chances /60 (15 %)2.29 · 93
- xG per shot (10 %)0.086 · 89
- Shot attempts /60 (10 %)13.3 · 71
DF — Defense77
- RAPM defense /60 (35 %)0.006 · 75
- Relative xG against (20 %)0.07 · 71
- On-ice xG against /60 (15 %)2.518 · 80
- Penalty kill /60 (10 %)0.036 · 77
- Takeaways − giveaways /60 (10 %)-0.966 · 87
- Shot attempts against /60 (5 %)57.3 · 80
- Blocked shots /60 (5 %)2.293 · 76
PS — Penalty shot76
- Shootouts (60 %)32.7 · 76
- Penalty shots (40 %)26.7 · 76
EX — Experience42
- Career regular-season games (65 %)57
- Career playoff games (25 %)13
- NHL seasons (10 %)24
OV — Overall76
- SC · Scoring (28 %)78
- PA · Passing (22 %)78
- DF · Defense (18 %)77
- SK · Skating (12 %)61
- EN · Endurance (8 %)70
- DI · Discipline (5 %)67
- ST · Strength (4 %)77
- CK · Checking (3 %)67
The bars show confidence (sample size), not player quality. — : not enough data, not a zero. Engine version 1.0.
WAR and PAL ratings, 2025-26
How we rate →PAL Rating scores performance from 0 to 100 against players at the same position (50 = average player), starting from the player's strength, offensive or defensive. Value Rating compares that performance with what the player costs: 50 means paid what the play is worth.
WAR
-0.8
wins above replacement
593 of 615
PAL Rating
54/ 100
Performance · Around average
207 of 476 at the position
Value Rating
72/ 100
Good value
0.84 M$ · expected PAL 34
ProfileBalancedNeither end dominates
- Offense
- 67
- Defense
- 53
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- Offense
- 50
- Creation
- 91
- Shooting
- 66
- Possession
- 56
- Defense
- 56
- Discipline
- 22
- Power play
- 49
- Penalty kill
- 24
From 0 to 100; 50 is the average player at the same position, adjusted for ice time.
Hockey IQ, 2025-26
Rankings and method →The quality of the player's decisions with and against the puck at 5-on-5, against regulars at the same position (50 = average). PAL measures output; IQ measures how the player plays.
Overall IQ
98/ 100
Elite
better than 98% of forwards, offense and defense combined
Offensive IQ
98/ 100
Elite
passing, shots, puck
Defensive IQ
85/ 100
Very good
takeaways, discipline, own zone
Overall IQ isn't an average of the two scores: it's the player's rank with offense and defense combined, 7 of 424 forwards.
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Offense
- Playmaking passes
- 84
- Shot selection
- 99
- Penalties drawn
- 9
- Puck management
- 92
Defense
- Takeaways
- 77
- Discipline
- 64
- Safe zone exits
- 71
Percentiles: 80 means better than 80% of regulars at the same position. Play without the puck (positioning, coverage) isn't measured: the NHL doesn't publish that data.
WAR, 2025-26
How it's calculated →Wins added to the team, compared with a replacement-level player called up from the AHL.
-0.8
wins above replacement
-1.5 to 0.0 — 90% interval
593 of 615 forwards
-4.3 goals above replacement
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- EV offense
- +0.1
- EV defense
- +0.1
- Power play
- +0.0
- Penalty kill
- 0.0
- Shooting
- -6.2
- Penalties
- -0.3
- Average → replacement
- +2.0
In goals.
Player tracking (NHL EDGE)
League EDGE leaderboards →Speed, shot power, distance covered, time by zone: measured by chips in the puck and shoulder pads. 90th percentile = better than 90% of players.
- Hardest shot
- 129.8 km/h43rd percentileleague avg. 130.1 km/h
- Top skating speed
- 33.5 km/h10th percentileleague avg. 35.2 km/h
- Bursts over 20 mph, season
- 720th percentileleague avg. 21
- Offensive zone time
- 42.0 %49th percentileleague avg. 43.1 %
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- Total distance, season
- 57.7 km48th percentileleague avg. 52.2 km
- Distance, single-game high
- 4.42 km45th percentileleague avg. 4.52 km
- Offensive zone at 5v5
- 40.9 %47th percentileleague avg. 42.4 %
- Neutral zone time
- 18.7 %77th percentileleague avg. 16.8 %
- Defensive zone time
- 39.3 %54th percentileleague avg. 40.1 %
Shooting
| Shots on goal | Goals | Shooting % | |
|---|---|---|---|
| All | 2255th percentile | 474th percentile | 18.2 %74th percentile |
| High danger | 1174th percentile | 274th percentile | 18.2 %49th percentile |
| Mid range | 762nd percentile | 288th percentile | 28.6 %92nd percentile |
| Long range | 153rd percentile | 092nd percentile | 0.0 %87th percentile |
Shots on goal by zone
2026-2027 regular season. Measured by puck and player tracking chips; the percentile ranks the player within the league.
Game log, 2026-27
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CHIBraeden Bowman: frequently asked questions
How many goals does Braeden Bowman have in 2026-27?
Braeden Bowman has 4 goals and 7 points (3 assists) in 19 games in 2026-27.
How old is Braeden Bowman?
Braeden Bowman is 23 years old: he was born on June 26, 2003.
How tall is Braeden Bowman, and how much does he weigh?
Braeden Bowman is 6'1" (185 cm) and weighs 201 lb (91 kg).
Where is Braeden Bowman from?
Canada: Braeden Bowman was born in Kitchener, Ontario, Canada.
What team does Braeden Bowman play for?
Braeden Bowman plays for the Vegas Golden Knights in the NHL, at R, wearing number 42.
Is Braeden Bowman injured?
No: Braeden Bowman is not on the latest NHL injury report. This answer is updated throughout the season.
How good is Braeden Bowman?
Braeden Bowman produced -0.8 wins above replacement (WAR) in 2025-26, 593rd of 615 players at his position in the NHL. His PAL rating is 54 out of 100: around average for his position.
How much does Braeden Bowman make?
Braeden Bowman earns $838K for the 2025-26 season. His Value Rating is 72 out of 100 (good value): it measures the on-field return for that salary, compared with players at his position.
When does Braeden Bowman's contract end?
Braeden Bowman's contract runs through the 2026-27 season; he will then be a restricted free agent.
Is Braeden Bowman overpaid?
No, he gives more than he costs. His Value rating is 72 out of 100 (good value), where 50 is the output expected for his salary, compared with players at his position.
Is Braeden Bowman a top-10 player at his position?
No: by WAR, he ranks 593rd of 615 players at his position in the NHL in 2025-26. Our comparison tool puts him side by side with any other player.
How has Braeden Bowman played lately?
Over his last 10 games, Braeden Bowman has 4 points (2 goals, 2 assists).
What are Braeden Bowman's career stats?
Over his NHL career, Braeden Bowman has 73 games, 12 goals, 21 assists and 33 points. His best season: 2025-26, with 26 points in 54 games.
Is Braeden Bowman better at home or on the road?
At home: in 2026-27, he averages 0.44 points per game at home (4 in 9 games) and 0.30 on the road (3 in 10 games).
How does Braeden Bowman perform in the playoffs?
In the playoffs, Braeden Bowman has 1 game and 0 points in his career. His pace (0.00 points per game) is lower than his regular-season pace (0.45).
Which player is most similar to Braeden Bowman?
Ethen Frank: he is the player at his position whose PAL profile (the 0-to-100 dimensions) is closest to his in 2025-26.
Ethen Frank's page →Is Braeden Bowman a good fantasy pick?
Probably not, except in deep leagues: our projection has him at 30 points in 2026-27, or 0.44 points per game.
What is Braeden Bowman's nationality?
Braeden Bowman is Canadian.
Where did Braeden Bowman play before turning pro?
Youth hockey in Kitchener with the Jr. Rangers and Dutchmen; major junior hockey with the Guelph Storm (OHL), served as captain in his final year..
How many points is Braeden Bowman projected to score in 2026-27?
Our projection has him at 30 points in 68 games in 2026-27 (14 to 46 points, 80% interval), based on his recent seasons, age and role.
See also: his Vegas Golden Knights teammates
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