Sam Bennett
Age 30 · Shoots left · 6′1″ · 193 lb · Born Holland Landing, Ontario, CAN
Drafted 2014, #4 overall by Calgary
2025-262025-26: 76 games, 26-32-58, 0.76 points per game Season detail →
Sam Bennett has 3 points in 4 games of 2026-27, after 58 points in 76 games last season.
This season
2026-27 regular season · 4 games Small sample3 points in 4 games for the 4th-placed Florida
Where he ranks among NHL forwards with 2+ games, then his scoring rate through the season in ten-game blocks.
Points per game · rolling blocks
Dashed line: season average (0.8). Dark blocks sit at or above it.
Where he ranks
See all: Where he ranks →A top-six forward who runs the first power play
Even-strength, power-play and shorthanded minutes, and how much of Florida's power play went through him.
Special teams
Power-play involvement
Team power-play goals from the season team report; involvement is his power-play points.
No goals yet: all 3 points are assists
How the 0 goals and 3 assists were scored: when, at what strength, in what game state, and per 60 minutes.
Most attempts from the slot
Every attempt, attacking right, from the games with a stored shot map.
By zone
19 attempts across the 4 games with a stored shot map. Small sample
Expected goals
See all: Expected goals →2026-27 · 4 games. Rank among all skaters by ixG. Small sample: early-season xG moves a lot from night to night.
2025-26 · 76 games. Rank among all skaters by ixG.
Every unblocked attempt he took, weighed by its chance of scoring from that spot, shot type and strength. Above zero is finishing better than the chances.
xG leadersDistance per 60 in the 93rd percentile of forwards: 10.34 miles
How fast he skated, how far, how hard he shot and where on the ice his shifts were spent, against the average NHL forward.
Where his shifts were spent
Share of his time on ice in each zone.
Fastest moments
- 20.92@
ANA4 Oct · 2nd 01:50 - 20.72@
CAR29 Sep · 2nd 01:01 - 20.44@
SJS1 Oct · 1st 08:59 - 20.43@CAR29 Sep · 1st 13:33
- 20.07@CAR29 Sep · OT 01:19
- 20.06@CAR29 Sep · 2nd 04:18
- 19.98@ANA4 Oct · 1st 06:53
- 19.75@CAR29 Sep · OT 01:04
His fastest bursts in mph.
Bursts per speed band, against the forward average.
Hardest shots
- 77.65@ANA4 Oct · 3rd 13:29
- 76.27@ANA4 Oct · 2nd 08:48
- 73.63@ANA4 Oct · 2nd 08:55
- 71.32@CAR29 Sep · 2nd 04:36
- 67.63@ANA4 Oct · 1st 07:18
- 65.95@CAR29 Sep · 3rd 15:33
- 60.70@ANA4 Oct · 3rd 07:20
- 58.24@SJS1 Oct · 3rd 09:25
Shot speed in mph, every attempt type.
Shot attempts per speed band.
Distance, last 10 games
- 3.19@
LAK6 Oct · 19:29 TOI - 3.58@ANA4 Oct · 21:52 TOI
- 3.65@SJS1 Oct · 20:49 TOI
- 3.59@CAR29 Sep · 19:08 TOI
Miles per game with his time on ice. Season average 3.50 a game. Small sample: these numbers move a lot in the first weeks of a season.
Physical play, discipline and faceoffs
Possession events, penalties drawn against penalties taken, and faceoffs.
Possession and physical
Against Minnesota, a point in two of two
MINL 2-30110+218:52MINW 4-3 OT1014−125:11LAKL 1-20111+119:29ANAW 3-2 OT0114+121:52SJSW 4-3 OT0111020:49CAROTL 0-1 OT0001019:0858 points in 76 games on a team that finished 25th
Where he ranks among NHL forwards with 40+ games, then his scoring rate through the season in ten-game blocks.
Points per game · rolling blocks
Dashed line: season average (0.8). Dark blocks sit at or above it.
Where he ranks
See all: Where he ranks →A top-six forward who runs the first power play
Even-strength, power-play and shorthanded minutes, and how much of Florida's power play went through him.
Special teams
Power-play involvement
Team power-play goals from the season team report; involvement is his power-play points.
Clutch numbers to match the totals
How the 26 goals and 32 assists were scored: when, at what strength, in what game state, and per 60 minutes.
Goals by period
Goals by game state
8 of 26 goals broke a tie; 10 came with Florida trailing.
Most attempts from the slot, goals from the slot
Every attempt, attacking right, from the games with a stored shot map.
By zone
435 attempts across the 79 games with a stored shot map.
Expected goals
See all: Expected goals →2026-27 · 4 games. Rank among all skaters by ixG. Small sample: early-season xG moves a lot from night to night.
2025-26 · 76 games. Rank among all skaters by ixG.
Every unblocked attempt he took, weighed by its chance of scoring from that spot, shot type and strength. Above zero is finishing better than the chances.
xG leadersDistance per 60 in the 95th percentile of forwards: 10.23 miles
How fast he skated, how far, how hard he shot and where on the ice his shifts were spent, against the average NHL forward.
Where his shifts were spent
Share of his time on ice in each zone.
Fastest moments
Bursts per speed band, against the forward average.
Hardest shots
Shot attempts per speed band.
Takes more penalties than he draws
Possession events, penalties drawn against penalties taken, and faceoffs.
Possession and physical
A point in every other game (42 of 76)
How often he scores, how long the streaks run.
Streaks
Against Minnesota, a point in two of two
MINL 2-30110+218:52MINW 4-3 OT1014−125:11
OTTL 1-50003−217:44
MTLOTL 3-4 SO0004020:48
PITL 2-50003021:28PITL 4-90111−114:53
BOSW 2-11017019:52OTTW 6-30223017:19MINL 2-30110+218:52
SEAW 5-4 SO0003018:59
CGYL 1-40000−217:13
EDMW 4-00223+116:26LAKL 1-20111+119:29ANAW 3-2 OT0114+121:52SJSW 4-3 OT0111020:49CAROTL 0-1 OT0001019:08Better at home
Home and road
By opponent
By month
$8M a season through 2032-33
In 2025-26 he scored 7.3 points per $1M of cap hit, 247th of 370 forwards with 40 or more games and a current contract.
Cap hit is the average annual charge against the salary cap, not a yearly salary; cap value is cap hit times the years of the deal, not a reported total. As of 1 Oct 2026.
With Florida
Seven seasons · 2020-21 to 2026-2716th in franchise points since 1990-91
Built from goal and assist records: who assists on his goals, whose goals he assists, and his scoring against each opponent.
Who he sets up
Scorers on his 3 assists.
Franchise ranks
See all: Franchise ranks →Career
Regular season and playoffsThirteen seasons, with 2 clubs
Career · regular season
Season rows reconcile with the official career totals.
Draft
Updated after every final · through 6 Oct