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Regular season

Jamie Benn

Dallas Stars · LW · #14
Middle-six playerMiddle-Six Engine?Reliable minutes: 36 points and honest two-way play
HT
6'3"
WT
210 lb
Age
37
Shoots
L
From
Victoria, CAN
Draft
2007 DAL · R5 #129
71Alpha?

Alpha sub-scores

what drives the rating · percentile vs position group
Scoring?
5858pctl
Playmaking?
5555pctl
Transition?
4242pctl
Defense?
4646pctl

League profile

vs. forwards with 20+ GP
Points / GP?
0.6069pctl
Goals / GP?
0.2570pctl
Assists / GP?
0.3569pctl
Shots / GP?
1.234pctl
Plus/Minus?
+882pctl
PP Points?
659pctl

HockeyAlpha advanced

event-derived proxies · 1,312 games analyzed
xG Share?
6.2%66pctl
ZEIS?
1.6848pctl
PSPL?
0.1147pctl
Def Suppression?
0.3743pctl

Winger toolkit

vs. wingers with 20+ GP
Shots / 60?
5.423pctl
Hits / 60?
5.965pctl
Take : Give?
0.3154pctl
Blocks / 60?
1.7350pctl
PP TOI / GP?
1:3051pctl
PK TOI / GP?
0:0238pctl

On-ice impact

shift charts × our xG model · 41 GP tracked · 9h TOI

Usage profile

assignment difficulty · higher fill = tougher job
Competition faced?
17.4 min51pctl
Support received?
18.5 min16pctl

Micro-metrics

Structural Metric Model · sequences, geometry & leverage from every shot

2025-26 regular season · Percentile beams: fill = league percentile, tick = league median · hockeyalpha.com

The Blueprint

Structural Event Engine · percentile vs forwards · center = median · 706 EV min

Derived from event sequences in public play-by-play data - the ? on each metric explains exactly how it's computed. · hockeyalpha.com

Contract & market

Contract value?

beta · cap data: CapWages

$1.00M

cap hit

$4.78M

Alpha-market value

overpaidmarketsurplus

A

Team-friendly deal (+$3.8M)

Top comparables?

nearest profiles at the same role · match = statistical fit
PlayerAlphaCap hitValueMatch
Jamie Benn71$1.00MA+$3.8Mthis player
James van Riemsdyk68--87%
Igor Chernyshov74$0.93MA++$4.7M87%
Dmitri Voronkov72$4.17MB+$0.9M85%
Gabe Perreault72$0.94MA++$4.1M85%

Chemistry

Top connection: Matt Duchene · 8 goals together

Recent form · last 10 games

5 pts · 1 G · 4 A · 8 shots in last 10Cooling off(-0.6 P/GP vs prior 5)

@ PIT

2P

0G 2A

@ PHI

0P

0G 0A

@ BOS

1P

1G 0A

vs WPG

1P

0G 1A

vs COL

0P

0G 0A

vs CGY

0P

0G 0A

vs MIN

0P

0G 0A

vs NYR

0P

0G 0A

@ TOR

0P

0G 0A

@ BUF

1P

0G 1A

Tile tint = points that night · underline = shot volume (full bar = 8+ shots) · oldest on the left

The Territory

attacking → · every recorded touch, normalized to one end

attacking →← defending
Goal On goal Missed/blocked▲ takeaway▽ giveaway■ hit+ block◯ faceoff dot (size = wins)126 events shown

The office: the crease doorstep - 6 of 15 goals live there

Playmaking gravity: 6 touches that produced a teammate shot within 3s

Defensive floor: 34 blocks · 1 steals inside the d-zone

NHL career · regular season

SeasonTeamGPGAP+/−
2009-10Dallas Stars82221941-1
2010-11Dallas Stars69223456-5
2011-12Dallas Stars7126376315
2012-13Dallas Stars41122133-12
2013-14Dallas Stars8134457921
2014-15Dallas Stars823552871
2015-16Dallas Stars824148897
2016-17Dallas Stars77264369-9
2017-18Dallas Stars8236437920
2018-19Dallas Stars7827265314
2019-20Dallas Stars69192039-4
2020-21Dallas Stars5211243513
2021-22Dallas Stars82182846-13
2022-23Dallas Stars8233457823
2023-24Dallas Stars822139608
2024-25Dallas Stars801633493
2025-26Dallas Stars601521368
Career1 team125241457899289