
- Age
- 26
- Height
- 6′1″
- Weight
- 181 lb
- Shoots
- L
- Born
- Birmingham, Michigan, USA
- GP
- 8
- G
- 2
- A
- 1
- P
- 3
- +/-
- -2
- SOG
- 8
2026–27 regular season
This season vs last
| Stat | 2026–27 | 2025–26 first 8 GP |
|---|---|---|
| GP | 8 | 8 |
| G | 2 | 3-1 |
| A | 1 | 0+1 |
| P | 3 | 3 |
| SOG | 8 | 8 |
| PPP | 0 | 0 |
| +/- | -2 | +1-3 |
| PIM | 4 | 0+4 |
| TOI/GP | 13:31 | 9:39+3:52 |
| SH% | 25.0 | 37.5-12.5 |
Regular season. Small numbers are this season’s change: green better, red worse. Totals are only compared over the same number of games; TOI/GP and SH% are compared in every column.
Advanced · 2026–27
- CF%
- 47.0
- Share of 5v5 shot attempts while on ice
- xGF%
- 34.3
- Share of 5v5 expected goals while on ice
- Rel CF%
- +0.1
- vs. team with the player off ice
- PDO
- 1.009
- On-ice Sh% + Sv% (≈1.000 is average)
- ixG
- 0.9
- Individual expected goals
- G − xG
- +1.1
- Finishing above expectation
- OZS%
- 43.6
- Offensive-zone start share
- 5v5 TOI/GP
- 11:32
- Even-strength minutes per game
Shot attempts
18 attempts, attacking the net on the right. Filled = goal; bigger = higher expected-goal value.
How Sasson is used
#63 · C · Vancouver Canucks
Max Sasson
How he’s used · 2026–27 · 7 games with shift charts
- Line 3
- PK2
- Ice time / game
- 13:30
- 11:32 at 5v5
- Offensive-zone starts
- 43.6%
- of his 5v5 zone faceoffs
- Expected goals share
- 34.3%
- at 5v5 with him on
- Shot attempt share
- 47.0%
- at 5v5 with him on
Shift profile · against NHL forwards
Average shift
Sasson40.8s
NHL average47.4s
Shifts that ran 60 seconds or longer
Sasson15%
NHL average24%
Shifts include power-play and penalty-kill time. Across the league, 5v5 shots go in nearly twice as often against a skater 80s+ into his shift.
Most-used linemates · 5v5
Zeev Buium35.3 min together46%shot attempts
Arshdeep Bains34.8 min together49%shot attempts
Filip Hronek33.9 min together49%shot attempts
daily.hockeyUpdated after every game
| Team | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026–27 | Vancouver Canucks | 8 | 2 | 1 | 3 |
| 2025–26 | Vancouver Canucks | 66 | 13 | 6 | 19 |
| 2024–25 | Vancouver Canucks | 29 | 3 | 4 | 7 |
| Opp | TOI | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Tue, Oct 13 | @ | 1 | 0 | 1 | +1 | 1 | 11:40 |
| Sun, Oct 11 | @ | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 0 | 13:12 |
| Sat, Oct 10 | @ | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 0 | 10:40 |
| Thu, Oct 8 | @ | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 13:46 |
| Sun, Oct 4 | vs | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 16:24 |
| Sat, Oct 3 | vs | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 12:14 |
| Thu, Oct 1 | vs | 0 | 0 | 0 | -2 | 0 | 13:36 |
| Tue, Sep 29 | @ | 1 | 1 | 2 | +1 | 2 | 16:37 |
| Team / League | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025–26 | Abbotsford Canucks · AHL | 2 | 2 | 0 | 2 |
| 2024–25 | Abbotsford Canucks · AHL | 41 | 13 | 19 | 32 |
| 2024–25 (P) | Abbotsford Canucks · AHL | 24 | 5 | 9 | 14 |
| 2023–24 | Abbotsford Canucks · AHL | 56 | 18 | 24 | 42 |
| 2023–24 (P) | Abbotsford Canucks · AHL | 6 | 1 | 2 | 3 |
| 2022–23 | Western Michigan Univ. · NCAA | 38 | 15 | 27 | 42 |
| 2022–23 | Abbotsford Canucks · AHL | 7 | 1 | 1 | 2 |
| 2022–23 (P) | Abbotsford Canucks · AHL | 6 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 2021–22 | Western Michigan Univ. · NCAA | 37 | 9 | 13 | 22 |
| 2020–21 | Waterloo Black Hawks · USHL | 48 | 20 | 29 | 49 |
| 2019–20 | Cedar Rapids RoughRiders · USHL | 45 | 11 | 14 | 25 |
| 2018–19 | Cedar Rapids RoughRiders · USHL | 62 | 8 | 9 | 17 |
| 2018–19 (P) | Cedar Rapids RoughRiders · USHL | 6 | 2 | 3 | 5 |
| 2017–18 | St. Cloud Norsemen · NAHL | 59 | 11 | 14 | 25 |
| 2017–18 | Team Forest · USA-S17 | 5 | 2 | 2 | 4 |
| 2017–18 | Muskegon Lumberjacks · USHL | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 2016–17 | Oakland Jr. Grizzlies 16U AAA · T1EHL 16U | 31 | 21 | 17 | 38 |
| 2016–17 (P) | Oakland Jr. Grizzlies 16U AAA · T1EHL 16U | 4 | 1 | 4 | 5 |
| 2015–16 | Honeybaked 15U AAA · 15U AAA | 56 | 15 | 17 | 32 |
Sasson in the news
A Look at Aatu Räty’s Future With the Vancouver CanucksThe Vancouver Canucks have a logjam at centre ice, with Elias Pettersson and his resurgence, Marco Rossi, Max Sasson, and the third NHL star of the week, Paul Cotter. Drew O'Connor can also play centre, as he did during…Last Word on Hockey - Canucks · 2026-10-07
Ten Canucks observations: Should we call it an Elias Pettersson bounce-back?Plus: Paul Cotter's production, Max Sasson's speed and what a difference a year makes.The Athletic - Vancouver Canucks · 2026-10-05