Matty
Beniers
C · SEA · Defensive · Around average
- PAL
- 56
- WAR
- 0.3
- Value
- 36
- PTS
- 50
2025-26№ 287 / 615
Matty Beniers (Seattle Kraken) stats and profile: offensive production, ice time, advanced stats, WAR and PAL rating.
Matty Beniers
#10CPlays: Centre · 92% of faceoffs
Seattle Kraken
HEIGHT : 188 cm · WEIGHT : 82 kg · SHOOTS : L
Born : November 4, 2002 · Hingham, United States
Drafted : 2021 · SEA · round 1, pick #2
Contract : $7,142,857 · 2024-25 → 2030-31 · Standard Contract · UFA · Signing bonus $5,000,000M-NMC
NHL record
| Year | Team | GP | G | A | PTS | PIM |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026-27 | Seattle Kraken | 16 | 4 | 5 | 9 | 0 |
| 2025-26 | Seattle Kraken | 82 | 20 | 30 | 50 | 23 |
| 2024-25 | Seattle Kraken | 82 | 20 | 23 | 43 | 14 |
| 2023-24 | Seattle Kraken | 77 | 15 | 22 | 37 | 20 |
| 2022-23 | Seattle Kraken | 80 | 24 | 33 | 57 | 2 |
| 2021-22 | Seattle Kraken | 10 | 3 | 6 | 9 | 0 |
| NHL totals | 347 | 86 | 119 | 205 | 59 | |
Playoffs
| Year | Team | GP | G | A | PTS | PIM |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2022-23 | Seattle Kraken | 14 | 3 | 4 | 7 | 4 |
| Playoff totals | 14 | 3 | 4 | 7 | 4 | |
Honours
- 🏆 Calder Memorial Trophyonce · 2022-23
Matty Beniers: our analysis
2025-26 season: 82 GP, 20 G, 30 A, 50 PTS, -8 +/-, 19:17 TOI. WAR 0.3 (287th of 615) · PAL 56, around average.
In 2025-26, Matty Beniers, 24, posts a PAL Rating of 56 out of 100 (around average), and his WAR of 0.3 ranks 287th among 615 regulars, in the top half.
His strengths: discipline (84, well above average), penalty kill (84, well above average) and defense (80, well above average). On the other hand, power play (1, among the weakest in the league) and possession (14, among the weakest in the league) hold him back.
Breaking down his WAR (goals above average), his biggest contribution: EV defense (+3.2); his biggest cost: EV offense (-4.6).
A marked decline: his PAL was 70 in 2024-25, against 56 now; his WAR went from 1.6 to 0.3.
Contract-wise, his Value score of 36 (poor return) weighs his output against what he costs: 50 is what that salary should buy.
Matty Beniers's story
A native of Hingham, Massachusetts, Matty Beniers rose through the U.S. development ranks thanks to a fast stride and a two-way approach that became obvious early in his junior days. He moved to college hockey as the next step, where his combination of skating and playmaking quickly set him apart from his peers.
Beniers had originally committed to Harvard but moved to the University of Michigan after the Ivy League cancelled its season. He made an immediate impact with the Wolverines, producing offensively as a freshman and collecting conference rookie honours. His sophomore campaign cemented his status: he led the Big Ten in conference scoring, finished as Michigan’s top scorer, and earned unanimous All-Big Ten First Team recognition along with national attention as a Hobey Baker finalist and an All‑American.
Selected second overall in the 2021 NHL Draft, Beniers became the Seattle Kraken’s first-ever pick in an entry draft. He signed a three-year entry-level contract in April 2022 and debuted two days later, recording his first NHL assist in that game and scoring his first goal on April 16. In his first full NHL season he led rookies in points, tied for the rookie lead in goals, and received the Calder Trophy in 2023. Seattle rewarded him with a seven-year contract extension in 2024, and he now serves as an alternate captain for the Kraken.
Internationally, Beniers has represented the United States across age groups and senior tournaments: bronze at the 2019 U18 Worlds, gold at the 2021 World Junior Championship, appearances at the 2021 World Championship and the 2022 Winter Olympics, and a key role on the U.S. squad that won the 2025 IIHF World Championship. These assignments underline his reliability in major competitions.
On the ice he is best described as a fast, responsible centre who favours creating scoring chances over finishing them himself. Strong skating, puck skill and a willingness to shoulder defensive duties define his game; he blends playmaking with consistent, dependable two-way play.
Facts drawn from Wikipédia, told in our own words.
Advanced stats
- TOI/GP
- 17:55
- PP TOI/GP
- 2:38
- SH TOI/GP
- 0:46
- Pts/GP
- 0.56
- EV points
- 6
- Hits
- 9
- Blocks
- 12
- Takeaways
- 6
- Corsi % (SAT)
- 46.4 %
- Off. zone starts
- 28.4 %
- Faceoffs
- 47.7 %
Stats and photos: NHL (NHL.com)
2026-27 projection
Projected points
53between 31 and 74 (80% range)
- Goals
- 21
- Assists
- 32
- Games
- 83
So far: 9 pts in 16 games. The team has played 16 of 84 games. Projected pace: 0.65 pts per game (last season: 0.61).
Three straight seasons of growth. Since 2018, of 97 players in that spot, 23 kept improving the next season; on average, their pace fell back to 90% of their best season.
The projection follows last season's pace. Tested on 2,265 player seasons (2022-23 to 2025-26): average miss of 9 points over 82 games; for players at 0.9 points per game and up, it ran 5 points high on average.
Trend
Slight decline
- Points per game: 0.48 in 23-24, 0.61 in 25-26
- PAL Rating: 70 → 56
Outlook, age included
→ StableAge 23: usually still improving
This is only a projection. It knows nothing about injuries, trades or role changes; one player in five finishes outside the range.
Player ratings, 2025-26
All ratings →Fourteen ratings from 0 to 100 drawn from data, never by hand: 75 = established NHL player, 95+ = elite.
OV · OverallConfidence 85 %
81
Very good
- SK
- Skating
- 77
- Confidence 73 %
- ST
- Strength
- 73
- Confidence 87 %
- EN
- Endurance
- 85
- Confidence 80 %
- DU
- Durability
- 84
- Confidence 77 %
- CK
- Checking
- 62
- Confidence 87 %
- FG
- Fighting
- 72
- Confidence 67 %
- DI
- Discipline
- 90
- Confidence 87 %
- FO
- Faceoffs
- 71
- Confidence 92 %
- PA
- Passing
- 70
- Confidence 85 %
- SC
- Scoring
- 76
- Confidence 85 %
- DF
- Defense
- 83
- Confidence 82 %
- PS
- Penalty shot
- 69
- Confidence 45 %
- EX
- Experience
- 72
- Confidence 100 %
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SK — Skating77
- Top speed (35 %)35.8 · 69
- Bursts > 20 mph /60 (30 %)5.301 · 72
- Distance /60 (20 %)17.2 · 91
- Speed consistency (15 %)35.5 · 76
ST — Strength73
- Contact absorbed /60 (50 %)5.06 · 82
- Body mass (50 %)-0.987 · 64
EN — Endurance85
- Ice time per game (45 %)17.4 · 84
- Total ice time (20 %)1,516 · 88
- Shift length (15 %)48.5 · 84
- Lowest recent ice time per game (15 %)16.1 · 83
- Special-teams time per game (5 %)2.89 · 79
DU — Durability84
- Share of games played (100 %)0.87 · 84
CK — Checking62
- Hits /60 (70 %)2.164 · 62
- Lowest seasonal rate (20 %)1.796 · 64
- Season volume (10 %)3.466 · 64
FG — Fighting72
- Fights per 82 games (100 %)0.774 · 72
DI — Discipline90
- Net penalty value /60 (50 %)0.076 · 89
- Penalties taken /60 (30 %)0.363 · 90
- Penalties drawn /60 (20 %)0.809 · 78
FO — Faceoffs71
- Faceoff % (85 %)47.8 · 68
- Faceoffs /60 (15 %)43.9 · 79
PA — Passing70
- Primary assists /60 (40 %)0.716 · 78
- Secondary assists /60 (20 %)0.445 · 73
- Offensive creation (RAPM) (20 %)-0.124 · 56
- Power-play points /60 (10 %)3.562 · 58
- Assist consistency (10 %)0.579 · 80
SC — Scoring76
- Goals /60 (25 %)0.828 · 76
- Individual xG /60 (20 %)0.815 · 77
- Finishing (goals − xG per shot) (20 %)-0.073 · 77
- High-danger chances /60 (15 %)1.263 · 75
- xG per shot (10 %)0.083 · 76
- Shot attempts /60 (10 %)12.8 · 78
DF — Defense83
- RAPM defense /60 (35 %)0.134 · 89
- Relative xG against (20 %)-0.042 · 75
- On-ice xG against /60 (15 %)2.621 · 75
- Penalty kill /60 (10 %)0.086 · 86
- Takeaways − giveaways /60 (10 %)-1.572 · 70
- Shot attempts against /60 (5 %)58.2 · 75
- Blocked shots /60 (5 %)2.91 · 79
PS — Penalty shot69
- Shootouts (60 %)32.2 · 68
- Penalty shots (40 %)26.7 · 76
EX — Experience72
- Career regular-season games (65 %)82
- Career playoff games (25 %)51
- NHL seasons (10 %)61
OV — Overall81
- SC · Scoring (20 %)76
- PA · Passing (20 %)70
- DF · Defense (20 %)83
- SK · Skating (12 %)77
- FO · Faceoffs (10 %)71
- EN · Endurance (8 %)85
- DI · Discipline (5 %)90
- ST · Strength (3 %)73
- CK · Checking (2 %)62
| Season | OV | SK | SC | DF |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025-26 | 81 | 77 | 76 | 83 |
| 2024-25 | 80 | 75 | 75 | 84 |
| 2023-24 | 80 | 77 | 76 | 81 |
| 2022-23 | 83 | 76 | 83 | 81 |
The bars show confidence (sample size), not player quality. — : not enough data, not a zero. Engine version 1.0.
WAR and PAL ratings, 2025-26
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.
WAR
0.3
wins above replacement
287 of 615
PAL Rating
56/ 100
Performance · Around average
195 of 476 at the position
Value Rating
36/ 100
Poor return
7.14 M$ · expected PAL 70
ProfileDefensiveValue comes mostly from defense
- Offense
- 42
- Defense
- 71
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- Offense
- 54
- Creation
- 61
- Shooting
- 56
- Possession
- 14
- Defense
- 80
- Discipline
- 84
- Power play
- 1
- Penalty kill
- 84
From 0 to 100; 50 is the average player at the same position, adjusted for ice time.
| Season | Team | WAR | PAL | Value | Cap hit |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025-26 | SEA | 0.3 | 56 | 36 | 7.14 M$ |
| 2024-25 | SEA | 1.6 | 70 | 45 | 7.14 M$ |
| 2023-24 | SEA | 0.8 | 46 | 60 | 0.90 M$ |
| 2022-23 | SEA | 2.3 | 83 | 90 | 0.90 M$ |
Hockey IQ, 2025-26
Rankings and method →The quality of the player's decisions with and against the puck at 5-on-5, against regulars at the same position (50 = average). PAL measures output; IQ measures how the player plays.
Overall IQ
47/ 100
Average
better than 47% of forwards, offense and defense combined
Offensive IQ
51/ 100
Average
passing, shots, puck
Defensive IQ
43/ 100
Average
takeaways, discipline, own zone
Overall IQ isn't an average of the two scores: it's the player's rank with offense and defense combined, 223 of 424 forwards.
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Offense
- Playmaking passes
- 48
- Shot selection
- 72
- Penalties drawn
- 54
- Puck management
- 21
Defense
- Takeaways
- 17
- Discipline
- 93
- Safe zone exits
- 19
Percentiles: 80 means better than 80% of regulars at the same position. Play without the puck (positioning, coverage) isn't measured: the NHL doesn't publish that data.
| Season | Team | IQ | Off. | Def. |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025-26 | SEA | 47 | 51 | 43 |
| 2024-25 | SEA | 73 | 42 | 87 |
| 2023-24 | SEA | 41 | 23 | 61 |
| 2022-23 | SEA | 89 | 52 | 93 |
WAR, 2025-26
How it's calculated →Wins added to the team, compared with a replacement-level player called up from the AHL.
0.3
wins above replacement
-1.1 to 1.3 — 90% interval
287 of 615 forwards
+1.3 goals above replacement
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- EV offense
- -4.6
- EV defense
- +3.2
- Power play
- -1.4
- Penalty kill
- +0.2
- Shooting
- -1.8
- Penalties
- +1.7
- Average → replacement
- +4.0
In goals.
| Season | Team | GP | WAR | 90% interval | Rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025-26 | SEA | 82 | 0.3 | -1.1 to 1.3 | 287/615 |
| 2024-25 | SEA | 79 | 1.6 | 0.1 to 3.0 | 102/596 |
| 2023-24 | SEA | 77 | 0.8 | -0.1 to 2.4 | 182/608 |
| 2022-23 | SEA | 80 | 2.3 | 1.1 to 3.3 | 46/617 |
Player tracking (NHL EDGE)
League EDGE leaderboards →Speed, shot power, distance covered, time by zone: measured by chips in the puck and shoulder pads. 90th percentile = better than 90% of players.
- Hardest shot
- 135.7 km/h62nd percentileleague avg. 130.1 km/h
- Top skating speed
- 35.4 km/h56th percentileleague avg. 35.2 km/h
- Bursts over 20 mph, season
- 2261st percentileleague avg. 21
- Offensive zone time
- 42.6 %56th percentileleague avg. 43.1 %
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- Total distance, season
- 79.6 km85th percentileleague avg. 52.2 km
- Distance, single-game high
- 5.81 km88th percentileleague avg. 4.52 km
- Offensive zone at 5v5
- 40.7 %44th percentileleague avg. 42.4 %
- Neutral zone time
- 18.4 %66th percentileleague avg. 16.8 %
- Defensive zone time
- 39.0 %57th percentileleague avg. 40.1 %
Shooting
| Shots on goal | Goals | Shooting % | |
|---|---|---|---|
| All | 1743rd percentile | 474th percentile | 23.5 %92nd percentile |
| High danger | 646th percentile | 386th percentile | 50.0 %96th percentile |
| Mid range | 656th percentile | 177th percentile | 16.7 %66th percentile |
| Long range | 272nd percentile | 092nd percentile | 0.0 %87th percentile |
Shots on goal by zone
2026-2027 regular season. Measured by puck and player tracking chips; the percentile ranks the player within the league.
Game log, 2026-27
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EDMMatty Beniers: frequently asked questions
How many goals does Matty Beniers have in 2026-27?
Matty Beniers has 4 goals and 9 points (5 assists) in 16 games in 2026-27.
How old is Matty Beniers?
Matty Beniers is 24 years old: he was born on November 5, 2002.
How tall is Matty Beniers, and how much does he weigh?
Matty Beniers is 6'2" (188 cm) and weighs 181 lb (82 kg).
Where is Matty Beniers from?
United States: Matty Beniers was born in Hingham, Massachusetts, United States.
What team does Matty Beniers play for?
Matty Beniers plays for the Seattle Kraken in the NHL, at C, wearing number 10.
Is Matty Beniers injured?
No: Matty Beniers is not on the latest NHL injury report. This answer is updated throughout the season.
How good is Matty Beniers?
Matty Beniers produced 0.3 wins above replacement (WAR) in 2025-26, 287th of 615 players at his position in the NHL. His PAL rating is 56 out of 100: around average for his position.
How much does Matty Beniers make?
Matty Beniers earns $7.1M for the 2025-26 season. His Value Rating is 36 out of 100 (poor return): it measures the on-field return for that salary, compared with players at his position.
When does Matty Beniers's contract end?
Matty Beniers's contract runs through the 2030-31 season; he will then be an unrestricted free agent. It includes a M-NMC clause.
Is Matty Beniers overpaid?
Yes, his output falls short of what his salary should buy. His Value rating is 36 out of 100 (poor return), where 50 is the output expected for his salary, compared with players at his position.
Is Matty Beniers a top-10 player at his position?
No: by WAR, he ranks 287th of 615 players at his position in the NHL in 2025-26. Our comparison tool puts him side by side with any other player.
Is Matty Beniers getting better?
No, he is slipping: his PAL rating went from 70 in 2024-25 to 56 in 2025-26 (out of 100, 50 = average player at his position).
How has Matty Beniers played lately?
Over his last 10 games, Matty Beniers has 6 points (3 goals, 3 assists).
What are Matty Beniers's career stats?
Over his NHL career, Matty Beniers has 347 games, 86 goals, 119 assists and 205 points. His best season: 2022-23, with 57 points in 80 games.
Where was Matty Beniers drafted?
Matty Beniers was drafted 2nd overall (round 1) by Seattle Kraken in 2021.
Is Matty Beniers better at home or on the road?
At home: in 2026-27, he averages 0.75 points per game at home (6 in 8 games) and 0.38 on the road (3 in 8 games).
How does Matty Beniers perform in the playoffs?
In the playoffs, Matty Beniers has 14 games and 7 points in his career. His pace (0.50 points per game) is lower than his regular-season pace (0.59).
Which player is most similar to Matty Beniers?
Collin Graf: he is the player at his position whose PAL profile (the 0-to-100 dimensions) is closest to his in 2025-26.
Collin Graf's page →Is Matty Beniers a good fantasy pick?
A useful depth pick: our projection has him at 53 points in 2026-27, or 0.64 points per game.
Is Matty Beniers related to anyone famous?
Yes: Bob Beniers (father, played collegiate football at Cornell University).
What is Matty Beniers's nationality?
Matty Beniers is American. Internationally: United States — bronze at the 2019 IIHF U18 World Championship; gold at the 2021 World Junior Championship; bronze at the 2021 IIHF World Championship; 5th place at the 2022 Winter Olympics; gold at the 2025 IIHF World Championship.
What awards has Matty Beniers won?
Calder Memorial Trophy (NHL Rookie of the Year), 2023 ; All-Big Ten Freshman Team, 2020–21 season ; College Hockey News All-Rookie Team, 2020–21 season ; Big Ten Scoring Champion (conference), 2021–22 season ; All-Big Ten First Team (unanimous selection), 2021–22 season ; Finalist for the Hobey Baker Award, 2021–22 season ; AHCA West First Team All-American, 2021–22 season.
How many championships has Matty Beniers won?
4: World Junior Championship — gold with the United States, 2021; IIHF World Championship — gold with the United States, 2025; IIHF U18 World Championship — bronze with the United States, 2019; IIHF World Championship — bronze with the United States, 2021.
Where did Matty Beniers play before turning pro?
USA Hockey National Team Development Program (USHL), 2018–2019 and 2019–2020; University of Michigan (Michigan Wolverines), 2020–2022.
How many points is Matty Beniers projected to score in 2026-27?
Our projection has him at 53 points in 83 games in 2026-27 (31 to 74 points, 80% interval), based on his recent seasons, age and role.
See also: his Seattle Kraken teammates
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