Regular season

Matty Beniers

Seattle Kraken · C · #10

Middle-six playerMiddle-Six Engine?Reliable minutes: 50 points and honest two-way play

HT: 6'2"
WT: 181 lb
Age: 23
Shoots: L
From: Hingham, USA
Draft: 2021 SEA · R1 #2

75Alpha?

Alpha sub-scores

what drives the rating · percentile vs position group

6868pctl

6060pctl

7070pctl

6565pctl

League profile

vs. forwards with 20+ GP

0.6170pctl

0.2467pctl

0.3771pctl

1.866pctl

-827pctl

1172pctl

HockeyAlpha advanced

event-derived proxies · 1,312 games analyzed

10%88pctl

2.5475pctl

0.1355pctl

Def Suppression?

0.6876pctl

Center toolkit

vs. centers with 20+ GP

48.0%41pctl

D-Zone FO %?

52.5%67pctl

13.178pctl

0.2622pctl

2:3974pctl

0:3242pctl

On-ice impact

shift charts × our xG model · 49 GP tracked · 16h TOI

On-ice xG share (5v5)?

46.4%23pctl

On-ice goal share (5v5)?

49.3%49pctl

O-zone deployment?

54%70pctl

Usage profile

assignment difficulty · higher fill = tougher job

Competition faced?

17.8 min81pctl

Support received?

18.4 min18pctl

D-zone deployment?

46%30pctl

Micro-metrics

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

Cross-slot shots / GP?

0.0754pctl

Net-front presence / GP?

1.4381pctl

Second-chance touches / GP?

0.4677pctl

1.02×69pctl

Cross-slot suppressed?

0.23/gm48pctl

Pressure escape rate?

9.0%75pctl

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

The Blueprint

Structural Event Engine · percentile vs forwards · center = median · 1319 EV min

General Offense

4.3720

7.0135

Shot Setups/60?

0.4113

Chance Setups/60?

0.2311

Primary Contributions/60?

4.7817

Rebounds Created/60?

0.1414

Playmaking Sequences

Point Shot Setups/60?

0.0546

Center-Lane Setups/60?

0.2314

High-Danger Setups/60?

0.1825

Deflection Setups/60?

0.0036

One-Timer Setups/60?

0.0017

Offense Types

Cycle Offense/60?

1.2743

Rush Offense/60?

6.4227

Shots off HD Setups/60?

0.8267

0.6433

0.0932

Deflections/60?

1.3247

Zone Entries

Entries Started/60?

0.1866

Entries Finished/60?

0.4621

Entries w/ Chance/60?

0.3231

Entry → Chance %?

70%65

DZ Retrievals / Exits

DZ Involvements/60?

1.3264

0.2750

1.0568

Retrieval Success %?

21%36

Exit Involvements/60?

0.0558

Exit Success %?

3%55

Forechecking

0.9612

Dump-In Recoveries/60?

0.0575

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

$7.14M

cap hit

$5.99M

Alpha-market value

overpaidmarketsurplus

D

Paying a premium (−$1.2M)

Top comparables?

nearest profiles at the same role · match = statistical fit

Player	Alpha	Archetype	Production	Cap hit	Market	Value	Match
Matty Beniers	75	Middle-Six Engine	50 P · 82 GP	$7.14M	$5.99M	D−$1.2M	this player
Frank Nazar	75	Middle-Six Engine	41 P · 66 GP	$0.95M	$5.99M	A++$5.0M	88%
Logan Cooley	80	Middle-Six Engine	43 P · 54 GP	$0.95M	$7.61M	A++$6.7M	85%
Mikael Granlund	79	Middle-Six Engine	41 P · 58 GP	$7.00M	$7.28M	C+$0.3M	85%
Shane Pinto	78	Middle-Six Engine	46 P · 72 GP	$3.75M	$6.95M	A+$3.2M	84%

Chemistry

Top connection: Jordan Eberle · 22 goals together

Finishes from

assisters on Matty’s goals

Creates for

goals Matty assisted on

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

Recent form · last 10 games

5 pts · 1 G · 4 A · 13 shots in last 10Steady(+0.2 P/GP vs prior 5)

@ EDM

0P

0G 0A

@ EDM 03-31

0G 0A · 3 shots · 18:04 TOI

vs UTA

0P

0G 0A

vs UTA 04-02

0G 0A · 2 shots · 18:41 TOI

vs CHI

1P

0G 1A

vs CHI 04-04

0G 1A · 1 shots · 20:49 TOI

@ WPG

1P

0G 1A

@ WPG 04-06

0G 1A · 1 shots · 15:21 TOI

@ MIN

0P

0G 0A

@ MIN 04-07

0G 0A · 3 shots · 18:56 TOI

vs VGK

0P

0G 0A

vs VGK 04-09

0G 0A · 0 shots · 21:17 TOI

vs CGY

1P

1G 0A

vs CGY 04-11

1G 0A · 3 shots · 21:16 TOI

vs LAK

2P

0G 2A

vs LAK 04-13

0G 2A · 0 shots · 18:06 TOI

@ VGK

0P

0G 0A

@ VGK 04-15

0G 0A · 0 shots · 15:27 TOI

@ COL

0P

0G 0A

@ COL 04-16

0G 0A · 0 shots · 15:34 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)636 events shown

The office: the inner slot - 9 of 20 goals live there

Playmaking gravity: 17 touches that produced a teammate shot within 3s

Defensive floor: 78 blocks · 7 steals inside the d-zone

NHL career · regular season

Season	Team	GP	G	A	P	+/−
2021-22	Seattle Kraken	10	3	6	9	-1
2022-23	Seattle Kraken	80	24	33	57	14
2023-24	Seattle Kraken	77	15	22	37	-11
2024-25	Seattle Kraken	82	20	23	43	0
2025-26	Seattle Kraken	82	20	30	50	-8
Career	1 team	331	82	114	196	-6