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Defence · #44

Simon Benoit

Anaheim Ducks Toronto Maple Leafs Philadelphia Flyers(traded during the season)
Age
28
Shoots
Left
Height
193 cm
Weight
95 kg
Born
Laval, CAN
Draft
Undrafted

Career · 2020–21 to 2026–27

Games
356
Goals
6
Points
36
TOI per game
17:04
xGF% (5v5)
43.9%
Goals above expected
−6.6
ShowAll teamsAnaheim DucksToronto Maple LeafsPhiladelphia Flyers

Season by season

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

2020–21ANA6000−317:1230.0%00.152.7%
2021–22ANA53145−514:06452.2%02.149.2%
2022–23ANA783710−2919:21823.7%03.736.9%
2023–24TOR64145+717:14521.9%01.952.8%
2024–25TOR781910+1216:33482.1%01.544.8%
2025–26TOR73066−2217:18600.0%03.240.7%
2026–27PHI4000−114:2710.0%00.030.6%
Total3 teams35663036−4117:042912.1%012.643.9%

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)
00.10.20.30.40.550100150200250300350
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Player card

Model-based

How 2020–21 to 2026–27 compares with everyone else at the position over the same seasons, and the players with the most similar profile.

Overall rating

Extra / AHL

4th 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

Extra / AHL
  • Goals /600.0610th pct
  • Assists /600.304th pct
  • ixG /600.1214th pct
  • Shots /602.8813th pct

Play-driving

Extra / AHL
  • xGF% (5v5)43.9%11th pct
  • CF% (5v5)43.9%7th pct
  • Relative xGF%−3.517th pct
  • xGA /60 (lower is better)2.7519th pct

Usage

3rd pair
  • TOI per game17:0449th pct
  • PP time share0.6%7th pct
  • PK time share40.2%72nd pct
  • Quality of competition24.0%37th 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. Jarred TinordiNYR/CHI0.93
  2. Joshua BrownOTT/ARI0.91
  3. Noah JuulsenVAN/PHI0.90
  4. Robert HaggBUF/FLA0.90
  5. Nicolas MelocheSJS0.89
  6. Patrik NemethNYR/ARI0.88

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.

−6.6 goals above expected

051050100150200250300350Game

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

−100+10+20+30+40

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 speed34.9 km/h94th pct
  • Speed bursts over 20 mph376th pct
  • Hardest shot105.6 km/h3rd pct
  • Distance skated10 km27th pct
  • Offensive-zone time37.7%19th 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

36.7 km/h86th pct

▼ −0.3 km/h since 2024–25

343536373821–2222–2323–2424–2525–262021–22: 35.8 km/h, 68th percentile (53 games)2022–23: 35.1 km/h, 43rd percentile (78 games)2023–24: 36.3 km/h, 78th percentile (64 games)2024–25: 37.0 km/h, 89th percentile (78 games)2025–26: 36.7 km/h, 86th percentile (73 games)

Bursts over 20 mph per 60

3.389th pct

▲ +1.1 since 2024–25

01234521–2222–2323–2424–2525–262021–22: 3.7, 93rd percentile (53 games)2022–23: 2.7, 84th percentile (78 games)2023–24: 2.6, 81st percentile (64 games)2024–25: 2.2, 73rd percentile (78 games)2025–26: 3.3, 89th percentile (73 games)

Distance skated per 60

13.3 km25th pct

▲ +0.2 km since 2024–25

111213141521–2222–2323–2424–2525–262021–22: 13.4 km, 32nd percentile (53 games)2022–23: 12.1 km, 1st percentile (78 games)2023–24: 12.9 km, 9th percentile (64 games)2024–25: 13.0 km, 9th percentile (78 games)2025–26: 13.3 km, 25th percentile (73 games)

Hardest shot

151.1 km/h63rd pct

▲ +0.1 km/h since 2024–25

14014515015516016521–2222–2323–2424–2525–262021–22: 156.5 km/h, 76th percentile (53 games)2022–23: 160.3 km/h, 93rd percentile (78 games)2023–24: 144.4 km/h, 27th percentile (64 games)2024–25: 151.0 km/h, 65th percentile (78 games)2025–26: 151.1 km/h, 63rd percentile (73 games)

Offensive-zone time

37.7%2nd pct

▼ −0.8 points since 2024–25

34%36%38%40%42%44%46%21–2222–2323–2424–2525–262021–22: 40.0%, 22nd percentile (53 games)2022–23: 35.9%, 1st percentile (78 games)2023–24: 41.3%, 43rd percentile (64 games)2024–25: 38.5%, 7th percentile (78 games)2025–26: 37.7%, 2nd percentile (73 games)