Zach Benson
- Position
- Left wing
- Age
- 21May 12, 2005
- Height
- 5'10"178 cm
- Weight
- 178 lbs81 kg
- Shoots
- Left
- Born
- Chilliwack, BC, CAN
- Nationality
- CAN
- Draft
- 2023 · Round 1 · 13th overall · BUF
Zach Benson, Buffalo Sabres left wing, stats: this season, career totals, game log, recent trends and advanced metrics, plus players with a similar profile — from the NHL’s official data updated daily.
Trends
Points Per Game Trend
Contract
2026-27 cap $104.0MContract data not yet available.
Career
Born in Chilliwack, BC, CAN · Draft: 2023 · Round 1, pick 13 (#13 overall) · BUF · 4 NHL seasons
Regular season
- GP
- 227
- G
- 36
- A
- 80
- PTS
- 116
- +/-
- 35
Playoffs
- GP
- 13
- G
- 5
- A
- 4
- PTS
- 9
- +/-
- 6
Advanced stats 2026–27
Longer bar = better league rank (already flipped where lower is better). The tick marks the league median.
Physical
- Hits20#210 of 660
- Hits per game1.25#253 of 660
- Hits per 603.72#330 of 660
- Blocked shots10#285 of 660
- Takeaways4#181 of 660
- Giveaways14#387 of 660
Shooting & expected goals
- Expected goals (individual)6.66#12 of 660
- Expected goals per 601.24#10 of 660
- Goals above expected-4.66#660 of 660
- xG per shot (shot quality)0.128#16 of 660
- High-danger shots27#9 of 660
Possession (on ice)
- Corsi (shot attempt share)61.9%#4 of 660
- Corsi relative to team+14.9%#5 of 660
- Fenwick (unblocked share)61.9%#16 of 660
- PDO at 5v51.081#31 of 660
- Offensive zone starts75.0%#11 of 660
- Time on ice per game20:07#121 of 660
Ranks among 660 skaters with 5+ GP.
Tracking data
NHL EDGE puck and player tracking, 16 tracked games this season · updated Nov 7
Longer bar = better than more of the league’s skaters. The tick marks the middle of the league.
Territory
- Offensive-zone time while on the iceLeague avg 41.9%44.8%Beats 79%
- Offensive-zone time, even strengthLeague avg 40.4%43.5%Beats 87%
- Defensive-zone time (less is better)League avg 39.1%36.1%Beats 88%
Speed
- Top skating speedLeague avg 21.8 mph21.0 mphBeats 17%
- Skating bursts over 20 mphLeague avg 2022Beats 64%
- Skating bursts over 22 mphLeague avg 10Beats 0%
- Average shot speedLeague avg 54.6 mph45.4 mphBeats 12%
- Hardest shotLeague avg 80.5 mph80.6 mphBeats 43%
Where the shots come from
Close = crease, low slot and net sides. Mid = high slot and faceoff circles. Long = points and outside the circles.
Schematic rink; area borders are approximate.
- Left corner: 0 shots
- Behind the net: 0 shots
- Right corner: 0 shots
- Left side of the net: 1 shots
- Crease: 1 shots
- Right side of the net: 0 shots
- Low slot: 23 shots
- Left circle: 5 shots
- Right circle: 1 shots
- High slot: 2 shots
- Outside left: 3 shots
- Outside right: 0 shots
- Left point: 1 shots
- Centre point: 0 shots
- Right point: 0 shots
- Neutral zone: 0 shots
- Beyond the red line: 2 shots
- Close-range shotsLeague avg 824Beats 98%
- Close-range shooting %League avg 19.8%8.3%Beats 17%
- Mid-range shotsLeague avg 78Beats 69%
- Long-range shotsLeague avg 21More than 55%
Source: NHL EDGE (api-web.nhle.com).
Faceoffs · 2026–27
Faceoff leaders →FO%
30.8%
Won–Lost
4–9
13 taken
League rank
—
Unranked — under 100 FO
By zone
- Offensive zone25.0% · 2/8
- Neutral zone66.7% · 2/3
- Defensive zone0.0% · 0/2
By situation
- Even strength36.4% · 4/11
- Power play0.0% · 0/1
- Shorthanded0.0% · 0/1
Game LogLast 10 games
Career Arc
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