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Sam Bennett

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Shoots: Left
Height: 6′1″
Weight: 193 lb
Born: Jun 20, 1996 (age 30)
Birthplace: Holland Landing, Ontario, Canada
Draft: 2014, CGY, round 1, 4th overall

On-ice shot attempts, shots and goals in all situations. With or without you →

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Season

2026-27 · All situations

GP: 19; FLA
TOI: 335; 17:37 a game
CF%: 61.4; 384–241
xGF%: 60.3; 21.7–14.3
GF%: 55.9; 19–15

2026-27 individual

G: 7
A1: 3
A2: 0
P: 10
iSF: 49
Sh%: 14.3
ixG: 5.91
G−ixG: 1.09

Shooting luck

2026-27 in all situations, beside his record before (his seasons since 2019-20) and the league's forwards.

Measure	2026-27	Before	Δ	League
Sh%	14.3	10.8	+3.5	13.3
On-ice Sh%	9.9	9.9	+0.1	11.7
PDO	97.9	99.9	-1.9	100.3
G−ixG	+1.09	–	–	–

Sh% z +0.7. Within what chance gives: at the 11.0% expected of him, his 49 shots could well have brought this. Expected: his record before blended with 100 shots at the league rate; past ±2 is about one time in twenty by chance.

2026-27 shot maps

Unblocked attempts in all situations, the net attacked at the top. A blocked attempt has no shot location, so these are goals, shots on goal and misses. Shots at an empty net are left out.

2026-27 shot maps

On the ice, against the league

For · his team's attempts50.0 FF/60 · league 40.2

−1.3+1.3

Against · at his net33.7 FF/60 · league 40.2

−1.3+1.3

Per 60 vs league average; darker = bigger gap. Green is better for him, red worse. 335 min.

His attempts

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Area = xG:0.050.200.50smallest ≤ 0.04

62 unblocked · 49 SOG · 7 G · 5.91 ixG. The density is shaded against his own busiest spot, blank under a quarter of it.

His unblocked attempts, shots on goal, goals and shooting percentage by zone, beside the league's
Zone	FF	SOG	G	Sh%	Lg Sh%
Inner slot	20	17	3	17.6	20.6
High slot	8	6	1	16.7	18.2
Circles	26	21	3	14.3	9.9
Point and perimeter	8	5	0	0.0	4.4
Behind the net	0	0	0	–	4.7

By season

Season	Team	GP	TOI	CF%	GF%	xGF%	xGF% Rel	xGF	xGA	Sh%	Sv%	PDO
2019-20 CGY	CGY	52	651	52.0	50.0	55.4	+6.2	32.48	26.15	6.0	94.0	100.0
2020-21 CGY	CGY	38	512	50.8	35.3	50.9	-0.6	24.12	23.26	7.1	87.1	94.2
2020-21 FLA	FLA	10	181	62.2	90.5	64.1	+7.6	14.94	8.37	14.4	97.7	112.1
2021-22 FLA	FLA	71	1203	59.8	65.6	61.7	+5.4	87.35	54.26	10.7	91.9	102.6
2022-23 FLA	FLA	63	1097	57.7	53.3	56.9	+5.4	78.81	59.72	8.6	89.7	98.3
2023-24 FLA	FLA	69	1146	61.8	64.7	62.6	+8.6	83.01	49.49	10.0	92.3	102.4
2024-25 FLA	FLA	76	1326	60.7	53.8	60.2	+8.3	93.20	61.66	9.8	87.6	97.3
2025-26 FLA	FLA	76	1405	59.9	54.5	56.2	+8.7	98.50	76.62	12.0	86.6	98.6
2026-27 FLA	FLA	19	335	61.4	55.9	60.3	+9.5	21.74	14.33	9.9	88.0	97.9
Total CGY/FLA	CGY/FLA	474	7856	59.0	56.9	58.8	+6.9	534.15	373.86	9.9	89.9	99.8

Among the league's forwards

On-ice rates per 60, in all situations, as percentiles among 385 forwards with 100+ minutes. Right is better.

With or without you

WOWY at 5v5, 2026-27: his on-ice shares with each teammate, and each without the other. A clue, not a verdict. Read at 5v5: All situations mixes power-play units with lines.

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Teammate	Minutes			xGF%			CF%			GF%
Teammate	With	Bennett without	Without Bennett	With	Bennett without	Without Bennett	With	Bennett without	Without Bennett	With	Bennett without	Without Bennett
TkachukMatthew Tkachuk LW	210	46*	27*	57.0 10.4–7.9	35.1* 1.5–2.8	35.9* 0.8–1.4	57.4 226–168	40.3* 31–46	55.8* 24–19	59.1 13–9	0.0* 0–3	0.0* 0–2
TkachukBrady Tkachuk LW	152	104	65	57.5 8.3–6.2	44.6 +12.8	54.4 +3.1	58.7 175–123	47.4 +11.3	59.4 -0.7	56.3 9–7	44.4 4–5	0.0 0–3
JonesSeth Jones D	108	147	184	44.6 4.0–5.0	58.3 -13.7	58.5 -14.0	50.6 89–87	56.9 -6.4	58.3 -7.7	45.5 5–6	57.1 8–6	53.8 7–6
MikkolaNiko Mikkola D	104	152	193	47.3 4.0–4.4	56.1 -8.8	55.7 -8.4	52.9 92–82	55.6 -2.7	57.9 -5.1	55.6 5–4	50.0 8–8	46.2 6–7
ForslingGustav Forsling D	81	175	213	52.5 4.7–4.2	53.0 -0.5	57.6 -5.1	50.3 85–84	57.0 -6.7	55.8 -5.5	40.0 4–6	60.0 9–6	38.9 7–11
EkbladAaron Ekblad D	77	179	183	65.4 5.2–2.7	46.1 +19.3	60.2 +5.2	59.3 89–61	52.3 +7.0	53.8 +5.5	44.4 4–5	56.3 9–7	37.5 6–10
VerhaegheCarter Verhaeghe C	72	183	178	51.4 2.7–2.6	53.3 -1.9	52.3 -0.9	53.7 65–56	54.9 -1.1	53.9 -0.2	80.0 4–1	45.0 9–11	55.0 11–9
KulikovDmitry Kulikov D	63	193	187	56.6 2.6–2.0	51.9 +4.7	37.9 +18.6	61.8 68–42	52.4 +9.5	44.4 +17.4	66.7 4–2	47.4 9–10	20.0 2–8

Under each without share: with minus without, in points (green: better together). * Under 50 minutes: too little to read (hover or tap for the sample). 14 teammates under the floor are not shown: pick them above.

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2026-27 game by game

Date	Opponent	Result	CF%	GF%	xGF%	TOI	xGF	xGA	Sh%	Sv%	PDO
2026-11-10 @ CBJ · W 4-1	@ CBJ	W 4-1	36.4	100.0	38.0	17	0.59	0.96	33.3	100.0	133.3
2026-11-08 @ BOS · L 1-4	@ BOS	L 1-4	62.2	0.0	54.6	18	1.21	1.00	0.0	90.0	90.0
2026-11-07 @ WSH · L 3-4	@ WSH	L 3-4	60.0	50.0	55.5	19	1.25	1.00	14.3	77.8	92.1
2026-11-04 vs CHI · W 5-3	vs CHI	W 5-3	47.4	0.0	22.5	14	0.17	0.57	0.0	83.3	83.3
2026-11-02 vs DET · L 3-5	vs DET	L 3-5	68.9	50.0	67.1	19	1.92	0.94	10.0	85.7	95.7
2026-10-30 vs WPG · W 5-2	vs WPG	W 5-2	73.9	–	80.0	14	0.68	0.17	0.0	100.0	100.0
2026-10-27 @ WPG · W 5-1	@ WPG	W 5-1	41.7	100.0	35.5	13	0.47	0.86	22.2	100.0	122.2
2026-10-25 @ CHI · W 3-2	@ CHI	W 3-2	57.6	0.0	71.1	19	1.38	0.56	0.0	80.0	80.0
2026-10-22 @ PIT · L 0-4	@ PIT	L 0-4	67.9	0.0	51.6	19	1.21	1.14	0.0	60.0	60.0
2026-10-21 @ OTT · L 1-5	@ OTT	L 1-5	63.3	0.0	53.1	17	0.69	0.61	0.0	85.7	85.7
2026-10-17 vs SEA · W 8-3	vs SEA	W 8-3	73.0	80.0	78.3	12	1.74	0.48	26.7	83.3	110.0
2026-10-15 vs VAN · W 3-2 OT	vs VAN	W 3-2 OT	71.1	100.0	70.4	20	2.53	1.06	11.8	100.0	111.8
2026-10-13 @ CBJ · W 7-3	@ CBJ	W 7-3	66.7	100.0	37.0	16	0.39	0.66	20.0	100.0	120.0
2026-10-12 @ BUF · L 3-5	@ BUF	L 3-5	58.1	0.0	59.5	16	0.78	0.53	0.0	80.0	80.0
2026-10-10 vs MIN · L 1-4	vs MIN	L 1-4	68.3	33.3	64.5	21	2.12	1.17	6.7	60.0	66.7
2026-10-06 @ LAK · W 2-1	@ LAK	W 2-1	48.6	100.0	46.7	19	0.90	1.03	12.5	100.0	112.5
2026-10-04 @ ANA · L 2-3 OT	@ ANA	L 2-3 OT	68.2	100.0	76.8	22	1.82	0.55	7.7	100.0	107.7
2026-10-01 @ SJS · L 3-4 OT	@ SJS	L 3-4 OT	55.6	66.7	68.4	21	1.55	0.72	22.2	87.5	109.7
2026-09-29 @ CAR · W 1-0 OT	@ CAR	W 1-0 OT	66.7	–	51.4	19	0.34	0.32	0.0	100.0	100.0