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Simon Benoit

Position	Left Defense	Current Team	Toronto Maple Leafs
Shoots	Left	Current Contract	3 years
Height	6'4"	Expires	2026-27
Weight (lbs)	211	Expiry Age (Jun 30)	28
Age	26 (Sep 19, 1998)	Expiry Status	UFA
Drafted	Undrafted

News and Opinions

Do the Toronto Maple Leafs have the assets to acquire Nazem Kadri or Rasmus Andersson? at The Win Column (Tue Jul 22, 2025)
Evaluating Toronto Maple Leafs assets for potential Nazem Kadri or Rasmus Andersson deal at The Win Column (Mon Jul 21, 2025)
Maple Leafs fleece Sharks for second time with Reaves trade at Editor in Leaf (Sat Jul 12, 2025)
Maple Leafs offload Ryan Reaves, add defensive depth option in Henry Thrun at Maple Leeafs Hot Stove (Fri Jul 11, 2025)
Are the Leafs' defensemen good enough to contend for Stanley Cup? at Editor in Leaf (Thu Jul 10, 2025)
Optimal lineup for Anaheim Ducks is key to postseason berth at Pucks of a Feather (Sun Jan 9, 2022)
Anaheim Ducks: Buying Into A Championship at Pucks of a Feather (Sat Jul 10, 2021)
Anaheim Ducks: The Case to Trade for Jack Eichel at Pucks of a Feather (Sun Jun 20, 2021)

Date	Team	Transaction
Mar 29, 2024	Toronto Maple Leafs	Signed 3 years @ $1.350M AAV starting in 2024-25
Aug 28, 2023	Toronto Maple Leafs	Signed 1 year @ $775K AAV starting in 2023-24
Jul 22, 2022	Anaheim Ducks	Signed 1 year @ $750K AAV starting in 2022-23
Mar 4, 2019	Anaheim Ducks	Signed to an entry level contract.

Status History Coming Soon

			Regular Season									Playoffs
Season	League	Team	GP	G	A	Pts	+/-	PIM	Shots	Sh%	TOI/G	GP	G	A	Pts	+/-	PIM	Shots	Sh%	TOI/G
2010-11	QC Int PW	Laval Patriotes	2	0	0	0						2
2012-13	QMEAA	Laval Patriotes Midget Espoir	3	0	1	1
2013-14	QMEAA	Laval Patriotes Midget Espoir	20	2	2	4		2				4		3	3
2014-15	QMAAA	Laval-Montréal Rousseau Royal	42	3	11	14	-1	20				4		2	2		2
2015-16	QMJHL	Shawinigan Cataractes	55	1	2	3	+1	22				2
2016-17	QMJHL	Shawinigan Cataractes	64	2	10	12	+4	47				6				-2
2017-18	QMJHL	Shawinigan Cataractes	63	5	23	28	-37	67
2018-19	AHL	San Diego Gulls	65	2	14	16	+16	33				16		3	3	-2	6
2019-20	AHL	San Diego Gulls	56	4	15	19	+15	39
2020-21	NHL	Anaheim Ducks	6	0	0	0	-3	2	3	0.0	17:12
2020-21	AHL	San Diego Gulls	38	1	7	8	+4	32				3		1	1	-1
2021-22	NHL	Anaheim Ducks	53	1	4	5	-5	22	45	2.2	14:06
2021-22	AHL	San Diego Gulls	1	0	0	0						2				+1	2
2022-23	NHL	Anaheim Ducks	78	3	7	10	-29	60	82	3.7	19:21
2023-24	NHL	Toronto Maple Leafs	64	1	4	5	+7	56	52	1.9	17:14	7				-3	4	7	0.0	17:04
2023-24	AHL	Toronto Marlies	2	0	0	0	-2
2024-25	NHL	Toronto Maple Leafs	78	1	9	10	+12	59	48	2.1	16:33	13	1	1	2	-3	10	11	9.1	18:23
NHL Career			279	6	24	30	-18	199	230	2.6	17:02	20	1	1	2	-6	14	18	5.6	17:55

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.
2020-21	ANA	6	91:53	0.00	0.00	0.00	0.07	-0.07	0.00	3.37	-3.37	0.00	0.00
2021-22	ANA	53	697:06	0.09	0.26	0.34	0.17	-0.08	2.27	4.49	-2.22	3.17	3.17
2022-23	ANA	78	1222:46	0.15	0.29	0.44	0.16	-0.01	4.11	4.36	-0.25	0.00	2.75
2023-24	TOR	64	965:47	0.00	0.25	0.25	0.09	-0.09	0.00	3.08	-3.08	0.00	2.78
2024-25	TOR	78	1090:43	0.06	0.44	0.50	0.09	-0.03	2.33	3.60	-1.27	0.00	3.03

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
2020-21	ANA	6	91:53	37.87	0.65	2.20	35.92	3.27	1.98	16.67	52.52	0.03	-0.06	1.00
2021-22	ANA	53	697:06	37.61	1.89	2.34	45.36	2.50	2.58	43.14	47.64	-0.09	-0.10	0.09
2022-23	ANA	78	1222:46	37.05	1.91	2.10	52.65	3.39	3.50	36.11	37.55	-0.21	0.21	-3.77
2023-24	TOR	64	965:47	42.43	2.73	2.54	38.02	2.24	2.22	55.00	53.29	-0.28	-0.25	0.06
2024-25	TOR	78	1090:43	35.98	2.42	2.06	44.61	1.87	2.51	56.41	45.14	-0.41	0.23	-6.84

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%
2021-22	53	22.2	0.4	4.7	5.0	97.2	65.2	61.9	33.3	4.8	42.5	18.4	39.1
2022-23	78	21.8	0.4	7.7	8.0	99.6	65.4	73.3	15.0	11.7	45.1	18.2	36.7
2023-24	64	22.6	0.3	8.2	8.3	89.7	59.1	77.8	18.5	3.7	41.1	18.3	40.6
2024-25	78	23.0	0.3	8.1	8.3	93.8	66.8	73.3	23.3	3.3	41.5	18.3	40.2

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
2024-25	Timmins, C	TOR	433:24	1.52	1.52	50.00	2.09	2.40	46.55	-0.41	0.08	-5.39
2024-25	Ekman-Larsson, O	TOR	190:15	3.78	3.15	54.55	2.01	2.50	44.59	-0.35	0.16	-5.63
2024-25	Ekman-Larsson, O	TOR	148:54	1.21	2.01	37.50	1.55	2.57	37.63	-0.64	0.07	-9.00
2024-25	McCabe, J	TOR	122:46	4.40	2.93	60.00	2.71	3.08	46.79	0.29	0.80	-4.65
2024-25	Myers, P	TOR	119:42	2.51	2.51	50.00	1.95	2.15	47.56	-0.28	-0.41	1.03
2024-25	Tanev, C	TOR	113:29	2.64	0.53	83.33	1.91	2.44	43.95	-0.51	0.15	-7.46
2024-25	Rielly, M	TOR	51:45	1.16	1.16	50.00	2.15	2.30	48.33	-0.20	-0.05	-1.75
2024-25	Carlo, B	TOR	36:16	1.65	0.00	100.00	0.92	3.41	21.17	-1.35	1.09	-28.24
2023-24	McCabe, J	TOR	511:34	2.46	1.88	56.76	2.64	2.28	53.71	-0.09	-0.16	0.85
2023-24	Timmins, C	TOR	130:05	2.77	2.31	54.55	2.74	1.81	60.26	-0.02	-0.88	9.60
2023-24	Lagesson, W	TOR	100:37	0.60	1.19	33.33	1.71	1.37	55.45	-1.31	-1.32	2.56
2023-24	McCabe, J	TOR	89:51	0.67	1.34	33.33	1.81	1.84	49.48	-0.74	-0.66	-0.95
2023-24	Brodie, T	TOR	51:13	3.51	1.17	75.00	3.28	1.51	68.42	0.56	-0.92	15.64
2023-24	Rielly, M	TOR	50:12	4.78	5.98	44.44	2.24	4.27	34.41	-0.50	1.90	-19.23
2023-24	Liljegren, T	TOR	42:04	2.85	8.56	25.00	2.32	4.45	34.28	-0.34	2.10	-18.84
2023-24	Giordano, M	TOR	34:57	3.43	1.72	66.67	2.41	0.98	71.03	-0.40	-1.42	17.12
2022-23	Shattenkirk, K	ANA	471:47	1.78	3.43	34.15	2.10	3.21	39.56	-0.10	-0.16	0.07
2022-23	Klingberg, J	ANA	287:53	2.29	3.54	39.29	2.38	3.85	38.16	0.03	0.49	-2.96
2022-23	Fowler, C	ANA	140:50	1.70	3.41	33.33	1.93	3.72	34.18	-0.39	0.34	-6.60
2022-23	Kulikov, D	ANA	108:11	1.66	2.22	42.86	2.07	4.12	33.43	-0.25	0.71	-6.98
2022-23	White, C	ANA	80:03	2.25	3.00	42.86	1.75	3.18	35.50	-0.47	-0.13	-4.64
2022-23	Vaakanainen, U	ANA	65:19	0.92	4.59	16.67	0.97	2.83	25.44	-1.35	-0.70	-14.13
2022-23	Harrington, S	ANA	22:15	8.09	2.70	75.00	2.62	2.73	48.95	0.57	-0.45	9.78
2022-23	Beaulieu, N	ANA	21:54	0.00	5.48	0.00	2.38	4.04	37.08	0.18	0.75	-2.96
2021-22	Shattenkirk, K	ANA	411:30	1.60	2.48	39.29	2.33	2.48	48.37	-0.12	-0.23	0.90
2021-22	Sustr, A	ANA	147:32	2.44	1.63	60.00	2.52	2.78	47.58	0.36	-0.28	6.19
2021-22	Mahura, J	ANA	42:02	0.00	4.28	0.00	1.91	2.14	47.12	-0.27	-0.17	-1.39
2021-22	Pateryn, G	ANA	30:56	1.94	1.94	50.00	1.77	2.03	46.61	-0.24	-0.74	4.58
2020-21	Shattenkirk, K	ANA	70:00	0.86	2.57	25.00	2.31	1.87	55.32	-0.05	-0.09	0.59

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.

Current Contract

Standard Contract (RFA)

Season	Age*	Cap Hit	AAV	Perf. Bonus	Sign. Bonus	Salary	Compensation	Minors Salary	Status
2024-25	25	$1,350,000	$1,350,000	-	-	$1,350,000	$1,350,000	$1,350,000	RFA-arb
2025-26	26	$1,350,000	$1,350,000	-	-	$1,350,000	$1,350,000	$1,350,000	RFA-arb
2026-27	27	$1,350,000	$1,350,000	-	-	$1,350,000	$1,350,000	$1,350,000	UFA
Total				-	-	$4,050,000	$4,050,000	$4,050,000

Signed: Mar 29, 2024

Team: Toronto Maple Leafs

GM: -

Exp. Status: UFA

Cap %: 1.53

Previous Contracts

Standard Contract (UFA)

Season	Age*	Clause	Cap Hit	AAV	Perf. Bonus	Sign. Bonus	Salary	Compensation	Minors Salary	Status
2023-24	24		$775,000	$775,000	-	-	$775,000	$775,000	$775,000	RFA-arb
Total					-	-	$775,000	$775,000	$775,000

Signed: Aug 28, 2023

Team: Toronto Maple Leafs

GM: -

Exp. Status: RFA-arb

Cap %: 0.93

Standard Contract (RFA)

Season	Age*	Clause	Cap Hit	AAV	Perf. Bonus	Sign. Bonus	Salary	Compensation	Minors Salary	Status
2022-23	23		$750,000	$750,000	-	-	$750,000	$750,000	$100,000	RFA
Total					-	-	$750,000	$750,000	$100,000

Signed: July 22, 2022

Team: Anaheim Ducks

GM: -

Exp. Status: UFA(no QO)

Cap %: 0.91

Note: Minimum guaranteed salary of $120,000.

Entry Level Contract

Season	Age*	Cap Hit	AAV	Perf. Bonus	Sign. Bonus	Salary	Compensation	Minors Salary	Status
2019-20	20	$809,166	$925,000	$132,500	$92,500	$700,000	$792,500	$70,000	ELC
2020-21	21	$809,166	$925,000	$132,500	$92,500	$700,000	$792,500	$57,500	ELC
2021-22	22	$809,166	$925,000	$82,500	$92,500	$750,000	$842,500	$57,500	ELC
Total				$347,500	$277,500	$2,150,000	$2,427,500	$185,000

Signed: Mar 4, 2019

Team: Anaheim Ducks

GM: -

Exp. Status: RFA

*Age is as of September 15