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Defence · #33

Matt Benning

Edmonton Oilers Nashville Predators San Jose Sharks Toronto Maple Leafs(traded during the season)
Age
32
Shoots
Right
Height
185 cm
Weight
100 kg
Born
Edmonton, CAN
Draft
2012, round 6, #175 (BOS)

Career · 2016–17 to 2025–26

Games
465
Goals
17
Points
102
TOI per game
16:36
xGF% (5v5)
48.9%
Goals above expected
−3.3
ShowAll teamsEdmonton OilersNashville PredatorsSan Jose SharksToronto Maple Leafs

Season by season

The regular-season line for each season, with the total, by team for traded players.

2016–17EDM6231215+816:37694.3%33.251.0%
2017–18EDM7361521+517:171115.4%25.551.9%
2018–19EDM7051217+1114:57945.3%13.448.9%
2019–20EDM43178+813:14382.6%01.452.7%
2020–21NSH53134−116:20432.3%01.147.0%
2021–22NSH6501111−2416:20610.0%02.049.9%
2022–23SJS7712324−1819:47581.7%12.946.8%
2023–24SJS14022−518:29130.0%00.334.5%
2024–25SJS7000−513:0270.0%00.443.6%
2025–26TOR1000012:260–00.060.5%
Total4 teams4651785102−2116:364943.4%720.348.9%

Form

Rolling averages smooth out single games so the trend shows.

Form, ten-game rolling

Points and individual expected goals per game (left scale), averaged over the previous ten games. Ice time is on the second chart.

Points per gameixG per gameTOI per game (minutes)
00.20.40.60.81100200300400
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Player card

Model-based

How 2016–17 to 2025–26 compares with everyone else at the position over the same seasons, and the players with the most similar profile.

Overall rating

3rd pair

47th percentile among qualified defencemen, blending scoring 30%, play-driving 50%, usage 20%.

  1. 1st pair
  2. 2nd pair
  3. 3rd pair
  4. Extra / AHL

Scoring

3rd pair
  • Goals /600.1332nd pct
  • Assists /600.6656th pct
  • ixG /600.1635th pct
  • Shots /603.8447th pct

Play-driving

2nd pair
  • xGF% (5v5)48.9%51st pct
  • CF% (5v5)48.7%44th pct
  • Relative xGF%−0.257th pct
  • xGA /60 (lower is better)2.4947th pct

Usage

2nd pair
  • TOI per game16:3643rd pct
  • PP time share9.6%55th pct
  • PK time share30.1%58th pct
  • Quality of competition24.2%51st pct

Percentiles among defencemen with 200+ minutes at 5-on-5 and 20+ games. Ratings rank each column's average percentile among the same players and read it as a role on a depth chart (how).

Most similar players this season

  1. Casey FitzgeraldBUF0.93
  2. Andreas Englund0.78
  3. Parker Wotherspoon0.78
  4. Riley StillmanFLA/CHI/VAN0.77
  5. Ty EmbersonSJS0.76
  6. Will BorgenSEA0.75

Finishing

Model-based

Did the goals match the chances?

Goals against expected goals

Cumulative goals (solid) and individual xG (dashed) through the season. The gap is finishing: above the dashed line, the player scored more than an average shooter would from the same chances.

−3.3 goals above expected

05101520100200300400Game

Goals above expected, everyone at the same position with 20+ games

−30−20−100+10+20+30+40+50

Speed and tracking

From the NHL's EDGE tracking system (2021–22 on): skating speed, shot speed, distance and zone time, for the selected seasons and then every tracked season, to show improvement or decline.

Tracking data (NHL EDGE)

Values from the NHL's puck and player tracking, with the NHL's own league percentile for each. Missing values mean the player wasn't tracked enough.

Tracking

  • Top skating speed34.0 km/h29th pct
  • Speed bursts over 20 mph18th pct
  • Hardest shot116.2 km/h7th pct
  • Distance skated3 km1st pct
  • Offensive-zone time41.6%54th pct
Tracking, season by season

Each season against the other defencemen that season with 20+ games. A season in progress appears once half its games are played, as provisional: season bests only grow. Bursts and distance are per 60 minutes of ice time, so seasons with fewer games still compare. Percentiles are on these rates, so they can differ from the NHL's, which are on season totals.

This playerMedian defencemanMiddle half (25th–75th percentile)Hollow dot: too few games to rank, or a season in progress (*, dashed). Dotted line: no NHL games that season.

Top skating speed

34.0 km/h14th pct

▲ +0.9 km/h since 2024–25

32333435363721–2222–2323–2424–2525–262021–22: 34.2 km/h, 21st percentile (65 games)2022–23: 35.6 km/h, 59th percentile (77 games)2023–24: 33.9 km/h, 11th percentile (14 games, too few to rank reliably)2024–25: 33.1 km/h, 4th percentile (7 games, too few to rank reliably)2025–26: 34.0 km/h, 14th percentile (1 games, too few to rank reliably)

Bursts over 20 mph per 60

4.897th pct

▲ +3.5 since 2024–25

024621–2222–2323–2424–2525–262021–22: 1.0, 31st percentile (65 games)2022–23: 1.5, 53rd percentile (77 games)2023–24: 1.9, 62nd percentile (14 games, too few to rank reliably)2024–25: 1.3, 42nd percentile (7 games, too few to rank reliably)2025–26: 4.8, 97th percentile (1 games, too few to rank reliably)

Distance skated per 60

13.8 km61st pct

▼ −1.0 km since 2024–25

121314151621–2222–2323–2424–2525–262021–22: 13.7 km, 53rd percentile (65 games)2022–23: 13.5 km, 55th percentile (77 games)2023–24: 13.3 km, 34th percentile (14 games, too few to rank reliably)2024–25: 14.9 km, 99th percentile (7 games, too few to rank reliably)2025–26: 13.8 km, 61st percentile (1 games, too few to rank reliably)

Hardest shot

116.2 km/h0th pct

▼ −30.8 km/h since 2024–25

10012014016018021–2222–2323–2424–2525–262021–22: 151.9 km/h, 52nd percentile (65 games)2022–23: 155.3 km/h, 75th percentile (77 games)2023–24: 146.8 km/h, 35th percentile (14 games, too few to rank reliably)2024–25: 147.0 km/h, 45th percentile (7 games, too few to rank reliably)2025–26: 116.2 km/h, 0th percentile (1 games, too few to rank reliably)

Offensive-zone time

41.6%55th pct

▲ +3.5 points since 2024–25

34%36%38%40%42%44%46%21–2222–2323–2424–2525–262021–22: 40.5%, 36th percentile (65 games)2022–23: 37.6%, 6th percentile (77 games)2023–24: 35.1%, 0th percentile (14 games, too few to rank reliably)2024–25: 38.1%, 4th percentile (7 games, too few to rank reliably)2025–26: 41.6%, 55th percentile (1 games, too few to rank reliably)