Sam Bennett Matchups NHL Stats & Career Totals

He owns this goalie, and the numbers are not close

Bennett has scored 7 times on Joey Daccord this season, more than on any other goaltender.

7 goals on 14 attempts, 50.0%

This goalie has his number and he cannot solve him

Jesper Wallstedt has turned him away every time: 16 attempts, no goals.

0.0% conversion

Almost everything he puts on this goalie goes in

His deadliest matchup is Joey Daccord: 50.0% of his attempts against him go in.

7 goals on 14 attempts

One team seems to bring the best out of him

He has 7 goals against the Kraken this season.

16 attempts against them

No goalie has seen more of him than this one

No goalie has seen more of him than Jesper Wallstedt: 16 attempts, 0 goals.

0.0% conversion

He wins the draw against this centre almost every time

He wins 90.0% of his draws against Connor Dewar.

9 of 10 faceoffs

This centre beats him on the draw almost every time

Erik Haula beats him on the draw: he wins only 25.0% of them.

2 of 8 faceoffs

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

He has drawn 6 penalties on Joel Eriksson Ek.

penalties drawn, from play-by-play

He keeps taking penalties against this one opponent

Ridly Greig has drawn 2 penalties on him.

penalties taken, from play-by-play

When he shoots, it tends to be on target

70.9% of his unblocked attempts actually hit the net.

39 of 55 unblocked, 44th of 227 forwards

There is one shot he goes to more than any other

25.7% of his attempts are the snap shot.

19 attempts, 3 goals

He shoots more pucks over a season than almost anybody

Bennett has taken 74 shot attempts this season.

35 on goal, 16 missed, 19 blocked, 59th of 227 forwards

He can beat goalies from further out than most players

9.5% of his attempts are fired from beyond 45 feet.

7 long-range attempts, 63rd of 227 forwards

He rarely gets into the dangerous areas of the ice

47.3% of his attempts come from inside 25 feet.

35 of 74 attempts, 148th of 227 forwards

He works the outside and rarely gets to the front of the net

47.3% of what he shoots comes from the slot.

35 attempts from inside the home plate, 148th of 227 forwards

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

He fires 20.69 attempts an hour of ice time.

74 attempts in 215 minutes, 44th of 126 forwards

He finds shooting lanes that most players cannot

25.7% of everything he shoots gets blocked before it arrives.

19 of 74 attempts, 145th of 227 forwards

Most of his shots come from a long way out

His average attempt comes from 27.8 feet.

74 located attempts, 140th of 227 forwards

There is a range from which his goals almost always come

His goals average 20.7 feet out, and the longest went in from 28.

4 goals located by coordinate

His shooting has gone cold this season

He converts 10.3% of the shots he puts on goal.

4 goals on 39 shots, 153rd of 227 forwards

He scores about what his chances are worth

Bennett has 4 goals off 3.9 expected: 0.1 more than the chances alone say.

119th of 227 forwards

He finishes in tight at about the usual rate

From inside 25 feet he buries 8.6% of his attempts.

3 goals on 35 close attempts, 110th of 227 forwards

Blocking shots is not part of how he plays

He blocks 0.77 shots an hour of ice time.

593rd in the league

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

He puts 8.22 shots on goal an hour.

93rd in the league

He hands the puck over more than he should

He gives it away 4.37 times an hour.

556th fewest giveaways an hour

The scoreboard moves his team's way when he plays

He is +3 on the season.

115th in the league

He rarely wins the puck back on his own

He takes the puck back 0.26 times an hour.

534th in the league

He spends too much time in the penalty box

He takes 2.83 penalty minutes an hour.

567th fewest penalty minutes an hour

He plays a heavy game and the other team feels it

He finishes 7.71 checks an hour.

149th in the league

He scores at a rate very few players match

He scores 0.77 goals an hour of ice time.

208th in the league

He produces at about the rate you would expect

Bennett produces 1.54 points an hour of ice time.

290th in the league

He wins about half his draws, like most centres

He wins 49.1% of his draws.

173rd in the league

He starts and finishes plays in about equal measure

He sets up 0.77 assists an hour of ice time.

358th in the league

The scoreboard barely moves either way with him out there

The Panthers are up 4 goals with Bennett on the ice.

14 for, 10 against, 70th of 128 forwards

His coach leans on him more than almost anyone

Bennett plays 17:52 a night, 92nd among forwards.

215 minutes across 12 games

This is the group his coach trusts with the game

The five the coach goes back to is Bennett with Jones, Mikkola, Tkachuk and Tkachuk, 32 minutes at 5v5.

52.4% of the expected goals, 4 goals for and 1 against

His coach keeps shuffling the players around him

Bennett has been shuffled through 7 different five-man units, and only 1 of them have settled.

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

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

Brady Tkachuk has assisted on 2 of his 7 goals, 28.6% of them.

2 primary, 0 secondary

One teammate is responsible for most of his goals

5 different teammates have assisted on his 7 goals.

Tkachuk (2), Forsling (2), Tkachuk (1), Balinskis (1)

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