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Max Sasson

#63 · Centre · Vancouver Canucks

Born Sep 5, 2000 in Birmingham, Michigan, USA (age 26) · 6'1", 181 lb · Shoots left

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The forwards closest to him in points in 2024-25. Pick one to see the two side by side, or choose someone else.

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Career

Regular season games only. Pick a season to see its game log below. Cap hit is what he counted against the salary cap that season, where it is known.

0510152024-25: 7 points724-252025-26: 19 points1925-262026-27: 2 points226-27

Points by season. The darker bar is the season shown below.

Season Team GP G A P +/- PIM Shots Hits P/GP Cap hit
2024-25 VAN 29 3 4 7 1 0 31 18 0.24 $870K
2025-26 VAN 66 13 6 19 -13 26 62 30 0.29 $775K
2026-27 VAN 6 1 1 2 -2 4 7 1 0.33 $1M
3 seasons Career 101 17 11 28 -14 30 100 49 0.28

2024-25 season totals

GP G A P +/- PIM Shots Hits P/GP Shooting % Avg TOI
29 3 4 7 1 0 31 18 0.24 9.7 10:20

Contract

$870KCap hitends in 2025
$124KCap dollars per point7 points in 29 games
$493KCap dollars per goal above replacement1.8 goals above replacement
$2.1MWorth at the going ratewhat teams paid for a season like his
+$1.3MValueworth minus cap hit; below zero is overpaid

His cap hit for the whole season, set against what he did in the regular season. Lower is better value. In a season still being played the cost per point starts high and falls as the games add up. Value is coloured by where it ranks among the 698 ranked skaters whose contract is known. How value is worked out.

The contract

Signed by the Vancouver Canucks on Mar 26, 2023, as an entry-level contract: 2 years and $1.9M, beginning in 2023-24. It runs through 2024-25, so this is its last season.

Season Cap hit Base salary Signing bonus Performance bonuses Paid in all Clause
2023-24 $870K $775K $95K $80K $870K
2024-25 $870K $775K $95K $80K $870K

Each season of the contract, with this one marked. The cap hit is the same every year; what he is paid is not. The pay is as written when the contract was recorded in October 2024, so a later change, such as the rise in the lowest salary for 2026-27, is not shown.

Contracts he has signed

Signed Signed by Kind Seasons Years In all Cap hit
Dec 15, 2025 Vancouver Canucks Extension 2026-27 to 2027-28 2 $2M $1M
2025-26 to 2025-26 $775K
Mar 26, 2023 Vancouver Canucks Entry-level 2023-24 to 2024-25 2 $1.9M $870K

Every contract on record for him, newest first, with the team that signed him to it and the day it was signed. The one covering 2024-25 is marked. An extension is signed while the contract before it is still running, often a year ahead. A row with no team or date is a contract known only by its cap hit, most often one signed since October 2024.

2024-25 analytics

Rating

+1.8Goals above replacement396th of 698 skaters, 263rd of 456 forwards
+0.3Wins above replacementgoals above replacement divided by six
+0.9Goals above averagethe five parts below added up

Each number is coloured by where it ranks among the 456 ranked forwards: green is in the top fifth and red the bottom fifth, with paler shades in between and amber for the middle. Hover over a tile for its percentile.

Even-strength offence-0.3 49th percentileEven-strength defence+0.8 62nd percentilePower play0.0 61st percentilePenalty kill0.0 32nd percentilePenalties+0.5 61st percentile

The goals he added to his team's goal difference, compared with a spare-part player given the same ice time. Each part is measured against the league, so zero is an average skater, and the rank beside it is among forwards. A full season is about two-thirds the player and one-third chance. Provisional: under 40 games it is more chance than player.

-2-10122024-252025-262026-27Goals above replacementGoals above replacement, by season

On the ice

What happened at five-on-five while he was on the ice. What these numbers mean

45.1Corsi for %229 attempts for, 279 against
-3.1CF% relative to teamagainst the team without him
46.4Expected goals for %9.3 expected for, 10.8 against
-0.6xGF% relative to teamagainst the team without him
45.3Fenwick for %unblocked attempts
52.4Goals for %11 for, 10 against
102.3PDO10.2% shooting + 92.1% saves
44Attempts takenhis own shot attempts

These are left plain: he has not been on the ice enough to be ranked. That takes at least 200 shot attempts with him out there, about six or seven games, and a quarter of what the busiest skater has. Over a game or two these numbers are mostly chance.

Who he played with

Forward lineGPTimeCF%xGF%Goals
Danton Heinen · Aatu Räty · Max Sasson632:3234.840.20-1
Brock Boeser · Jake DeBrusk · Max Sasson626:5945.336.00-1
Danton Heinen · Nils Hoglander · Max Sasson424:5443.547.71-0
Teddy Blueger · Danton Heinen · Max Sasson524:3332.731.22-2

The lines he spent the most time in at five-on-five, with the team's share of the shot attempts and expected goals, and the goals for and against, while they were out. The two shares are coloured as above, against the league's lines that played a fair amount together. Hover over one for its percentile.

Chances and finishing

Expected goals adds up how likely each of his shots was to go in, judged by where it came from, what kind of shot it was and whether it was a rebound. All situations, leaving out shots at an empty net.

3Goalsnot counting empty-netters
2.5Expected goalsfrom 37 unblocked attempts
+0.5Goals above expectedgoals minus expected goals
Chances created 0.50 expected goals per 60 minutes12th
Shot quality 6.7% chance per attempt18th
Finishing +0.5 goals above expected59thOne season of finishing is mostly luck.

Each bar shows the share of forwards he is ahead of, among the 428 who played 300 minutes or more this season.

0123Game 20Goals 3Expected 2.5

His goals and his expected goals as the season went on. When the goals line pulls away above, he is scoring more than his chances were worth; below, less.

Where he shot from

Every attempt he took this season, in all situations, attacking the net on the right. There is a dot for each attempt, bigger for a better chance. "Show as heat map" shades the ice by where the attempts came from. Click a goal for its details.

Game log

Date Opponent Result G A P +/- PIM Shots Hits TOI
Apr 16, 2025 vs VGK L 1-4 0 0 0 -1 0 0 1 13:02
Apr 10, 2025 @ COL W 4-1 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 10:42
Apr 8, 2025 @ DAL W 6-5 (OT) 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 11:04
Apr 6, 2025 vs VGK L 2-3 0 0 0 -2 0 1 1 10:30
Apr 5, 2025 vs ANA W 6-2 1 0 1 1 0 3 1 11:58
Jan 27, 2025 @ STL W 5-2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 07:46
Jan 25, 2025 vs WSH W 2-1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 10:17
Jan 23, 2025 @ EDM L 2-6 0 0 0 -1 0 1 0 10:11
Jan 21, 2025 vs BUF L 2-3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 09:41
Jan 18, 2025 vs EDM W 3-2 0 0 0 1 0 1 1 08:25
Jan 10, 2025 @ CAR L 0-2 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 09:24
Jan 8, 2025 @ WSH L 1-2 (OT) 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 09:12
Jan 6, 2025 @ MTL L 4-5 (OT) 0 0 0 -1 0 2 1 12:05
Jan 3, 2025 vs NSH L 0-3 0 0 0 0 0 2 1 12:57
Jan 2, 2025 @ SEA W 4-3 (SO) 1 0 1 1 0 1 0 11:36
Dec 31, 2024 @ CGY L 1-3 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 08:49
Dec 28, 2024 vs SEA L 4-5 (OT) 0 0 0 0 0 2 1 12:38
Dec 18, 2024 @ UTA L 2-3 (OT) 0 0 0 0 0 3 1 12:46
Dec 16, 2024 vs COL W 3-1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 12:59
Dec 14, 2024 vs BOS L 1-5 1 0 1 -1 0 1 2 09:01
Dec 12, 2024 vs FLA W 4-0 0 2 2 2 0 2 0 13:00
Dec 10, 2024 vs STL L 3-4 (OT) 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 09:57
Dec 8, 2024 vs TBL L 2-4 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 09:34
Dec 6, 2024 vs CBJ W 5-2 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 08:16
Dec 3, 2024 @ MIN L 2-3 (OT) 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 10:10
Dec 1, 2024 @ DET W 5-4 (OT) 0 0 0 -1 0 1 1 06:19
Nov 29, 2024 @ BUF W 4-3 (OT) 0 0 0 1 0 0 2 09:32
Nov 27, 2024 @ PIT L 4-5 0 1 1 1 0 1 0 09:56
Nov 23, 2024 @ OTT W 4-3 0 1 1 1 0 0 2 07:49