Golden Knights' Brandon Saad: Two-point effort in win
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Saad scored a goal and added an assist in Thursday's 4-0 win over the Blue Jackets.
Facing one of his four former teams, Saad delivered his first multi-point performance since being plucked off waivers by the Golden Knights at the end of January. The 32-year-old winger has been surprisingly productive in a middle-six role with Vegas -- after managing only seven goals and 16 points in 43 contests for the Blues earlier in the season, Saad has already delivered five goals and eight points in 13 appearances for the Knights.
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Golden Knights' Brandon Saad: Goals in consecutive games
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Saad scored a goal on five shots in Sunday's 6-5 loss to the Kings.
Saad has goals in back-to-back games and three points over his last three outings. The 32-year-old attempted to spark a comeback with his third-period tally, but the Golden Knights came up short. Saad is now at six points over 11 contests with Vegas and 22 points (11 goals, 11 assists), 98 shots and a minus-12 rating through 54 appearances between the Golden Knights and the Blues this season.
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Golden Knights' Brandon Saad: Rips home goal
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Saad scored a goal on two shots in Friday's 4-0 win over the Penguins.
Saad took a shot from the top of the circle and beat Alex Nedeljkovic for the Golden Knights' third goal of the game. With three goals and two assists over his last nine contests, Saad has provided solid depth scoring in a middle-six role. He's up to 21 points, 93 shots on net and a minus-13 rating over 53 appearances between the Golden Knights and the Blues this season, but he's been more consistent overall since joining Vegas.
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Golden Knights' Brandon Saad: Puts up helper
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Saad notched an assist and three shots on goal in Wednesday's 5-2 win over the Maple Leafs.
Saad snapped a three-game point drought when he set up Tomas Hertl's opening goal 4:33 into the contest. The 32-year-old Saad is up to four points through nine outings with the Golden Knights after he was unconditionally waived by the Blues. The winger has a total of 20 points, 92 shots on net and a minus-14 rating over 52 appearances between the two teams this season. Saad has some appeal for points only in fantasy, as long as he stays in a top-six role.
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Golden Knights' Brandon Saad: Scores game-winner Saturday
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Saad scored a goal in Saturday's 3-1 win over the Canucks.
Saad tallied 18 seconds into the third period, knocking home a second chance after a Zach Whitecloud shot went wide and caromed in front off the end boards. With three points over five outings with the Golden Knights, Saad appears to have found a good landing spot after a poor first half with the Blues. Overall, he has nine goals, 19 points, 86 shots on net and a minus-14 rating through 48 appearances this season. He's filling a middle-six role with power-play time in Vegas, and while he won't add a physical element, the offense has been enough to be worth a look in deep fantasy formats.
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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.
