Matt
Benning
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#33
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Matt Benning
Retired 2026#33D
HEIGHT : 185 cm · WEIGHT : 100 kg · SHOOTS : R
Born : May 24, 1994 · Edmonton, Canada
Drafted : 2012 · BOS · round 6, pick #175
NHL record
| Year | Team | GP | G | A | PTS | PIM |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025-26 | Toronto Maple Leafs | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 2024-25 | San Jose Sharks | 7 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 |
| 2023-24 | San Jose Sharks | 14 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 14 |
| 2022-23 | San Jose Sharks | 77 | 1 | 23 | 24 | 26 |
| 2021-22 | Nashville Predators | 65 | 0 | 11 | 11 | 39 |
| 2020-21 | Nashville Predators | 53 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 30 |
| 2019-20 | Edmonton Oilers | 43 | 1 | 7 | 8 | 15 |
| 2018-19 | Edmonton Oilers | 70 | 5 | 12 | 17 | 33 |
| 2017-18 | Edmonton Oilers | 73 | 6 | 15 | 21 | 49 |
| 2016-17 | Edmonton Oilers | 62 | 3 | 12 | 15 | 29 |
| NHL totals | 465 | 17 | 85 | 102 | 239 | |
Playoffs
| Year | Team | GP | G | A | PTS | PIM |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2021-22 | Nashville Predators | 3 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 |
| 2020-21 | Nashville Predators | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 |
| 2019-20 | Edmonton Oilers | 4 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 6 |
| 2016-17 | Edmonton Oilers | 12 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 12 |
| Playoff totals | 24 | 0 | 5 | 5 | 24 | |
Advanced stats
- TOI/GP
- 12:26
- PP TOI/GP
- 0:00
- SH TOI/GP
- 0:05
- Pts/GP
- 0.00
- EV points
- 0
- Hits
- 0
- Blocks
- 3
- Takeaways
- 0
- Corsi % (SAT)
- 39.1 %
- Off. zone starts
- 10.0 %
Stats and photos: NHL (NHL.com)
Player ratings, 2023-24
All ratings →Fourteen ratings from 0 to 100, computed from data (play-by-play, NHL EDGE, PickALeague analytics), never by hand. Each compares the player with others at the same position, over several seasons. 75 = established NHL player, 87 = 90th percentile, 95+ = elite.
OV · OverallConfidence 64 %
68
Depth
- SK
- Skating
- 68
- Confidence 67 %
- ST
- Strength
- 81
- Confidence 69 %
- EN
- Endurance
- 72
- Confidence 50 %
- DU
- Durability
- 59
- Confidence 67 %
- CK
- Checking
- 74
- Confidence 69 %
- FG
- Fighting
- 73
- Confidence 36 %
- DI
- Discipline
- 81
- Confidence 69 %
- FO
- Faceoffs
- —
- PA
- Passing
- 75
- Confidence 64 %
- SC
- Scoring
- 54
- Confidence 64 %
- DF
- Defense
- 71
- Confidence 59 %
- PS
- Penalty shot
- 76
- Confidence 0 %
- EX
- Experience
- 79
- Confidence 100 %
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SK — Skating68
- Top speed (35 %)34.7 · 65
- Bursts > 20 mph /60 (30 %)1.715 · 75
- Distance /60 (20 %)13.8 · 72
- Speed consistency (15 %)34 · 67
ST — Strength81
- Contact absorbed /60 (50 %)5.132 · 77
- Body mass (50 %)0.928 · 82
EN — Endurance72
- Ice time per game (45 %)19 · 77
- Total ice time (20 %)251 · 35
- Shift length (15 %)46.9 · 74
- Lowest recent ice time per game (15 %)18.7 · 78
- Special-teams time per game (5 %)3.087 · 82
DU — Durability59
- Share of games played (100 %)0.677 · 59
CK — Checking74
- Hits /60 (70 %)4.24 · 77
- Lowest seasonal rate (20 %)4.093 · 78
- Season volume (10 %)2.996 · 53
FG — Fighting73
- Fights per 82 games (100 %)0.892 · 73
DI — Discipline81
- Net penalty value /60 (50 %)-0.025 · 81
- Penalties taken /60 (30 %)0.756 · 69
- Penalties drawn /60 (20 %)0.607 · 87
PA — Passing75
- Primary assists /60 (40 %)0.474 · 82
- Secondary assists /60 (20 %)0.365 · 69
- Offensive creation (RAPM) (20 %)-0.149 · 54
- Power-play points /60 (10 %)3.699 · 63
- Assist consistency (10 %)0.422 · 83
SC — Scoring54
- Goals /60 (25 %)0.109 · 52
- Individual xG /60 (20 %)0.151 · 58
- Finishing (goals − xG per shot) (20 %)-0.162 · 68
- High-danger chances /60 (15 %)0.047 · 56
- xG per shot (10 %)0.035 · 70
- Shot attempts /60 (10 %)7.932 · 61
DF — Defense71
- RAPM defense /60 (35 %)0.024 · 76
- Relative xG against (20 %)-0.052 · 77
- On-ice xG against /60 (15 %)2.868 · 65
- Penalty kill /60 (10 %)-0.199 · 61
- Takeaways − giveaways /60 (10 %)-0.84 · 68
- Shot attempts against /60 (5 %)59.5 · 73
- Blocked shots /60 (5 %)5.291 · 78
PS — Penalty shot76
- Shootouts (60 %)31.9 · 76
- Penalty shots (40 %)30.9 · 76
EX — Experience79
- Career regular-season games (65 %)86
- Career playoff games (25 %)61
- NHL seasons (10 %)75
OV — Overall68
- DF · Defense (30 %)71
- PA · Passing (22 %)75
- SK · Skating (12 %)68
- SC · Scoring (12 %)54
- EN · Endurance (9 %)72
- ST · Strength (6 %)81
- DI · Discipline (5 %)81
- CK · Checking (4 %)74
| Season | OV | SK | SC | DF |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2023-24 | 68 | 68 | 54 | 71 |
| 2022-23 | 72 | 72 | 45 | 77 |
The bars show confidence (sample size), not player quality. — : not enough data, not a zero. Engine version 1.0.
WAR and PAL ratings, 2023-24
How we rate →PAL Rating scores performance from 0 to 100 against players at the same position (50 = average player), starting from the player's strength, offensive or defensive. Value Rating compares that performance with what the player costs: 50 means paid what the play is worth.
PAL Rating
6/ 100
Performance · Very poor
243 of 258 at the position
Value Rating
—/ 100
Season cap hit unknown
ProfileLimitedBelow average at both ends
- Offense
- 10
- Defense
- 20
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- Offense
- 33
- Creation
- 14
- Shooting
- 14
- Possession
- 5
- Defense
- 24
- Discipline
- 3
- Power play
- 66
- Penalty kill
- 70
From 0 to 100; 50 is the average player at the same position, adjusted for ice time.
| Season | Team | WAR | PAL | Value | Cap hit |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2023-24 | SJS | -0.4 | 6 | — | — |
| 2022-23 | SJS | -0.5 | 29 | — | — |
WAR, 2025-26
How it's calculated →WAR estimates how many wins a player added to the team, compared with a replacement-level player it could have called up from the AHL. It adds up offense, defense, special teams, shooting and penalties, then converts those goals into wins.
0.0
wins above replacement
-0.0 to 0.0 — 90% interval
207 of 325 defensemen
-0.0 goals above replacement
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- EV offense
- -0.0
- EV defense
- -0.0
- Power play
- 0.0
- Penalty kill
- 0.0
- Shooting
- 0.0
- Penalties
- 0.0
- Average → replacement
- +0.0
In goals.
| Season | Team | GP | WAR | 90% interval | Rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025-26 | TOR | 1 | 0.0 | -0.0 to 0.0 | 207/325 |
| 2024-25 | SJS | 7 | -0.1 | -0.3 to -0.0 | 244/314 |
| 2023-24 | SJS | 14 | -0.4 | -0.5 to -0.2 | 269/316 |
| 2022-23 | SJS | 77 | -0.5 | -1.3 to 0.2 | 294/334 |
Player tracking (NHL EDGE)
League EDGE leaderboards →NHL EDGE measures what the eye can't put a number on: skating speed, shot power, distance covered and time spent in each zone, captured by chips in the puck and the shoulder pads. The percentile places the player within the league: 90th means better than 90% of players.
- Hardest shot
- 116.2 km/h7th percentileleague avg. 143.1 km/h
- Top skating speed
- 34.0 km/h29th percentileleague avg. 34.7 km/h
- Bursts over 20 mph, season
- 18th percentileleague avg. 31
- Offensive zone time
- 41.6 %54th percentileleague avg. 42.3 %
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- Total distance, season
- 2.9 km1st percentileleague avg. 214.3 km
- Distance, single-game high
- 2.87 km3rd percentileleague avg. 5.23 km
- Offensive zone at 5v5
- 41.2 %28th percentileleague avg. 42.1 %
- Neutral zone time
- 19.7 %100th percentileleague avg. 16.8 %
- Defensive zone time
- 38.7 %75th percentileleague avg. 40.9 %
Shooting
| Shots on goal | Goals | Shooting % | |
|---|---|---|---|
| All | 00th percentile | 00th percentile | 0.0 %0th percentile |
| High danger | 00th percentile | 00th percentile | 0.0 %0th percentile |
| Mid range | 00th percentile | 00th percentile | 0.0 %0th percentile |
| Long range | 00th percentile | 00th percentile | 0.0 %0th percentile |
Shots on goal by zone
2025-2026 regular season. Measured by puck and player tracking chips; the percentile ranks the player within the league.
Game log, 2025-26
NYIMatt Benning in five questions
How many goals does Matt Benning have in 2025-26?
Matt Benning has 0 goals and 0 points (0 assists) in 1 game in 2025-26.
How old and how tall is Matt Benning?
Matt Benning is 32 years old (born May 25, 1994). He is 6'1" (185 cm) and weighs 220 lb (100 kg).
Where is Matt Benning from?
Matt Benning was born in Edmonton, Alberta, Canada.
How good is Matt Benning?
Matt Benning produced 0.0 wins above replacement (WAR) in 2025-26, 207th of 325 players at his position in the NHL.
Where can I find Matt Benning's full stats?
On this PickALeague page: his season-by-season stats, WAR, PAL rating and skill ratings, updated daily during the season.
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