Zach Benson

Benson is at his best beside Power: 58.7% of the expected goals together against 46.2% apart.

Malenstyn is a different player beside him: 62.3% of the expected goals with Benson, 45.2% without him.

The pairing that generates most is Benson and Norris: 5.85 expected goals an hour.

He spends more 5v5 time with Thompson than anyone: 334 minutes, worth 54.7% of the expected goals.

With Samuelsson on the ice too, the Sabres have outscored opponents 23 to 9 at 5v5.

On the power play his best partner is Zucker: 95.2% of the expected goals over 35 minutes.

Ryan McLeod has assisted on 4 of his 13 goals, 30.8% of them.

He has helped on 6 of Josh Norris's goals, 20.0% of his own assists.

His line is scoring above the chances it creates: 63.0% of the goals off 51.2% of the expected goals.

Short-handed he concedes 5.58 expected goals an hour.

The Sabres score 63.0% of the 5v5 goals with Benson out there.

The Sabres are up 33 goals with Benson on the ice.

53.1% of the 5v5 shots on goal go his way when Benson is on.

The Sabres create 4.76 expected goals an hour at 5v5 with Benson on.

Benson's line owns 52.2% of the 5v5 shot attempts.

Opponents get 54.38 shot attempts an hour with Benson on the ice at 5v5.

At 5v5 the Sabres generate 51.2% of the expected goals with Benson on the ice.

Benson plays 15:53 a night, 189th among forwards.

He is +27 on the season.

He sets up 1.74 assists an hour of ice time.

He has 2 short-handed points this season.

He takes the puck back 1.45 times an hour.

Benson produces 2.5 points an hour of ice time.

Only 11.6% of his points come on the power play: this is even-strength production.

Benson has 4 game winners this season.

He puts 6.62 shots on goal an hour.

He scores 0.76 goals an hour of ice time.

On the power play he produces 0.29 points an hour.

He gives it away 2.67 times an hour.

His average attempt comes from 21.3 feet.

66.1% of his attempts come from inside 25 feet.

66.1% of what he shoots comes from the slot.

15.6% of everything he shoots gets blocked before it arrives.

71.6% of his unblocked attempts actually hit the net.

9.9% of his attempts are fired from beyond 45 feet.

Benson has scored 2 times on Sergei Bobrovsky this season, more than on any other goaltender.

He has 2 goals against the Panthers this season.