Who to start · 2025-26
Filip Hronek vs Matty Beniers
Blending 2025-26 with 2026-27 so far, Filip Hronek projects to 2.03 fantasy points per game under ESPN default scoring to Matty Beniers's 1.73.
Hronek had 49 points in 82 games; Beniers had 50 in 82 games.
This week Hronek has 2 games left with 1 soft and 1 tough matchups; Beniers has 2 left with 1 soft matchup. We project Beniers for 3.9 ESPN points to Hronek's 3.5.
They split the 34 stats both are ranked on 17–17.
Hronek's biggest edges: Hits 133, Goals above expected +1.0, Transition attempts /60 0.80.
Beniers's biggest edges: On-ice PDO 1016, Blocked shots 69, Forecheck xG /60 0.26.
- • 2026-27 so far: 2 GP, 0 G, 4 A, 1 PPP, 3 SOG.
- • 2026-27 so far: 1 GP, 1 G, 1 A, 0 PPP, 1 SOG.
Fantasy value: your scoring
Filip Hronek
2.03
fantasy points per game
Matty Beniers
1.73
fantasy points per game
Under ESPN default points, Filip Hronek has the edge.
| Points per game from | Hronek | Beniers |
|---|---|---|
| Goals (+2) | 0.17 | 0.58 |
| Assists (+1) | 0.68 | 0.41 |
| Power-play points (+0.5) | 0.14 | 0.06 |
| Shorthanded points (+0.5) | 0.01 | 0.00 |
| Shots on goal (+0.1) | 0.17 | 0.18 |
| Hits (+0.1) | 0.14 | 0.05 |
| Blocks (+0.5) | 0.71 | 0.46 |
Per-game rates from the selected sample; blended mixes last season with this season, weighting this season more as games are played. Categories are scored as z-scores against qualified players at the same position. Your custom weights are saved in this browser only.
Head-to-head: Hronek vs Beniers
Every event between them in NHL play-by-play, 2022-23 to 2025-26: games against each other, faceoffs, shots on goal, hits and penalties. Regular season and playoffs.
Hronek 0G 3A, 16 SOG · Beniers 4G 5A, 21 SOG
Hronek blocked 1 of Beniers's shots; Beniers blocked 0 of Hronek's.
On the ice against each other (Hronek's side)
27:20 at 5-on-5 over 4 games, 2025-26, from Hronek's side
- Shot attempts
- 39–12
- 76.5%
- Expected goals
- 2.0–0.3
- 85.8%
- Goals
- 2–2
Games against each other
| Date | Score | Hronek | Beniers |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2026-03-14 | VAN 2–5 SEA | 0G 0A 4S | 1G 2A 1S |
| 2026-02-28 | VAN 1–5 SEA | 0G 0A 1S | 1G 0A 4S |
| 2026-01-02 | VAN 3–4 SEA | 0G 1A 3S | 0G 0A 3S |
| 2025-12-29 | VAN 3–2 SEA | 0G 0A 0S | 0G 0A 0S |
| 2025-04-02 | VAN 0–5 SEA | 0G 0A 1S | 0G 0A 2S |
| 2025-03-01 | VAN 3–6 SEA | 0G 0A 0S | 1G 0A 2S |
| 2024-02-22 | VAN 2–5 SEA | 0G 0A 1S | 0G 0A 3S |
| 2023-11-24 | VAN 5–1 SEA | 0G 1A 1S | 0G 0A 0S |
| 2023-11-18 | VAN 3–4 SEA | 0G 1A 4S | 1G 1A 3S |
| 2023-02-18 | DET 2–4 SEA | 0G 0A 1S | 0G 2A 3S |
Every stat, side by side
Season values; bars are percentiles at each player's position (longer is better). Click a stat for its explainer.
Fantasy box score
Possession & shot quality (5-on-5 on-ice)
Transition, turnovers & faceoffs
Usage
Special teams & discipline
This week's schedule
Sep 28 to Oct 4. More games usually wins a weekly start/sit. Chips show how many fantasy points the opponent allows to the player's position (soft or tough), the Schedule Edge from rest and travel, and the likely opposing goalie with his save percentage. Projections use ESPN default points for the games left.
Filip Hronek
4games (2 left)
3.5proj. ESPN pts
- Tue, Sep 29 @ EDMOpp allows 10th-most FP to DLikely vs Tristan Jarry (.882)
- Thu, Oct 1 vs EDMOpp allows 10th-most FP to DLikely vs Devon Levi (.682)
- Sat, Oct 3 vs CGY2.1 ptsOpp allows the most FP to DSchedule edge −3.4 win%Likely vs Dustin Wolf (.899)
- Sun, Oct 4 vs VGKB2B1.4 ptsOpp allows 5th-fewest FP to DSchedule edge −9.3 win%Likely vs Carter Hart (.891)
Matty Beniers
3games (2 left)
3.9proj. ESPN pts
- Thu, Oct 1 @ CGYOpp allows 2nd-most FP to CLikely vs Dustin Wolf (.899)
- Sat, Oct 3 @ EDM1.9 ptsOpp allows 9th-most FP to CLikely vs Tristan Jarry (.882)
- Sun, Oct 4 vs CGYB2B1.9 ptsOpp allows 2nd-most FP to CLikely vs Dustin Wolf (.899)
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FAQ
- Should I start Filip Hronek or Matty Beniers in fantasy hockey?
- Blending 2025-26 with 2026-27 so far, Filip Hronek projects to 2.03 fantasy points per game under ESPN default scoring to Matty Beniers's 1.73. Hronek had 49 points in 82 games; Beniers had 50 in 82 games. Check this week's games and your league's scoring in the fantasy panel above, since more games usually decide a weekly start.
- Who is better, Filip Hronek or Matty Beniers?
- On 2025-26 numbers they split 17–17 across 34 stats where both qualify.
- How have Hronek and Beniers done against each other?
- In 10 games against each other in our data, Hronek's team went 2–8. Hronek had 3 points (0 goals) and Beniers had 9 (4 goals).
2025-26 regular season from NHL play-by-play, shift charts and NHL EDGE, processed by Edgehalla. Head-to-head covers every loaded season (play-by-play from 2019-20; on-ice matchups from 2025-26).Compare other players →