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Matthew Benning has 0 points (0 goals, 0 assists) in 1 games for the Toronto Maple Leafs this season.

Selected in the 6th round (No. 175) of the 2012 NHL Draft by the Boston Bruins, he has 102 points (17 goals, 85 assists) in 465 regular-season games for the Edmonton Oilers, the Nashville Predators, the San Jose Sharks and the Toronto Maple Leafs.

He also has 5 points (0 goals, 5 assists) in 24 Stanley Cup Playoff games.

  • Country: Country FlagCAN
    Age: 31.6 yrs (25.05.1994)
    Height / Weight: 185 cm / 99 kg
    Shoots: R
    Drafted: 175th in 2012
    Draft Team: Team logoBoston Bruins
    Awards: -
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The 31-year-old is underwater for his team, with the Maple Leafs controlling 39% of expected goals when he is on the ice. When Matthew Benning is off the ice, the Maple Leafs control 52% of expected goals, indicating the team is significantly worse when he plays.

He is being deployed in a defense-leaning role, starting 9% of his shifts in the offensive zone versus 50% in the defensive zone.

  • 72

    Overall Rating
    Offense:Off: 154th of 282 Defensemen
    Defense:Def: 121st of 282 Defensemen
  • Metric Current Season
    Games
    1 - 82
    77.00
    QoC
    -0.14 - 0.11
    -0.13
    IceTimePerGame
    15 - 25
    19.78
    Metric Current Season
    Goals/60
    0.05 - 0.67
    0.04
    PrimaryAssists/60
    0.1 - 1.1
    0.51
    SecondaryAssists/60
    0.1 - 1.1
    0.39
    xGoals/60
    0.09 - 0.38
    0.11
    OnIce_xGoalsFor/60
    1.8 - 5
    2.39
    OnIce_GoalsFor/60
    1.4 - 5.5
    2.17
    PP_xGoals/60
    0.5 - 1.5
    0.01
    PP_OnIce_GoalsFor/60
    3 - 10
    1.95
    Metric Current Season
    OnIce_xGoalsAgainst/60
    2.5 - 4.5
    3.73
    OnIce_GoalsAgainst/60
    2 - 4.5
    3.90
    Penalties/60
    0.5 - 1.5
    0.51
    ShotsBlocked/60
    2 - 6
    4.92
    Takeaways/60
    0.5 - 2
    0.71
    DZoneGiveaways/60
    1 - 4
    1.34
    DZoneStartPct
    0.15 - 0.4
    0.50
    PK_OnIce_xGoalsAgainst/60
    5 - 12
    7.62
    PK_OnIce_GoalsAgainst/60
    4 - 12
    7.94
Contract InformationPowered by CORE
Actual AAV: $1.250M
Player Contract Value: $3.400M
Remaining: 1 year(s)
Contract Ends: 2026 UFA
Age at the end: 33.1 yrs (25.05.1994)
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Matthew Benning
Recent Games
Year Team GP G A Pts +/- TOI/G S S% PIM
03.01.2026 Team Logo Islanders 1 0 0 0 0 12:25 0 0
Total 1 0 0 0 0 0 0.0% 0
Regular Season
Year Team GP G A Pts +/- TOI/G S S% PIM
2016-17 Team Logo Oilers 62 3 12 15 8 16:37 69 4.3% 29
2017-18 Team Logo Oilers 73 6 15 21 5 17:16 111 5.4% 49
2018-19 Team Logo Oilers 70 5 12 17 11 14:56 94 5.3% 33
2019-20 Team Logo Oilers 43 1 7 8 8 13:13 38 2.6% 15
2020-21 Team Logo Predators 53 1 3 4 -1 16:19 43 2.3% 30
2021-22 Team Logo Predators 65 0 11 11 -24 16:19 61 0.0% 39
2022-23 Team Logo Sharks 77 1 23 24 -18 19:46 58 1.7% 26
2023-24 Team Logo Sharks 14 0 2 2 -5 18:28 13 0.0% 14
2024-25 Team Logo Sharks 7 0 0 0 -5 13:01 7 0.0% 4
2025-26 Team Logo Maple Leafs 1 0 0 0 0 12:25 0 0
Season Projection 42 0 0 0 0 12:25 0 0
Total 465 17 85 102 -21 494 3.4% 239
Playoffs
Year Team GP G A Pts +/- TOI/G S S% PIM
2016-17 Team Logo Oilers 12 0 3 3 3 17:08 9 0.0% 12
2019-20 Team Logo Oilers 4 0 1 1 2 10:40 4 0.0% 6
2020-21 Team Logo Predators 5 0 0 0 -3 18:36 1 0.0% 6
2021-22 Team Logo Predators 3 0 1 1 -2 14:30 4 0.0% 0
Total 24 0 5 5 0 18 0.0% 24
Player MatchPowered by CORE
Player
Match		 Name Team Pos Age Height / Weight Season
P/G		 Career
P/G		 Offense
Rating		 Defense
Rating		 Actual AAV
Matthew Benning Team Logo D 31.6 yrs 185 cm / 99 kg 0.00 0.22 61 78 $1.250M
91% Dmitry Kulikov Team Logo D 35.2 yrs 185 cm / 95 kg 0.00 0.24 60 80 $1.150M
85% Ryan Johnson Team Logo D 24.5 yrs 185 cm / 88 kg 0.00 0.15 56 77 $0.775M
85% Henry Thrun Team Logo D 24.8 yrs 188 cm / 95 kg 0.00 0.20 56 73 $1.000M
83% Olli Määttä Team Logo D 31.4 yrs 188 cm / 94 kg 0.05 0.25 62 85 $3.500M
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