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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

Compare with a similar player

The forwards closest to him in points in 2025-26. Pick one to see the two side by side, or choose someone else.

Taylor Raddysh NYR · 19 P in 68 GP Nino Niederreiter WPG · 19 P in 61 GP Blake Lizotte PIT · 19 P in 55 GP Marco Kasper DET · 19 P in 81 GP Oliver Moore CHI · 19 P in 51 GP

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

2025-26 season totals

GP G A P +/- PIM Shots Hits P/GP Shooting % Avg TOI
66 13 6 19 -13 26 62 30 0.29 21.0 11:43

Contract

$775KCap hitends in 2026, then extended to 2028
$41KCap dollars per point19 points in 66 games
$95KWorth at the going ratewhat teams paid for a season like his
-$680KValueworth 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. He rated at or below a spare-part player, so there is no cost per goal to show. Value is coloured by where it ranks among the 715 ranked skaters whose contract is known. How value is worked out.

The contract

Who signed him to it, and when, are not on record. It runs through 2025-26, so this is its last season, and his extension takes over. His next contract is already signed: an extension with the Vancouver Canucks on Dec 15, 2025, 2 years and $2M at $1M a season, beginning in 2026-27.

Season Cap hit
2025-26 $775K

Each season left on the contract. Only its cap hit and its end are known: how the pay is split by season, and any signing bonus, are not.

Contracts he has signed

Signed Signed by Kind Seasons Years In all Cap hit
Dec 15, 2025 Vancouver Canucks Extension not begun 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 2025-26 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.

2025-26 analytics

Rating

-0.8Goals above replacement585th of 715 skaters, 409th of 476 forwards
-0.1Wins above replacementgoals above replacement divided by six
-2.9Goals above averagethe five parts below added up

Each number is coloured by where it ranks among the 476 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-1.6 28th percentileEven-strength defence-0.1 42nd percentilePower play-0.3 29th percentilePenalty kill-0.1 21st percentilePenalties-0.8 11th 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.

-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

50.1Corsi for %641 attempts for, 639 against
+2.4CF% relative to teamagainst the team without him
42.3Expected goals for %26.1 expected for, 35.6 against
-1.3xGF% relative to teamagainst the team without him
48.1Fenwick for %unblocked attempts
36.2Goals for %21 for, 37 against
96.4PDO7.8% shooting + 88.7% saves
106Attempts takenhis own shot attempts

Each share is coloured by where it ranks among the 615 skaters who played enough to be ranked: 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. PDO and attempts taken are left plain, since neither is good or bad on its own.

Who he played with

Forward lineGPTimeCF%xGF%Goals
Teddy Blueger · Linus Karlsson · Max Sasson14119:5949.243.76-9
Linus Karlsson · Arshdeep Bains · Max Sasson20102:4857.553.12-4
Linus Karlsson · Liam Ohgren · Max Sasson1146:3158.750.53-2
Jake DeBrusk · Linus Karlsson · Max Sasson1130:4458.155.81-1

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.

12Goalsnot counting empty-netters
7.6Expected goalsfrom 92 unblocked attempts
+4.4Goals above expectedgoals minus expected goals
Chances created 0.59 expected goals per 60 minutes18th
Shot quality 8.3% chance per attempt50th
Finishing +4.4 goals above expected89thOne season of finishing is mostly luck.

Each bar shows the share of forwards he is ahead of, among the 444 who played 300 minutes or more this season.

0510Game 20Game 40Game 60Goals 12Expected 7.6

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 11, 2026 @ SJS W 4-3 (SO) 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 12:24
Apr 9, 2026 @ LAK L 1-4 0 0 0 -2 0 3 0 12:43
Apr 7, 2026 vs VGK L 1-2 1 0 1 1 0 1 1 10:57
Apr 4, 2026 vs UTA L 4-7 0 0 0 0 4 0 0 12:08
Apr 2, 2026 @ MIN L 2-5 0 1 1 0 0 0 1 13:30
Apr 1, 2026 @ COL W 8-6 1 1 2 -1 0 2 0 15:18
Mar 26, 2026 vs LAK L 0-4 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 10:16
Mar 24, 2026 vs ANA L 3-5 0 0 0 -1 0 0 0 10:30
Mar 19, 2026 vs TBL L 2-6 0 0 0 -1 0 0 0 11:23
Mar 17, 2026 vs FLA W 5-2 0 0 0 -1 0 0 1 14:59
Mar 14, 2026 vs SEA L 2-5 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 09:24
Mar 12, 2026 vs NSH W 4-3 (SO) 0 0 0 0 0 2 1 15:58
Mar 9, 2026 vs OTT L 0-2 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 12:18
Mar 7, 2026 @ WPG L 2-3 (OT) 0 1 1 1 2 2 0 14:37
Mar 6, 2026 @ CHI W 6-3 1 1 2 1 0 3 0 12:07
Mar 4, 2026 vs CAR L 4-6 0 0 0 -1 0 0 1 11:48
Feb 4, 2026 @ VGK L 2-5 0 0 0 -1 0 0 2 12:22
Feb 2, 2026 @ UTA L 2-6 0 0 0 -1 0 0 2 14:21
Jan 25, 2026 vs PIT L 2-3 0 0 0 -1 0 1 1 09:39
Jan 21, 2026 vs WSH W 4-3 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 06:56
Jan 19, 2026 vs NYI L 3-4 1 0 1 0 2 1 0 09:35
Jan 17, 2026 vs EDM L 0-6 0 0 0 -1 2 1 0 10:57
Jan 15, 2026 @ CBJ L 1-4 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 15:32
Jan 13, 2026 @ OTT L 1-2 0 0 0 -1 0 0 1 13:56
Jan 12, 2026 @ MTL L 3-6 1 0 1 1 0 1 1 14:31
Jan 10, 2026 @ TOR L 0-5 0 0 0 -1 0 2 0 13:51
Jan 8, 2026 @ DET L 1-5 0 0 0 -1 0 0 0 13:17
Jan 6, 2026 @ BUF L 3-5 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 14:52
Jan 3, 2026 vs BOS L 2-3 (OT) 0 0 0 0 2 1 0 12:22
Jan 2, 2026 vs SEA L 3-4 (SO) 0 0 0 -2 0 1 0 16:10
Dec 30, 2025 vs PHI L 3-6 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 14:01
Dec 29, 2025 @ SEA W 3-2 (SO) 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 09:12
Dec 27, 2025 vs SJS L 3-6 0 0 0 -1 0 1 0 09:50
Dec 22, 2025 @ PHI L 2-5 1 0 1 -1 0 2 0 12:11
Dec 20, 2025 @ BOS W 5-4 (SO) 1 0 1 1 0 1 0 10:14
Dec 19, 2025 @ NYI W 4-1 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 10:05
Dec 16, 2025 @ NYR W 3-0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 09:25
Dec 14, 2025 @ NJD W 2-1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 10:20
Dec 11, 2025 vs BUF L 2-3 1 0 1 1 0 5 0 14:46
Dec 8, 2025 vs DET L 0-4 0 0 0 0 2 1 1 12:00
Dec 6, 2025 vs MIN W 4-2 0 0 0 0 0 3 2 12:23
Dec 5, 2025 vs UTA L 1-4 0 0 0 0 2 0 1 11:27
Dec 2, 2025 @ COL L 1-3 0 0 0 -2 0 2 0 11:45
Nov 29, 2025 @ LAK L 1-2 (OT) 0 0 0 -1 2 2 0 11:47
Nov 28, 2025 @ SJS L 2-3 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 11:39
Nov 26, 2025 @ ANA W 5-4 1 1 2 2 2 1 1 07:58
Nov 23, 2025 vs CGY L 2-5 0 0 0 -2 0 0 0 09:38
Nov 20, 2025 vs DAL L 2-4 0 0 0 -1 0 0 1 09:25
Nov 17, 2025 @ FLA L 5-8 0 1 1 1 2 2 1 14:50
Nov 16, 2025 @ TBL W 6-2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 13:58
Nov 14, 2025 @ CAR L 3-4 (OT) 1 0 1 0 0 1 0 12:07
Nov 11, 2025 vs WPG L 3-5 0 0 0 -1 0 1 0 09:49
Nov 9, 2025 vs COL L 4-5 (OT) 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 11:04
Nov 8, 2025 vs CBJ W 4-3 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 10:33
Nov 5, 2025 vs CHI L 2-5 0 0 0 -1 0 0 1 13:05
Nov 3, 2025 @ NSH W 5-4 (OT) 0 0 0 1 0 1 1 09:40
Nov 1, 2025 @ MIN L 2-5 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 11:02
Oct 30, 2025 @ STL W 4-3 (SO) 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 13:19
Oct 28, 2025 vs NYR L 0-2 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 08:30
Oct 26, 2025 vs EDM W 4-3 (OT) 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 07:14
Oct 25, 2025 vs MTL L 3-4 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 06:52
Oct 23, 2025 @ NSH L 1-2 1 0 1 1 0 1 0 12:08
Oct 21, 2025 @ PIT L 1-5 0 0 0 -1 0 1 1 11:40
Oct 19, 2025 @ WSH W 4-3 0 0 0 -1 0 0 2 13:15
Oct 17, 2025 @ CHI W 3-2 (SO) 1 0 1 1 0 1 0 08:17
Oct 16, 2025 @ DAL W 5-3 1 0 1 1 0 3 0 09:17