Simon Benoit
Age 28 · Shoots left · 6′4″ · 210 lb · Born Laval, Quebec, CAN
Undrafted
2025-262025-26: 73 games, 0-6-6, 0.08 points per game Season detail →
Simon Benoit has 0 points in 3 games of 2026-27, after 6 points in 73 games last season.
This season
2026-27 regular season · 3 games Small sample0 points in 3 games for the 30th-placed Philadelphia
Where he ranks among NHL defencemen with 2+ games, then his scoring rate through the season in ten-game blocks.
Points per game · rolling blocks
Dashed line: season average (0.0). Dark blocks sit at or above it.
Where he ranks
See all: Where he ranks →A third-pair defenceman who plays mostly at even strength
Even-strength, power-play and shorthanded minutes, and how much of Philadelphia's power play went through him.
Special teams
Top speed in the 95th percentile of defencemen: 21.69 mph
How fast he skated, how far, how hard he shot and where on the ice his shifts were spent, against the average NHL defenceman.
Where his shifts were spent
Share of his time on ice in each zone.
Fastest moments
- 21.69vs
PIT30 Sep · 2nd 02:49 - 21.21@
NJD1 Oct · 2nd 17:13 - 20.02@
TBL5 Oct · 2nd 13:04 - 19.63@TBL5 Oct · 2nd 09:01
- 19.54vsPIT30 Sep · 2nd 12:30
- 19.32vsPIT30 Sep · 1st 05:13
- 19.30@NJD1 Oct · 2nd 07:22
- 18.90@NJD1 Oct · 3rd 16:39
His fastest bursts in mph.
Bursts per speed band, against the defenceman average.
Hardest shots
- 65.59@NJD1 Oct · 3rd 04:54
Shot speed in mph, every attempt type.
Shot attempts per speed band.
Distance, last 10 games
- 1.48@TBL5 Oct · 11:52 TOI
- 1.94@NJD1 Oct · 13:29 TOI
- 2.65vsPIT30 Sep · 18:29 TOI
Miles per game with his time on ice. Season average 2.02 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 Ottawa, a point in one of three
OTTL 1-30002018:23OTTL 2-50111−117:12OTTL 2-50000−217:51TBLW 4-10000011:52NJDW 3-2 OT0001013:29PITL 0-70000−118:296 points in 73 games
Where he ranks among NHL defencemen with 40+ games, then his scoring rate through the season in ten-game blocks.
Points per game · rolling blocks
Dashed line: season average (0.1). Dark blocks sit at or above it.
Where he ranks
See all: Where he ranks →A top-four defenceman who kills penalties
Even-strength, power-play and shorthanded minutes, and how much of Philadelphia's power play went through him.
Special teams
No goals yet: all 6 points are assists
How the 0 goals and 6 assists were scored: when, at what strength, in what game state, and per 60 minutes.
Most attempts from the wing
Every attempt, attacking right, from the games with a stored shot map.
By zone
142 attempts across the 67 games with a stored shot map.
Expected goals
See all: Expected goals →2026-27 · 3 games. Rank among all skaters by ixG. Small sample: early-season xG moves a lot from night to night.
2025-26 · 73 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 leadersTop speed in the 84th percentile of defencemen: 22.80 mph
How fast he skated, how far, how hard he shot and where on the ice his shifts were spent, against the average NHL defenceman.
Where his shifts were spent
Share of his time on ice in each zone.
Fastest moments
Bursts per speed band, against the defenceman 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
Points come in bunches, not every night (6 of 73)
How often he scores, how long the streaks run.
Streaks
Against Ottawa, a point in one of three
OTTL 1-30002018:23OTTL 2-50111−117:12OTTL 2-50000−217:51OTTL 1-30002018:23
DALL 5-60112−118:27
FLAL 2-60002019:21
NYIL 3-50002−217:47
WSHL 0-40001019:44
LAKOTL 6-7 OT0000−214:59
SJSL 1-40002−218:49
ANAW 5-4 OT0002+117:02
STLL 1-50001−117:35
NYRW 4-30002−117:27TBLW 4-10000011:52NJDW 3-2 OT0001013:29PITL 0-70000−118:29Better on the road, and at his best against the next opponent
Home and road
By opponent
By month
Final season of his deal: an unrestricted free agent next summer
In 2025-26 he scored 4.4 points per $1M of cap hit, 124th of 191 defencemen 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 2 Oct 2026.
With Philadelphia
One season · 2026-27 to 2026-27405th 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.
Franchise ranks
See all: Franchise ranks →Career
Regular season and playoffsSeven seasons, with 3 clubs
Career · regular season
Season rows reconcile with the official career totals.
Updated after every final · through 6 Oct