Sam Bennett Teammate Impact NHL Stats & Career Totals

It stops working when he is paired with Jesper Boqvist

The pairing with Boqvist is the one that costs him: 44.7% of the expected goals together, 55.0% apart.

117 minutes together, 890 minutes apart

Teammates play better with him than they do without him

Jones is a different player beside him: 60.0% of the expected goals with Bennett, 48.1% without him.

254 minutes together, 608 minutes apart for Jones

Seth Jones is the partner who brings the best out of him

Bennett is at his best beside Jones: 60.0% of the expected goals together against 51.6% apart.

254 minutes together, 753 minutes apart

Teammates tend to play worse when he is on their line

Tkachuk does better away from him: 64.7% of the expected goals apart against 56.3% together.

304 minutes together, 108 minutes apart

His linemates play better with him than without him, every time

Only 4 of his 12 regular 5v5 partners post a better expected-goal share beside Bennett than away from him.

partners with at least 100 minutes together and apart

He and Seth Jones are the pair that scares the other team

The pairing that generates most is Bennett and Jones: 6.17 expected goals an hour.

254 minutes together at 5v5

Carter Verhaeghe is the partner his coach keeps going back to

He spends more 5v5 time with Verhaeghe than anyone: 645 minutes, worth 52.4% of the expected goals.

41 goals for, 36 against together

The goals go his team's way when Donovan Sebrango is out there with him

With Sebrango on the ice too, the Panthers have outscored opponents 10 to 2 at 5v5.

83.3% goal share over 132 minutes

Nothing gets through when he and Matthew Tkachuk are out together

He gives up least beside Tkachuk: 3.92 expected goals against an hour.

304 minutes together at 5v5

Seth Jones is who he runs the power play with, almost every time

On the power play his best partner is Jones: 96.7% of the expected goals over 108 minutes.

14 goals for, 1 against together

Gustav Forsling is who he kills penalties with, almost every time

Killing penalties he is tightest with Forsling: 6.41 expected goals against an hour.

30 minutes together short-handed

This is the group that wins him his minutes

His best five is with Jones, Marchand, Mikkola and Verhaeghe: 61.9% of the expected goals over 74 minutes.

3 goals for, 4 against, 54.7% of the attempts

This group gets caved in every time it goes out

The five that struggles is with Ekblad, Forsling, Marchand and Verhaeghe: 38.6% of the expected goals.

4 goals for, 6 against over 60 minutes

This is the group his coach trusts with the game

The five the coach goes back to is Bennett with Jones, Marchand, Mikkola and Verhaeghe, 74 minutes at 5v5.

61.9% of the expected goals, 3 goals for and 4 against

This is the group the power play actually runs through

His power-play unit is Jones, Marchand, Reinhart and Verhaeghe: 5 goals in 30 minutes.

9.93 goals an hour, 6.6 expected

His coach keeps shuffling the players around him

Bennett has played 32 different five-man units at 5v5, 4 of them for real minutes.

units of at least 5 minutes; 30 minutes counts as settled

The same few teammates are on the ice with him all night

13 teammates have played at least 100 5v5 minutes with Bennett this season.

each of them also has that long apart from him, so every split below is a real split

Matthew Tkachuk is the teammate who sets him up more than anyone

Matthew Tkachuk has assisted on 6 of his 26 goals, 23.1% of them.

4 primary, 2 secondary

Carter Verhaeghe is the teammate he sets up more than anyone

He has helped on 10 of Carter Verhaeghe's goals, 31.2% of his own assists.

6 primary, 4 secondary

His assists are the usual mix of first and second passes

59.4% of his assists are primary, the pass that actually made the goal.

19 primary of 32 assists

One teammate is responsible for most of his goals

13 different teammates have assisted on his 26 goals.

Tkachuk (6), Verhaeghe (5), Marchand (5), Mikkola (4)

The power play is a real weapon with him on it

On the power play his unit generates 13.37 expected goals an hour.

29 goals in 244 minutes, 10th of 269 forwards

Teams struggle to score on him when he is killing penalties

Short-handed he concedes 7.06 expected goals an hour.

4 goals against in 64 minutes, 10th of 180 forwards

The offence comes alive when he steps on the ice

The Panthers create 4.98 expected goals an hour at 5v5 with Bennett on.

74th of 454 forwards

His line spends the night in the other team's end

At 5v5 the Panthers generate 54.0% of the expected goals with Bennett on the ice.

83.5 xGF to 71.3 xGA over 1,007 minutes, 90th of 454 forwards

His side controls the puck while he is out there

Bennett's line owns 53.0% of the 5v5 shot attempts.

1,063 for, 941 against, 87th of 454 forwards

His results are about what the underlying play deserves

His 5v5 on-ice percentages add to 100.7, close to neutral.

11.2% shooting and 89.5% goaltending behind him, 162nd of 454 forwards

Good things happen for his team when he is on the ice

The Panthers are up 16 goals with Bennett on the ice.

96 for, 80 against, 120th of 466 forwards

His team wins the goal battle while he is on the ice

The Panthers score 52.4% of the 5v5 goals with Bennett out there.

55 for, 50 against, 160th of 454 forwards

Very little gets through when he is on the ice

He gives up 4.25 expected goals an hour at 5v5.

173rd of 454 forwards

Shots even out when he is on the ice

50.8% of the 5v5 shots on goal go his way when Bennett is on.

491 for, 476 against, 178th of 454 forwards

He gives up about what an average skater gives up

Opponents get 56.06 shot attempts an hour with Bennett on the ice at 5v5.

187th of 454 forwards

He is kept off the penalty kill

He draws 1:11 of penalty kill time a game, 165th among forwards.

4.6% of his total ice time

His coach leans on him more than almost anyone

Bennett plays 18:29 a night, 79th among forwards.

1,405 minutes across 76 games

His coach puts him out for most of the power play time

He draws 3:17 of power play time a game, 51st among forwards.

17.4% of his total ice time

He shoots the puck himself, not just when his line has it

He puts 8.54 shots on goal an hour.

79th in the league

He scores at a rate very few players match

He scores 1.11 goals an hour of ice time.

113th in the league

He spends too much time in the penalty box

He takes 3.5 penalty minutes an hour.

132nd most penalty minutes an hour

He puts up points at a rate very few match

Bennett produces 2.48 points an hour of ice time.

135th in the league

The scoreboard moves the wrong way when he plays

He is -10 on the season.

796th in the league

Blocking shots is not part of how he plays

He blocks 1.32 shots an hour of ice time.

792nd in the league

He is the one who makes the play, not the one who finishes it

He sets up 1.37 assists an hour of ice time.

170th in the league

He is one of the reasons the man advantage scores

On the power play he produces 0.6 points an hour.

156th in the league

A lot of his goals arrive when the game is on the line

Bennett has 5 game winners including 1 in overtime this season.

26 goals in total

He gives the puck away more than he should

25 takeaways against 73 giveaways: he loses it far more often than he wins it back.

0.34 takeaways per giveaway

He takes the puck off people more than almost anyone

He takes the puck back 1.07 times an hour.

277th in the league

He wins the draws his team needs him to win

He wins 47.6% of his draws.

218th in the league

He plays a heavy game and the other team feels it

He finishes 4.91 checks an hour.

362nd in the league

He gives the puck away about as often as most

He gives it away 3.12 times an hour.

380th most giveaways an hour

He shoots more pucks over a season than almost anybody

Bennett has taken 423 shot attempts this season.

178 on goal, 109 missed, 110 blocked, 35th of 468 forwards

He shoots the puck far more than most players at his position

He fires 18.06 attempts an hour of ice time.

423 attempts in 1,405 minutes, 59th of 466 forwards

He finds shooting lanes that most players cannot

26.0% of everything he shoots gets blocked before it arrives.

110 of 423 attempts, 390th of 468 forwards

There is one shot he goes to more than any other

30.7% of his attempts are the wrist shot.

130 attempts, 8 goals

He can beat goalies from further out than most players

9.7% of his attempts are fired from beyond 45 feet.

41 long-range attempts, 133rd of 468 forwards

He shoots from about where everyone else shoots from

His average attempt comes from 25.7 feet.

423 located attempts, 205th of 468 forwards

He gets to the middle of the ice about as often as most

53.7% of his attempts come from inside 25 feet.

227 of 423 attempts, 219th of 468 forwards

He hits the net about as often as anyone

65.2% of his unblocked attempts actually hit the net.

204 of 313 unblocked, 241st of 468 forwards

He takes an ordinary share of his shots from close range

53.0% of what he shoots comes from the slot.

224 attempts from inside the home plate, 225th of 468 forwards

He owns this goalie, and the numbers are not close

Bennett has scored 2 times on Elvis Merzlikins this season, more than on any other goaltender.

2 goals on 8 attempts, 25.0%

This goalie has his number and he cannot solve him

Linus Ullmark has turned him away every time: 11 attempts, no goals.

0.0% conversion

Almost everything he puts on this goalie goes in

His deadliest matchup is Elvis Merzlikins: 25.0% of his attempts against him go in.

2 goals on 8 attempts

One team seems to bring the best out of him

He has 3 goals against the Blue Jackets this season.

19 attempts against them

No goalie has seen more of him than this one

No goalie has seen more of him than Logan Thompson: 15 attempts, 1 goal.

6.7% conversion

He wins the draw against this centre almost every time

He wins 87.5% of his draws against Elias Pettersson.

7 of 8 faceoffs

This centre beats him on the draw almost every time

John Tavares beats him on the draw: he wins only 16.7% of them.

2 of 12 faceoffs

There is one team he simply cannot get going against

The Lightning have held him without a goal on 21 attempts.

the most attempts he has taken against a club without scoring

He gets under this opponent's skin and draws the penalty

He has drawn 2 penalties on Yanni Gourde.

penalties drawn, from play-by-play

He keeps taking penalties against this one opponent

J.J. Moser has drawn 2 penalties on him.

penalties taken, from play-by-play

One shot in his bag goes in far more often than the rest

His deadliest shot is the snap shot: 9.3% of them go in.

8 goals on 86 attempts

There is a range from which his goals almost always come

His goals average 18.3 feet out, and the longest went in from 40.

26 goals located by coordinate

He finishes in tight at about the usual rate

From inside 25 feet he buries 8.4% of his attempts.

19 goals on 227 close attempts, 244th of 468 forwards

He scores about what his chances are worth

Bennett has 26 goals off 26.4 expected: 0.4 short of what the chances say.

239th of 468 forwards

He shoots at about the league's usual rate

He converts 12.7% of the shots he puts on goal.

26 goals on 204 shots, 225th of 468 forwards

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