Golden Knights' Brandon Saad: Provides helper Saturday
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Saad logged an assist, three shots on goal and two blocked shots in Saturday's 4-3 win over the Bruins.
Saad has two points and 10 shots over four contests since he signed with Vegas following a mutual contract termination with St. Louis. The 32-year-old has settled onto the Golden Knights' third line, playing alongside Brett Howden and Mark Stone in the absence of William Karlsson (lower body). Saad has 18 points, 85 shots and a minus-15 rating over 47 appearances this season. He has scoring potential, but he's a risky option in fantasy since he doesn't add much else if his offense goes cold.
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Golden Knights' Brandon Saad: First goal with new team
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Saad scored a goal Tuesday in a 2-1 loss to the Islanders.
It was Saad's first goal as a member of the Golden Knights. He slotted onto the third line in his new home, and that means a plum gig with Mark Stone on his other wing. That's a nice landing spot for a guy the Blues deemed expendable a few days ago. Saad may provide real value to fantasy managers in deep formats who pluck him off the wire.
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Golden Knights' Brandon Saad: Heading to Vegas
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Saad inked a one-year contract with the Golden Knights on Friday.
Saad had plenty of teams interested in his services once he and the Blues agreed to terminate his contract after he passed through unconditional waivers. Saad had seven goals and 16 points in 40 games with the Blues this season and has hit the 20-plus goal mark on seven occasions during his NHL career. Saad is expected to be a middle-six forward the rest of the season with the Golden Knights.
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Brandon Saad: Waived unconditionally
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Saad was placed on unconditional waivers by the Blues on Wednesday for the purpose of terminating his contract.
Saad went unclaimed on regular waivers Tuesday but has agreed to be waived unconditionally to avoid having to head down to the minors. The Blues will save the entirety of Saad's $4.5 million cap hit, while the veteran winger will be able to sign with any NHL team as a free agent. Considering he went unclaimed Tuesday, there is no reason to expect him to be claimed Wednesday either.
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Blues' Brandon Saad: Placed on waivers Tuesday
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Saad was placed on waivers Tuesday, Jeremy Rutherford of The Athletic reports.
Saad will report to AHL Springfield if he goes unclaimed on the waiver wire. The left-shot winger has one year remaining on the five-year, $22.5 million contract that he signed with the Blues in July of 2021. Saad's $4.5 million cap hit is a major factor -- most NHL clubs will not be able to take on that kind of money at this point in the season. The 32-year-old has amassed 260 goals and 515 points across 906 career NHL appearances.
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Blues' Brandon Saad: Earns assist in 900th career game
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Saad picked up an assist and three shots on goal in Thursday's 6-2 win over the Ducks.
This was Saad's 900th career game, and he was able to celebrate with a helper on a Pavel Buchnevich tally in the second period. The 32-year-old Saad has five points over his last four games. He's breaking out of a rough first half of the campaign, but there's no guarantee he'll be able to maintain his recent success. For the season, the winger has 15 points, 59 shots on net and a minus-9 rating across 37 appearances.
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Blues' Brandon Saad: Natural hat trick in win
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Saad scored three goals on six shots in Friday's 4-0 win over the Senators.
Saad has scored in just three games this season, but each of those performances have included multiple goals. He scored once in each period Friday, netting the Blues' last three tallies to complete the natural hat trick. Saad had gone 10 games without a point prior to Friday, and he was scratched three times in that span, so he really needed a game like this. He's at seven goals, 13 points, 52 shots on net and a minus-5 rating through 34 appearances this season. It's too soon to tell if this will be the effort that jump-starts his offense.
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Blues' Brandon Saad: Slides assist Tuesday
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Saad notched an assist in Tuesday's 4-1 win over the Jets.
Saad helped out on Robert Thomas' empty-net goal in the third period. This was Saad's second helper in the last three games, which follows a six-game slump for the winger. The 32-year-old has not been very effective on offense with 10 points, 38 shots on net and a minus-1 rating through 23 appearances, and he's added next to nothing in physicality.
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Blues' Brandon Saad: Picks up helper Wednesday
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Saad notched an assist in Wednesday's 3-0 win over the Devils.
Saad snapped a six-game point drought when he set up the first of Dylan Holloway's two goals in the game. The helper puts Saad at nine points, 33 shots on net and a minus-1 rating over 21 appearances. He's still seeing steady middle-six usage, but his middling offense and lack of non-scoring production makes fairly one-dimensional for fantasy.
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Blues' Brandon Saad: Tallies twice in loss
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Saad scored two goals on four shots in Thursday's 4-3 overtime loss to Buffalo.
Saad scored in the opening and final frame of Thursday's loss, both of which were set up by Brayden Schenn. Saad saw 17:31 of ice time versus the Sabres, a big boost from the 8:57 he received Tuesday against Boston. The left-shot winger has compiled four goals, four assists, two PIM, 25 shots and four hits through 14 games while filling a top-six role and spot on the No. 2 power play.
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Blues' Brandon Saad: Carries offense in loss
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Saad scored two goals in Tuesday's 3-2 loss to the Jets.
He was the only St. Louis skater to beat Connor Hellebuyck on the night, shoveling home rebounds in the first and third periods, but Winnipeg dominated the second. Saad's first tally gave him 500 career points, but the goals were also his first points of 2024-25 after he missed the first three games of the season due to the birth of his child.
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Blues' Brandon Saad: Back with team
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Saad (personal) was activated from the non-roster list Monday, per the NHL media site.
Saad missed the first three games of the 2024-25 season to be with his wife for the birth of their third child. The 31-year-old Saad should be available to play Tuesday versus Minnesota. He registered 26 goals, 42 points and 144 shots on net in 82 contests during the 2023-24 regular season.
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Blues' Brandon Saad: Not traveling with team
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Saad is back in St. Louis for the birth of his child and was placed on non-roster injured reserve Monday.
Saad will be sidelined against Seattle on Tuesday and probably should be considered a doubt for the whole three-game road trip. Even once he links up with the team, the veteran winger will likely play in a middle-six role, though he could still see minutes with the man advantage.
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Blues' Brandon Saad: Snags helper in win
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Saad garnered an assist in Sunday's 4-1 victory against the Kraken.
Saad is still stuck in a five-game goal drought dating back to April 4 versus Nashville. During that stretch, the 31-year-old winger has generated two helpers and nine shots on goal. The Blues have just one game remaining this season, so Saad won't be setting any new career highs, though he did get back over the 40-point threshold with 26 goals and 16 assists over 81 contests after recording 37 points in 71 games last year.
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Blues' Brandon Saad: Stays warm Thursday
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Saad scored a goal on six shots and added two PIM in Thursday's 6-3 loss to the Predators.
Saad has six goals and two assists over his last seven outings. The winger tied the game at 1-1 in the first period, but the Blues couldn't build off his marker. His recent scoring surge has salvaged another middling campaign -- he's up to 26 tallies, 40 points, 130 shots on net and a minus-4 rating through 76 appearances on the year.
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Blues' Brandon Saad: Two points including OT winner
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Saad scored the overtime winner and added an assist in Saturday's 5-4 victory over the Wild.
After having a hand in the third goal of Jordan Kyrou's hat trick midway through the third period, Saad slipped a puck through Marc-Andre Fleury's five-hole to complete a give-and-go with Kasperi Kapanen. Saad has posted back-to-back two-point performances, part of a productive March that has seen the 31-year-old winger generate five goals and 10 points in 12 games. Saturday's game-winner was Saad's fifth of the season, his highest total since 2019-20.
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Blues' Brandon Saad: Two points Monday
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Saad tallied a goal and an assist in Monday's 5-1 win over the Bruins.
Saad picked up an assist on Kasperi Kapanen's opening marker in the first period before extending the Blues' lead to 4-0 in the second, sliding a loose puck past Jeremy Swayman from in front of the net. Saad now has six goals and 10 points in his last 13 games. He's up to 19 tallies, matching his total from last year, and 31 points through 65 contests this season.
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Blues' Brandon Saad: Lone tally in loss
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Saad scored a goal on two shots in Thursday's 4-1 loss to the Devils.
Saad was responsible for the entirety of St. Louis' offense Thursday, snapping a rebound past Nico Daws to cut the deficit to 2-1 midway through the second period. The goal was Saad's fifth in his last 11 games. Overall, the veteran winger has 18 goals and 29 points through 63 games this season.
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Blues' Brandon Saad: Snaps slump with empty-netter
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Saad scored an empty-net goal on his lone shot during Thursday's 6-3 win over Edmonton.
Empty net or not, that goal snapped a seven-game stretch without a point for Saad. While this season's 16.1 shooting percentage is above his career average, his lack of shots is concerning. This is only the third time in his career he's averaged less than 2.02 shots per game. In his last 20 games, he's averaging just 1.2 shots per tilt and has been held without a single shot six times.
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Blues' Brandon Saad: Two goals in St. Louis win
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Saad tallied two goals, including the game-winner, in Tuesday's 4-3 victory over the Flames.
Saad got the Blues on the scoresheet in the second period, beating Jacob Markstrom with a wrister to tie the game 1-1. Saad would add a second goal in the final minute of the third, which stood as the game-winner in St. Louis' comeback victory. The 31-year-old winger now has four goals in his last six contests. He's up to 13 goals and 21 points through 45 outings this season.