Regular season

Simon Benoit

Philadelphia Flyers · D · #2

Depth DHeavy Hitter?194 hits (9.2/60) - punishes the forecheck

HT: 6'4"
WT: 210 lb
Age: 27
Shoots: L
From: Laval, CAN

58Alpha?

Alpha sub-scores

what drives the rating · percentile vs position group

2626pctl

2626pctl

1919pctl

5252pctl

League profile

vs. defensemen with 20+ GP

0.085pctl

0.006pctl

0.087pctl

0.827pctl

-224pctl

027pctl

HockeyAlpha advanced

event-derived proxies · 1,312 games analyzed

1.8%16pctl

0.193pctl

0.0832pctl

Def Suppression?

0.6876pctl

Defenseman toolkit

vs. defensemen with 20+ GP

1.5672pctl

5.4181pctl

Blocks / 100 shifts?

6.262pctl

9.297pctl

0.1815pctl

0:006pctl

1:5364pctl

On-ice impact

shift charts × our xG model · 42 GP tracked · 12h TOI

On-ice xG share (5v5)?

38.8%1pctl

On-ice goal share (5v5)?

36.2%8pctl

O-zone deployment?

30%5pctl

Usage profile

assignment difficulty · higher fill = tougher job

Competition faced?

17.1 min27pctl

Support received?

16.1 min88pctl

D-zone deployment?

70%95pctl

Micro-metrics

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

Cross-slot shots / GP?

0.019pctl

Net-front presence / GP?

0.040pctl

Second-chance touches / GP?

0.106pctl

0.89×8pctl

Cross-slot suppressed?

0.35/gm11pctl

Pressure escape rate?

6.7%23pctl

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

The Blueprint

Structural Event Engine · percentile vs defensemen · center = median · 1124 EV min

General Offense

2.9932

2.3521

Shot Setups/60?

0.7544

Chance Setups/60?

0.5334

Primary Contributions/60?

3.7434

Rebounds Created/60?

0.3249

Playmaking Sequences

Point Shot Setups/60?

0.0571

Center-Lane Setups/60?

0.3749

High-Danger Setups/60?

0.1651

Deflection Setups/60?

0.0572

One-Timer Setups/60?

0.0019

Offense Types

Cycle Offense/60?

0.9613

Rush Offense/60?

4.9133

Shots off HD Setups/60?

0.1625

0.1121

0.0025

Deflections/60?

0.1164

Zone Entries

Entries Started/60?

0.0031

Entries Finished/60?

0.1625

Entries w/ Chance/60?

0.0018

DZ Retrievals / Exits

DZ Involvements/60?

2.7252

0.3230

2.4062

Retrieval Success %?

12%30

Exit Involvements/60?

0.0037

Exit Success %?

0%37

Forechecking

0.4862

Dump-In Recoveries/60?

0.0048

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

$1.35M

cap hit

$1.70M

Alpha-market value

overpaidmarketsurplus

C

Fair market deal (+$0.4M)

Top comparables?

nearest profiles at the same role · match = statistical fit

Player	Alpha	Archetype	Production	Cap hit	Market	Value	Match
Simon Benoit	58	Heavy Hitter	6 P · 73 GP	$1.35M	$1.70M	C+$0.4M	this player
Brenden Dillon	57	Heavy Hitter	15 P · 82 GP	$4.00M	$1.51M	D−$2.5M	93%
Nick Leddy	62	Depth Defenseman	7 P · 32 GP	-	$2.59M	-	92%
Vincent Desharnais	59	Heavy Hitter	7 P · 53 GP	$2.00M	$1.91M	C−$0.1M	91%
Vincent Iorio	60	Depth Defenseman	3 P · 27 GP	$0.81M	$2.12M	B+$1.3M	88%

Chemistry

Finishes from

assisters on Simon’s goals

No credited connections yet.

Creates for

goals Simon assisted on

From official goal credits - scorer + assists on every goal, all season.

Recent form · last 10 games

1 pts · 0 G · 1 A · 16 shots in last 10Steady(+0.2 P/GP vs prior 5)

vs NYR

0P

0G 0A

vs NYR 03-25

0G 0A · 2 shots · 17:27 TOI

@ STL

0P

0G 0A

@ STL 03-28

0G 0A · 1 shots · 17:35 TOI

@ ANA

0P

0G 0A

@ ANA 03-30

0G 0A · 2 shots · 17:02 TOI

@ SJS

0P

0G 0A

@ SJS 04-02

0G 0A · 2 shots · 18:49 TOI

@ LAK

0P

0G 0A

@ LAK 04-04

0G 0A · 0 shots · 14:59 TOI

vs WSH

0P

0G 0A

vs WSH 04-08

0G 0A · 1 shots · 19:44 TOI

@ NYI

0P

0G 0A

@ NYI 04-09

0G 0A · 2 shots · 17:47 TOI

vs FLA

0P

0G 0A

vs FLA 04-11

0G 0A · 2 shots · 19:21 TOI

vs DAL

1P

0G 1A

vs DAL 04-13

0G 1A · 2 shots · 18:27 TOI

@ OTT

0P

0G 0A

@ OTT 04-15

0G 0A · 2 shots · 18:23 TOI

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

Goal On goal Missed/blocked▲ takeaway▽ giveaway■ hit＋ block◯ faceoff dot (size = wins)272 events shown

Playmaking gravity: 14 touches that produced a teammate shot within 3s

Defensive floor: 114 blocks · 7 steals inside the d-zone

NHL career · regular season

Season	Team	GP	G	A	P	+/−
2020-21	Anaheim Ducks	6	0	0	0	-3
2021-22	Anaheim Ducks	53	1	4	5	-5
2022-23	Anaheim Ducks	78	3	7	10	-29
2023-24	Toronto Maple Leafs	64	1	4	5	7
2024-25	Toronto Maple Leafs	78	1	9	10	12
2025-26	Toronto Maple Leafs	73	0	6	6	-22
Career	2 teams	352	6	30	36	-40