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Matt Benning

Position	Right Defense	Current Team	Toronto Maple Leafs
Shoots	Right	Current Contract	4 years ($1.2M CapHit)
Height	6'1"	Expires	2025-26
Weight (lbs)	220	Expiry Age (Jun 30)	32
Age (DOB)	31 (May 25, 1994)	Expiry Status	UFA
Drafted	2012, Round 6, Overall 175 (BOS)

Date	Team	Transaction
Jan 23, 2026	Toronto Maple Leafs	Assigned to AHL
Dec 30, 2025	Toronto Maple Leafs	Recalled from AHL
Oct 6, 2025	Toronto Maple Leafs	Cleared Waivers
Oct 5, 2025	Toronto Maple Leafs	Placed on Waivers
Nov 12, 2024	Toronto Maple Leafs	Assigned to AHL
Nov 12, 2024	Toronto Maple Leafs	Cleared Waivers
Nov 11, 2024	Toronto Maple Leafs	Placed on Waivers
Oct 30, 2024	San Jose Sharks	Traded to Toronto Maple Leafs
Oct 30, 2024	Toronto Maple Leafs	Acquired from San Jose Sharks
Jul 14, 2022	San Jose Sharks	Signed 4 years @ $1.250M AAV starting in 2022-23
Oct 9, 2020	Nashville Predators	Signed 2 years @ $1.000M AAV starting in 2020-21
Jun 19, 2018	Edmonton Oilers	Signed 2 years @ $1.900M AAV starting in 2018-19
Aug 27, 2016	Edmonton Oilers	Signed to an entry level contract.

Status History Coming Soon

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About Player Cards

Player cards present an infographic of a players performance using a series of Player Archetypes developed for Puckalytics.com and TheStanleyCap.com. The boxes in the rink image show the archetype ratings for the season specified in the card while the graphs to the right show the five-year trends for those archetypes.

Except for Faceoffs, the values shown are the players z-score (standard deviation from the mean) for the specific metric used to calculate the archetype values. When calculating z-scores forwards were compared to forwards and defensemen were compared to defensemen. Positive values indicate the player is above average and shaded in blue, while negative values indicate the player is below average and shaded in pink. The five year trend charts show a range of -4.0 to 4.0.

The value shown for Faceoffs is the faceoff winning percentage rather than their z-score with winning percentages below 50 in pink shades and above 50 in blue shades.

All archetypes are 5v5 except 5v4 TOI, 4v5 TOI, Skating (even strength) and Faceoffs (all situations). Archetypes use regular season data only.

Archetypes Summary

Sniper - Measures the to score above the expected goal rate.
Rebound - Measures the percent of a players shot attempts that come from rebounds (forwards only).
5v4 TOI - Powerplay ice time, calculated as the percentage of his teams 5v4 ice time that the player was on the ice for.
Shooter - Measures whether a players points come from shots (goals or assists on rebounds from his shots).
Producer - Measures a players ability to produce goals and assists, adjusted for quality of teammates.
Playmaker - Measures whether a players points come from passes.
Drive - Measures a players ability to drive puck possession and generate shot attempts for his team.
Rush - Measures the percent of a players shot attempts that come from rush plays
Possession - An indicator of a players ability to improve his teams puck possession game.
Faceoffs - Faceoff Winning Percentage (min. 75 faceoffs taken).
5v5 TOI - The percentage of his teams 5v5 TOI that the player was on the ice for.
Suppress - Measures a players ability to suppress opponent puck possession and shot attempts against.
Skating - An indicator of a players skating ability, or speed bursts above 20mph per mile skated.
Defend - An indicator of a players ability to suppress shot quality against.
4v5 TOI - Penalty Kill ice time, calculated as the percentage of his teams 4v5 ice time that the player was on the ice for.

Data Sources

Salary data is from TheStanleyCap.com
Skating data is from NHL Edge
Other statistics are from Puckalytics.com and derived from data from NHL.com

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Read Introducing Player Archetypes on HockeyAnalysis.com for more details on archetype calculations.

Core Archetypes

Season	Team(s)	GP	Producer	Playmaker	Shooter	Sniper	Rebound	Rush	Skating	Defend
2016-17	EDM	62	-0.43	-0.22	-0.48	-0.14	-	0.02	-	0.40
2017-18	EDM	73	-0.01	-0.63	1.02	0.47	-	-1.06	-	0.60
2018-19	EDM	70	-0.17	-0.14	-0.23	0.27	-	-1.03	-	0.97
2019-20	EDM	43	0.10	0.85	-0.70	-0.33	-	-0.88	-	1.04
2020-21	NSH	53	-1.46	-1.28	-0.72	0.05	-	-0.81	-	-0.38
2021-22	NSH	65	-0.30	0.56	-1.00	-1.42	-	-1.07	-0.68	-3.57
2022-23	SJS	77	0.77	2.26	-0.88	-1.05	-	0.28	-0.17	1.26
2023-24	SJS	14	-0.16	1.24	-1.01	-1.00	-	-1.10	0.05	1.39
2024-25	SJS	7	-1.75	-1.65	-0.94	-2.33	-	-0.68	-0.49	-1.79
2025-26	TOR	1	-	-	-	-	-	-	1.74	11.34

Situational and Secondary Archetypes

Season	Team(s)	GP	5v5 TOI	5v4 TOI	4v5 TOI	Possession	Drive	Suppress	Faceoffs
2016-17	EDM	62	-0.90	-1.20	-1.33	0.52	0.11	-0.65	-
2017-18	EDM	73	-0.59	-0.56	-1.61	0.28	0.82	0.47	-
2018-19	EDM	70	-2.08	-1.06	-0.70	-0.13	0.23	0.51	-
2019-20	EDM	43	-2.09	-1.76	-1.53	0.38	-0.82	-1.48	-
2020-21	NSH	53	-1.10	-1.63	0.14	-0.32	-1.35	-0.90	-
2021-22	NSH	65	-1.20	-1.51	0.14	0.11	-0.41	-0.68	-
2022-23	SJS	77	-0.27	-0.61	1.12	-1.73	-1.96	0.48	-
2023-24	SJS	14	-0.79	-1.45	0.90	-0.08	0.50	0.89	-
2024-25	SJS	7	-1.97	-1.49	-1.24	-1.43	-0.16	2.77	-
2025-26	TOR	1	-2.91	-1.52	-1.64	-0.07	-2.23	-3.15	-

About Archetypes

Player archetypes are a look at a players strengths and weaknesses in his game when compared to other players around the leeague. Except for Faceoffs, the values shown are the players z-score (standard deviation from the mean) for the specific metric used to calculate the archetype values. When calculating z-scores forwards were compared to forwards and defensemen were compared to defensemen. Positive values indicate the player is above average and shaded in blue, while negative values indicate the player is below average and shaded in pink. The five year trend charts show a range of -4.0 to 4.0.

The value shown for Faceoffs is the faceoff winning percentage rather than their z-score with winning percentages below 50 in pink shades and above 50 in blue shades.

All archetypes are 5v5 except 5v4 TOI, 4v5 TOI and Faceoffs (all situations). Archetypes use regular season data only.

Archetypes Summary

Producer - Measures a players ability to produce goals and assists, adjusted for quality of teammates.
Playmaker - Measures whether a players points come from passes.
Shooter - Measures whether a players points come from shots (goals or assists on rebounds from his shots).
Sniper - Measures the to score above the expected goal rate.
Rebound - Measures the percent of a players shot attempts that come from rebounds (forwards only).
Rush - Measures the percent of a players shot attempts that come from rush plays
Skating - An indicator of a players skating ability, or speed bursts above 20mph per mile skated.
Defend - An indicator of a players ability to suppress shot quality against.
5v5 TOI - The percentage of his teams 5v5 TOI that the player was on the ice for.
5v4 TOI - Powerplay ice time, calculated as the percentage of his teams 5v4 ice time that the player was on the ice for.
4v5 TOI - Penalty Kill ice time, calculated as the percentage of his teams 4v5 ice time that the player was on the ice for.
Possession - An indicator of a players ability to improve his teams puck possession game.
Drive - Measures a players ability to drive puck possession and generate shot attempts for his team.
Suppress - Measures a players ability to suppress opponent puck possession and shot attempts against.
Faceoffs - Faceoff Winning Percentage (min. 75 faceoffs taken).

Read Introducing Player Archetypes on HockeyAnalysis.com for more details on archetype calculations.

Data Sources

Salary data is from TheStanleyCap.com
Skating data is from NHL Edge
Other statistics are from Puckalytics.com and derived from data from NHL.com

5v5 Individual Stats

Season	Team(s)	GP	TOI	G/60	A/60	Pts/60	xG/60	GAE/60	Sh%	xSh%	Sh%AE	%SA Rush	%SA Reb.
2016-17	EDM	62	916:32	0.13	0.59	0.72	0.15	-0.02	3.12	3.52	-0.40	1.12	1.12
2017-18	EDM	73	1111:35	0.32	0.54	0.86	0.25	0.07	6.38	4.92	1.46	0.00	3.50
2018-19	EDM	70	888:16	0.20	0.68	0.88	0.19	0.02	3.70	3.41	0.29	0.00	0.88
2019-20	EDM	43	506:10	0.12	0.83	0.95	0.15	-0.03	3.03	3.80	-0.77	0.00	0.00
2020-21	NSH	53	728:04	0.08	0.16	0.25	0.08	-0.00	2.44	2.47	-0.03	0.00	0.00
2021-22	NSH	65	875:06	0.00	0.69	0.69	0.15	-0.15	0.00	3.76	-3.76	0.00	0.00
2022-23	SJS	77	1197:40	0.05	1.00	1.05	0.12	-0.07	2.00	4.79	-2.79	1.30	2.60
2023-24	SJS	14	199:44	0.00	0.60	0.60	0.07	-0.07	0.00	2.13	-2.13	0.00	0.00
2024-25	SJS	7	83:33	0.00	0.00	0.00	0.27	-0.27	0.00	5.40	-5.40	0.00	11.11
2025-26	TOR	1	12:21	0.00	0.00	0.00	0.00	0.00	-	-	-	-	-

5v5 On Ice Stats

Season	Team(s)	GP	TOI	SAF/60	GF/60	xGF/60	SAA/60	GA/60	xGA/60	GF%	xGF%	xGF Rel	xGA Rel	xGF% Rel
2016-17	EDM	62	916:32	41.77	2.68	2.30	37.64	2.09	2.26	56.16	50.38	-0.14	-0.12	-0.10
2017-18	EDM	73	1111:35	46.47	2.70	2.68	44.48	2.48	2.52	52.08	51.57	0.07	0.02	0.51
2018-19	EDM	70	888:16	39.24	2.90	2.33	44.58	2.30	2.47	55.84	48.57	-0.00	-0.13	1.21
2019-20	EDM	43	506:10	36.87	2.84	2.18	37.58	1.90	2.25	60.00	49.28	-0.33	-0.33	-0.13
2020-21	NSH	53	728:04	38.40	1.98	2.14	38.32	2.14	2.24	48.00	48.90	-0.20	-0.10	-1.08
2021-22	NSH	65	875:06	39.70	1.78	2.27	39.84	3.50	2.27	33.77	50.04	-0.19	-0.18	-0.09
2022-23	SJS	77	1197:40	35.32	2.35	2.35	44.89	2.91	2.74	44.76	46.15	-0.54	-0.11	-4.19
2023-24	SJS	14	199:44	36.95	1.20	2.03	49.57	2.40	3.32	33.33	37.95	0.11	0.64	-3.88
2024-25	SJS	7	83:33	38.78	0.72	2.87	56.01	4.31	3.67	14.29	43.91	0.81	0.98	0.52
2025-26	TOR	1	12:21	29.15	0.00	3.26	34.01	0.00	0.89	-	78.49	0.70	-1.32	24.88

NHL Edge Stats

		Skating				Shooting					Zone Time
Season	GP	Top Speed	Bursts>20/mi	Avg. Speed	ES Avg. Speed	Top Speed	Avg. Speed	%Long Range	%Mid Range	%High Danger	ES DZ%	ES NZ%	ES OZ%
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Legend

Percentile 0-25

Percentile 25-50

Percentile 50-75

Percentile 75-100

Forwards are compared with forwards and Defensemen are are compared with Defensemen.

5v5 Defense Pairs

Season

Season	Teammate	Team	TOI	GF/60	GA/60	GF%	xGF/60	xGA/60	xGF%	xGF Rel	xGA Rel	xGF% Rel
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Glossary

Type	Statistic	Definition
Individual	G/60	Goals Against per 60 minutes.
Individual	A/60	Assists per 60 minutes.
Individual	Pts/60	Points per 60 minutes.
Individual	xG/60	Expected Goals per 60 minutes.
Individual	GAE/60	Goals Above Expected (G/60 - xG/60).
Individual	Sh%	Shooting Percentage.
Individual	xSh%	Expected Shooting Percentage.
Individual	Sh%AE	Shooting percentage above expected (Sh% - xSh%).
Individual	%SA Rush	Percentage of shot attempts determined to be on the rush.
Individual	%SA Reb.	Percentage of shot attempts determined to be from rebounds.
On Ice	SAF/60	Shot Attempts For per 60 minutes.
On Ice	GF/60	Goals For per 60 minutes.
On Ice	xGF/60	Expected Goals For per 60 minutes.
On Ice	SAA/60	Shot Attempts Against per 60 minutes (lower is better).
On Ice	GA/60	Goals Against per 60 minutes (lower is better).
On Ice	xGA/60	Expected Goals Against per 60 minutes (lower is better).
On Ice	GF%	Goals For Percentage = Goals For / (Goals For + Goals Against)
On Ice	xGF%	Expected Goals For Percentage = Expected Goals For / (Expected Goals For + Expected Goals Against)
On Ice	xGF Rel	xGF/60 when On Ice - xGF/60 when not On Ice.
On Ice	xGA Rel	xGA/60 when On Ice - xGA/60 when not On Ice (lower is better).
On Ice	xGF% Rel	xGF% when On Ice - xGF% when not On Ice.

Individual and On-Ice stats from Puckalytics.com (starting in 2015-16). NHL Edge Stats from edge.nhl.com (starting in 2021-22). Edge statistic definitions can be found at the Edge Stats Glossary.

News and Opinions

Marlies defenceman set to make his Maple Leaf debut at Editor in Leaf (Sat Jan 3, 2026)
Matt Benning, ahead of his Leafs debut, on his return to the NHL: “My confidence is still there” at Maple Leafs Hot Stove (Sat Jan 3, 2026)
Maple Leafs Lineup Notes: Matt Benning Set To Make Debut, Joseph Woll Starts Against Islanders at Yahoo Sports NHL (Sat Jan 3, 2026)
Leafs lineup news: Woll projected to start vs. Islanders, Benning expected to replace Myers at The Leafs Nation (Sat Jan 3, 2026)
Luke Haymes scores game-winner as Toronto Marlies bounce back vs. Belleville at Maple Leafs Hot Stove (Sat Dec 27, 2025)
Toronto Maple Leafs Trade History at The Hockey Writers (Sun Dec 21, 2025)
Matt Benning scores OT winner as Toronto Marlies overcome slow start to defeat Belleville at Maple Leafs Hot Stove (Sun Dec 21, 2025)
Dakota Mermis’ injury creates a now or never situation for Matt Benning and Maple Leafs at The Leafs Nation (Thu Dec 11, 2025)
Matt Benning records three assists in return from injury as Toronto Marlies earn important victory in Belleville at Maple Leafs Hot Stove (Sat Dec 6, 2025)
Maple Leafs News & Rumours: Laughton, Joshua, Roy & Benning at The Hockey Writers (Thu Dec 4, 2025)
'I Still Think I'm An NHL Defenseman': Matt Benning Hoping To Impress Maple Leafs Or Other Teams In Training Camp at Yahoo Sports NHL (Tue Aug 26, 2025)
Leafs’ Matt Benning chasing strong training camp to make his NHL return at The Leafs Nation (Sat Aug 23, 2025)

Current Contract

Matt Benning signed a $5,000,000 4-year contract with the San Jose Sharks and General Manager Mike Grier on July 14, 2022 with an AAV of $1,250,000. This contract will start in 2022-23 and end after the 2025-26 season. In the first season of the contract the cap hit was equivalent to 1.52% of the salary cap.

Standard Contract (UFA) ( ) (0 ratings)

Season	Age*	Cap Hit	AAV	Perf. Bonus	Sign. Bonus	Salary	Compensation	Minors Salary	Status
2022-23	28	$1,250,000	$1,250,000	-	-	$1,250,000	$1,250,000	$1,250,000	UFA
2023-24	29	$1,250,000	$1,250,000	-	-	$1,250,000	$1,250,000	$1,250,000	UFA
2024-25	30	$1,250,000	$1,250,000	-	-	$1,250,000	$1,250,000	$1,250,000	UFA
2025-26	31	$1,250,000	$1,250,000	-	-	$1,250,000	$1,250,000	$1,250,000	UFA
Total				-	-	$5,000,000	$5,000,000	$5,000,000

Signed: July 14, 2022

Team: San Jose Sharks

GM: Mike Grier

Exp. Status: UFA

Cap %: 1.52

Previous Contracts (show) (hide)

Matt Benning signed a $2,000,000 2-year contract with the Nashville Predators and General Manager David Poile on October 9, 2020 with an AAV of $1,000,000. This contract will start in 2020-21 and end after the 2021-22 season. In the first season of the contract the cap hit was equivalent to 1.23% of the salary cap.

Standard Contract (UFA) ( ) (0 ratings)

Season	Age*	Cap Hit	AAV	Perf. Bonus	Sign. Bonus	Salary	Compensation	Minors Salary	Status
2020-21	26	$1,000,000	$1,000,000	-	-	$1,000,000	$1,000,000	$1,000,000	RFA-arb
2021-22	27	$1,000,000	$1,000,000	-	-	$1,000,000	$1,000,000	$1,000,000	UFA
Total				-	-	$2,000,000	$2,000,000	$2,000,000

Signed: Oct 9, 2020

Team: Nashville Predators

GM: David Poile

Exp. Status: UFA

Cap %: 1.23

Matt Benning signed a $3,800,000 2-year contract with the Edmonton Oilers and General Manager Peter Chiarelli on June 19, 2018 with an AAV of $1,900,000. This contract will start in 2018-19 and end after the 2019-20 season. In the first season of the contract the cap hit was equivalent to 2.39% of the salary cap.

Standard Contract (RFA) ( ) (0 ratings)

Season	Age*	Cap Hit	AAV	Perf. Bonus	Sign. Bonus	Salary	Compensation	Minors Salary	Status
2018-19	24	$1,900,000	$1,900,000	-	-	$1,800,000	$1,800,000	$1,800,000	RFA-arb
2019-20	25	$1,900,000	$1,900,000	-	-	$2,000,000	$2,000,000	$2,000,000	RFA-arb
Total				-	-	$3,800,000	$3,800,000	$3,800,000

Signed: June 19, 2018

Team: Edmonton Oilers

GM: Peter Chiarelli

Exp. Status: UFA(no QO)

Cap %: 2.39

Matt Benning signed a $1,850,000 2-year contract with the Edmonton Oilers and General Manager Peter Chiarelli on August 27, 2016 with an AAV of $925,000. This contract will start in 2016-17 and end after the 2017-18 season. In the first season of the contract the cap hit was equivalent to 1.27% of the salary cap.

Entry Level Contract ( ) (0 ratings)

Season	Age*	Cap Hit	AAV	Perf. Bonus	Sign. Bonus	Salary	Compensation	Minors Salary	Status
2016-17	22	$925,000	$1,075,000	-	$92,500	$832,500	$925,000	$70,000	ELC
2017-18	23	$925,000	$1,075,000	$300,000	$92,500	$832,500	$925,000	$70,000	ELC
Total				$300,000	$185,000	$1,665,000	$1,850,000	$140,000

Signed: Aug 27, 2016

Team: Edmonton Oilers

GM: Peter Chiarelli

Exp. Status: RFA-arb

Career Statistics

			Regular Season									Playoffs
Season	League	Team	GP	G	A	Pts	+/-	PIM	Shots	Sh%	TOI/G	GP	G	A	Pts	+/-	PIM	Shots	Sh%	TOI/G
2007-08	AMBHL	St. Albert Sabres Bantam AAA	2	0	1	1
2008-09	AMBHL	St. Albert	33	2	15	17		44
2008-09	AEHL U15	St. Albert Sabres U15 AAA										5		3	3		12
2009-10	AMHL	St. Albert	33	7	14	21		32				4	1		1		2
2010-11	AJHL	Spruce Grove	43	0	7	7		65				13		1	1		20
2011-12	AJHL	Spruce Grove	44	4	14	18		87				11	2	1	3		16
2012-13	USHL	Dubuque	57	10	16	26	+25	73	70	1,429.0		10	1	1	2	+3	6	16	625.0
2013-14	H-East	Northeastern	33	3	10	13		28
2014-15	H-East	Northeastern	36	0	24	24		36
2015-16	NCAA	Northeastern Univ.	41	6	13	19		37
2016-17	AHL	Bakersfield Condors	2	1	1	2	+2
2016-17	NHL	Edmonton Oilers	62	3	12	15	+8	29	69	4.4	16:37	12		3	3	+3	12	9	0.0	17:09
2017-18	NHL	Edmonton Oilers	73	6	15	21	+5	49	111	5.4	17:17
2018-19	NHL	Edmonton Oilers	70	5	12	17	+11	33	94	5.3	14:57
2019-20	AHL	Bakersfield Condors	3	0	1	1	+1	2
2019-20	NHL	Edmonton Oilers	43	1	7	8	+8	15	38	2.6	13:14	4		1	1	+2	6	4	0.0	10:40
2020-21	NHL	Nashville Predators	53	1	3	4	-1	30	43	2.3	16:20	5				-3	6	1	0.0	18:36
2021-22	NHL	Nashville Predators	65	0	11	11	-24	39	61	0.0	16:20	3		1	1	-2		4	0.0	14:30
2022-23	NHL	San Jose Sharks	77	1	23	24	-18	26	58	1.7	19:47
2023-24	NHL	San Jose Sharks	14	0	2	2	-5	14	13	0.0	18:29
2024-25	NHL	San Jose Sharks	7	0	0	0	-5	4	7	0.0	13:02
2024-25	AHL	Toronto Marlies	39	1	7	8	+10	26				2				+1	2
2025-26	NHL	Toronto Maple Leafs	1	0	0	0				0.0	12:26
2025-26	AHL	Toronto Marlies	34	3	13	16	+7	23				4				+2	4
NHL Career			465	17	85	102	-21	239	494	3.4	16:36	24		5	5		24	18	0.0	16:02