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Philadelphia Flyers

Simon Benoit

22.8

#44Defenseman6'4"209 lb

0.0 in 2 days
2026-27 regular season
2
GP
0
G
0
A
0
P
1
SOG
0.0% SH
15:59
TOI/GP

D · PHI · NHL id 8481122

Simon Benoit has played 2 games for the Philadelphia Flyers in 2026-27, scoring 0 goals and 0 assists (0 points) on 1 shots while averaging 15:59 a night (15:38 at even strength, 0:00 on the power play and 0:23 shorthanded). At 5v5 he has skated 85% of his 5v5 minutes with Nick Seeler and 36% with Trevor Zegras over the last 2 games, and the Flyers have controlled 41% of shot attempts with Benoit on the ice (0-1 in goals, 40% offensive-zone starts). In the Flyers' most recent game against NJD he was on D3 with Nick Seeler and off the power play; dropped to D3 (from D1) in the last game.

Right now

From the Oct 1 game vs NJD, detected from shift data

Power play
No PP unit
Penalty kill
No PK unit
Dropped to D3 (from D1) in the last gameLast 2: D1 · D3
Ascension44Steadylast 2 games vs previous 20 (incl. last season), through Oct 1, 2026
  • On-ice xGF/60 0.82 (was 2.08)
  • −1:24 TOI a game

Deployment timeline

2026-27 · per-game ice time by strength, with line and power-play unit changes

Usage: 2 games, 16:01 average time on ice, PP1 in 0 games, 1 line changes.

PPLine13▼0m3m7m10m13m17m20mSep 30Oct 1
  • Even strength
  • Power play
  • Penalty kill
  • 5-game average
  • Did not play
  • ▲ promoted · ▼ demoted
2 games shown, 16:01 average. Line and PP unit come from where the player's ice time ranks among his teammates that night.

NHL EDGE tracking

2025-26 percentiles among skaters at his position

Source: NHL EDGE

Only 2 GP in 2026-27; showing 2025-26 NHL EDGE data.

Top speed89th8922.8 mph
Bursts 20+ mph89th9070
Hardest shot72nd7293.9 mph
Offensive-zone time1st237.7%
Distance skated58th59173.3 mi
High-danger SOG48th493
Percentile among position peers│ tick = 3-season weighted

Season-level NHL EDGE puck and player tracking, refreshed nightly. The percentile is the league rank among skaters this season; the label at the right is the raw value.

Shot map

2026-27 · 2 attempts, 1 on goal, 0 goals

Shot map, OPP at PHI: 2 attempts, 1 on goal, 0 goals, 0.02 expected goals; best chance Simon Benoit at 0.02 xG.

  • Even strength
  • Power play
  • Penalty kill
  • Goal
  • Shot on goal
  • Missed
  • Blocked
Every attempt (goals, shots, misses and blocks), attacking toward the right (or the top on phones).

Luck

2025-26 · 73 GP · 6 points vs 9.0 expected

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Last 20 games: -28. Positive means running hot (sell), negative running cold (buy).

0.0%
98.6
17.1%
G vs xG
0 / 2.7
  • • Role rose over the last 10 games (1 promotion event): some of the heat may be real.
Goals against expected goals
01234-2.7goals below expected-1.6σ10/84/15
  • Actual goals
  • Expected
  • ±1σ
  • Above expected
  • Below expected

2025-26 regular season. Rank is among all qualified players; the bar is his percentile among defencemen. Each stat links to its explainer.

  • 2026-27 so far: 2 GP, 0 G, 0 A, 0 PPP, 1 SOG.

Fantasy box score

  • Games played73
  • Goals0685th
  • Assists6573rd
  • Points6639th
  • Power-play points0437th
  • Shorthanded points0227th
  • Shots on goal60503rd
  • Hits19426th
  • Blocked shots11459th
  • Plus/minus−22687th
  • Penalty minutes41174th
  • Faceoffs won0451st

Possession & shot quality (5-on-5 on-ice)

Transition, turnovers & faceoffs

Usage

Special teams & discipline

Luck & trend

NHL EDGE tracking

Unranked rows are below the sample minimum (20 GP, 200 five-on-five minutes, 100 draws or 10 goalie games).

Beyond the box score

2025-26 regular season · 73 of 73 games through the sequence engine

MethodLeaders
−0.069
Season net
−1.28xG

5-on-5. Each takeaway is credited, and each giveaway charged, at the league xG value of the zone.

MethodLeaders
Per 60
0.27
Attempts
5
0.004

5-on-5 shots within 10 seconds of winning the puck outside the offensive zone.

MethodLeaders
Season
−0.81G
Per 60
−0.039
Drawn / taken
16.5 / 20.5minors

MethodLeaders
40.1%
39.8%
39.8%
Transition CF/60
4.1
Turnovers won/60
20.4
Turnovers lost/60
22.0

5-on-5 while he is on the ice.

MethodLeaders
  • More of his shots than the league
  • Fewer
60 shots on goal, 0 goals, all situations
AreaHis shareLeagueG
Low Slot2%23%0
L Point23%5%0
Outside L20%4%0
R Circle0%12%0
L Circle20%13%0
R Point0%6%0
Crease0%3%0

Role changes

Notable promotions, demotions and ice-time swings from Line Watch

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How his goals happened

3 goals since 2023-24 with NHL EDGE tracking: press Replay to watch the tracking animation

Method
Goal anatomy
GamePlayEntryPassesShot mphNotesReplay
Apr 24, 2025 @ OTTOff the faceoff—163.9—
Mar 10, 2025 @ UTAPoint shotpass3*57.6—
Jan 27, 2024 @ WPGDeflection—028.6deflection

* includes a royal-road (cross-slot) pass. Derived from NHL EDGE puck and player tracking.

Linemates

2026-27 · 5v5 time together and how each pairing performs with and without Benoit

TeammatePosGPShareCF% togetherGF% togetherCF% Benoit apartCF% mate apart
Nick SeelerD226:3085%45.7%— (0-0)22.2% 4:4540.0% 2:39
Trevor ZegrasC211:1036%52.9%— (0-0)33.3% 20:0517.6% 16:23
Porter MartoneRW210:2934%33.3%— (0-0)46.2% 20:4626.5% 12:07
Alex BumpLW210:2533%50.0%— (0-0)38.2% 20:5029.4% 8:18
Noel AcciariC28:0126%60.0%0% (0-1)35.3% 23:1427.8% 17:17
Owen TippettRW28:0026%36.8%0% (0-1)44.0% 23:1530.6% 16:54
Christian DvorakLW27:4925%33.3%— (0-0)43.8% 23:2638.3% 20:57
Noah CatesLW27:3324%28.6%0% (0-1)43.2% 23:4244.4% 12:57
Sean CouturierC26:4121%54.5%— (0-0)36.4% 24:3431.6% 18:04
Carl GrundstromRW26:1120%44.4%— (0-0)40.0% 25:0429.4% 14:08
Matvei MichkovRW25:5719%40.0%— (0-0)41.0% 25:1841.5% 17:55
Travis KonecnyRW25:5519%25.0%— (0-0)44.4% 25:2034.9% 18:39
Tyson FoersterRW25:2017%16.7%— (0-0)44.7% 25:5532.0% 21:35
Jamie DrysdaleD22:278%14.3%0% (0-1)45.9% 28:4825.4% 30:35

Game log

2 games in 2026-27, newest first

DateOppResultGAP+/-PIMHITBLKEVPPPK
Oct 1@ NJDOTL 2-300001020—13:2913:15—0:17
Sep 30vs PITL 0-7000-10220—18:2918:00—0:29

Season splits by strength

2026-27 regular season · on-ice numbers from shift and play-by-play data

StrengthGPTOI/GPSAGFGAGF%
All situations232:0116:01182740.0%37.5%917010%0.41.640%
Even strength231:1515:38182640.9%38.7%916010%0.41.440%
5v5231:1515:38182640.9%38.7%916010%0.41.440%
Penalty kill20:460:23010.0%0.0%0100—0.00.2—

Career by season

Seasons in Edgehalla's data (2025-26 is being backfilled; earlier seasons follow)

SeasonTeamGPGAP+/-PIMHITBLKTOI/GP
2026-27PHI2000-1210.0%4015:59
2025-26TOR73066-2241600.0%19411417:18
2024-25PlayoffsTOR13112-310119.1%423918:23
2024-25TOR781910+1259482.1%20411116:33
2023-24PlayoffsTOR7000-3470.0%371117:04
2023-24TOR64145+756521.9%24610217:14
2022-23ANA783710-2960823.7%21612819:21
2021-22ANA53145-522452.2%1683914:06
2020-21ANA6000-3230.0%20917:12

Simon Benoit news

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On-ice and deployment numbers are derived by Edgehalla from NHL play-by-play and shift data. Tracking percentiles are from NHL EDGE. Data updates after every game.