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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
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 Team GP G A Pts +/- PIM Shots Sh% TOI/G GP G A Pts +/- PIM Shots Sh% TOI/G
2020-21 ANA 6 0 0 0 -3 2 3 0.0 17:12
2021-22 ANA 53 1 4 5 -5 22 45 2.2 14:06
2022-23 ANA 78 3 7 10 -29 60 82 3.7 19:21
2023-24 TOR 64 1 4 5 +7 56 52 1.9 17:14 7 -3 4 7 0.0 17:04
2024-25 TOR 70 1 8 9 +5 54 42 2.4 16:14
Career 271 6 23 29 -25 194 224 2.7 16:58 7 -3 4 7 0.0 17:04

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 60 826:43 0.07 0.29 0.36 0.09 -0.02 3.12 3.95 -0.82 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
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 60 826:43 37.88 2.10 2.15 44.13 2.03 2.52 50.88 46.04 -0.32 0.25 -6.04

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 51 23.0 0.2 8.1 8.3 93.8 65.2 70.6 23.5 5.9 40.9 18.6 40.5

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.

Glossary

Type Statistic Definition
IndividualG/60Goals Against per 60 minutes.
IndividualA/60Assists per 60 minutes.
IndividualPts/60Points per 60 minutes.
IndividualxG/60Expected Goals per 60 minutes.
IndividualGAE/60Goals Above Expected (G/60 - xG/60).
IndividualSh%Shooting Percentage.
IndividualxSh%Expected Shooting Percentage.
IndividualSh%AEShooting percentage above expected (Sh% - xSh%).
Individual%SA RushPercentage of shot attempts determined to be on the rush.
Individual%SA Reb.Percentage of shot attempts determined to be from rebounds.
On IceSAF/60Shot Attempts For per 60 minutes.
On IceGF/60Goals For per 60 minutes.
On IcexGF/60Expected Goals For per 60 minutes.
On IceSAA/60Shot Attempts Against per 60 minutes (lower is better).
On IceGA/60Goals Against per 60 minutes (lower is better).
On IcexGA/60Expected Goals Against per 60 minutes (lower is better).
On IceGF%Goals For Percentage = Goals For / (Goals For + Goals Against)
On IcexGF%Expected Goals For Percentage = Expected Goals For / (Expected Goals For + Expected Goals Against)
On IcexGF RelxGF/60 when On Ice - xGF/60 when not On Ice.
On IcexGA RelxGA/60 when On Ice - xGA/60 when not On Ice (lower is better).
On IcexGF% RelxGF% 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* Clause 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* Clause 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