- Brett Howden scored his 14th goal of the playoffs in Game 4 of the Cup Final
- The marker passed Jonathan Marchessault for the most in a single Vegas postseason
- Read below for the record breakdown and where Howden ranks this spring
Brett Howden has quietly turned into the most dangerous goal-scorer of Vegas’s postseason.
The Golden Knights forward set a franchise record in Game 4 of the Stanley Cup Final on Tuesday night, ripping his 14th goal of the playoffs over Brandon Bussi’s glove in the second period to break the team’s single-postseason mark. Watch the record-setter:
The old record belonged to Jonathan Marchessault, who scored 13 during the 2023 run that brought Vegas its first Cup. Howden passed him with one swing of the stick, and he still has a Cup Final left to play.
His goal tied Game 4 at three. It was the fourth straight game in the series that a team erased a multi-goal deficit, a Cup Final record of its own.
Vegas couldn’t hold it. Carolina pulled away for a 5-3 win to even the series at 2-2 behind a two-goal night from Jordan Staal.
The record books still belonged to Howden, though. The Oakbank, Manitoba native has 14 goals in 20 games this spring, and he has done it without leaning on big multi-goal nights. He has just two of those. The rest has been steady work, one timely goal at a time.
Vegas didn’t let the milestone slip by:
He was a role player on that 2023 championship team, putting up 10 points in 22 games. This year he is a headliner. Howden sits at 18 points, tied for third in playoff scoring with Carolina’s Taylor Hall and trailing only Mitch Marner (29) and Jack Eichel (20).
Seven players have reached double digits in goals across the franchise’s short history. Marner and Pavel Dorofeyev both sit on 10 right now. Howden is four clear of the field and still climbing.
Game 5 goes Thursday in Vegas with the series tied.
