Sam Bennett
- Position
- Centre
- Age
- 30Jun 20, 1996
- Height
- 6'1"185 cm
- Weight
- 193 lbs88 kg
- Shoots
- Left
- Born
- Holland Landing, ON, CAN
- Nationality
- CAN
- Draft
- 2014 · Round 1 · 4th overall · CGY
Sam Bennett, Florida Panthers centre, 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 Holland Landing, ON, CAN · Draft: 2014 · Round 1, pick 4 (#4 overall) · CGY · 14 NHL seasons
Regular season
- GP
- 784
- G
- 193
- A
- 209
- PTS
- 402
- +/-
- -29
Playoffs
- GP
- 107
- G
- 40
- A
- 38
- PTS
- 78
- +/-
- 11
Last 5 games
Awards
- Stanley Cup · 2× 2024-25, 2023-24
- Conn Smythe Trophy · 2024-25
Advanced stats 2026–27
Longer bar = better league rank (already flipped where lower is better). The tick marks the league median.
Physical
- Hits35#79 of 659
- Hits per game2.06#121 of 659
- Hits per 607.00#165 of 659
- Blocked shots5#477 of 659
- Takeaways1#490 of 659
- Giveaways23#596 of 659
Shooting & expected goals
- Expected goals (individual)4.75#73 of 659
- Expected goals per 600.95#102 of 659
- Goals above expected+0.25#245 of 659
- xG per shot (shot quality)0.090#150 of 659
- High-danger shots27#16 of 659
Possession (on ice)
- Corsi (shot attempt share)56.2%#70 of 659
- Corsi relative to team+2.2%#208 of 659
- Fenwick (unblocked share)54.1%#158 of 659
- PDO at 5v51.006#268 of 659
- Offensive zone starts56.0%#195 of 659
- Time on ice per game17:38#242 of 659
Ranks among 659 skaters with 5+ GP.
Tracking data
NHL EDGE puck and player tracking, 17 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%44.6%Beats 77%
- Offensive-zone time, even strengthLeague avg 40.4%42.8%Beats 81%
- Defensive-zone time (less is better)League avg 39.1%36.7%Beats 85%
Speed
- Top skating speedLeague avg 21.8 mph22.4 mphBeats 73%
- Skating bursts over 20 mphLeague avg 2029Beats 75%
- Skating bursts over 22 mphLeague avg 11Beats 59%
- Average shot speedLeague avg 54.6 mph51.2 mphBeats 39%
- Hardest shotLeague avg 80.5 mph78.8 mphBeats 31%
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: 4 shots
- Right side of the net: 0 shots
- Low slot: 14 shots
- Left circle: 7 shots
- Right circle: 4 shots
- High slot: 4 shots
- Outside left: 3 shots
- Outside right: 0 shots
- Left point: 1 shots
- Centre point: 0 shots
- Right point: 0 shots
- Neutral zone: 1 shots
- Beyond the red line: 0 shots
- Close-range shotsLeague avg 818Beats 94%
- Close-range shooting %League avg 19.8%11.1%Beats 28%
- Mid-range shotsLeague avg 715Beats 92%
- Mid-range shooting %League avg 12.7%13.3%Beats 53%
- Long-range shotsLeague avg 21More than 55%
Source: NHL EDGE (api-web.nhle.com).
Faceoffs · 2026–27
Faceoff leaders →FO%
51.1%
Won–Lost
114–109
223 taken
League rank
#63
of 125 (100+ FO)
By zone
- Offensive zone55.0% · 44/80
- Neutral zone47.3% · 44/93
- Defensive zone52.0% · 26/50
By situation
- Even strength51.4% · 107/208
- Power play36.4% · 4/11
- Shorthanded75.0% · 3/4
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