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Calgary Flames

Mike Benning

#20Defenseman5'9"183 lb

+4.0 in 3 days
2025-26 regular season
18
GP
2
G
4
A
6
P
15
SOG
13.3% SH
16:54
TOI/GP

D · CGY · NHL id 8482107

Mike Benning has played 18 games for the Calgary Flames in 2025-26, scoring 2 goals and 4 assists (6 points) on 15 shots while averaging 16:54 a night (15:36 at even strength, 0:50 on the power play and 0:13 shorthanded). At 5v5 he has skated 41% of his 5v5 minutes with Gustav Forsling and 27% with Vinnie Hinostroza over the last 10 games, and the Flames have controlled 51% of shot attempts with Benning on the ice (13-15 in goals, 48% offensive-zone starts). In the Flames' most recent game against DET he was on D2 with Donovan Sebrango and off the power play; moved up to D1 (from D3) in the last game. He is shooting 13.3% this season.

Right now

From the Apr 15 game vs DET, detected from shift data

Pair
D2
Donovan Sebrango
Power play
No PP unit
Penalty kill
No PK unit
Moved up to D1 (from D3) in the last gameLost his PP2 spot in the last gameLast 5: D3/PP2 · D3/PP1 · D1/PP1 · D3/PP2 · D1

Deployment timeline

2025-26 · per-game ice time by strength, with line and power-play unit changes

Usage: 18 games, 16:39 average time on ice, PP1 in 3 games, 9 line changes.

PPLine33▲3▼31▲3▲3▼33▲2▲3▲2▲2▲3▼3▲1▲3▼1▲0m8m17m25mMar 12Mar 17Mar 20Mar 26Mar 29Apr 2Apr 5Apr 9Apr 13
  • Even strength
  • Power play
  • Penalty kill
  • 5-game average
  • Did not play
  • ▲ promoted · ▼ demoted
18 games shown, 16:39 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
Top speed45th4621.6 mph
Bursts 20+ mph36th3611
Hardest shot49th5090.4 mph
Offensive-zone time72nd7243.2%
Distance skated26th2744.6 mi
High-danger SOG1st00
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

2025-26 · 51 attempts, 15 on goal, 2 goals

Shot map, OPP at CGY: 51 attempts, 15 on goal, 2 goals, 1.31 expected goals; best chance Mike Benning at 0.17 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 · 18 GP · 6 points vs 6.0 expected

Luck Meter →
Hold

Last 20 games: +22. Positive means running hot (sell), negative running cold (buy).

13.3%
100.5
40.0%
G vs xG
2 / 1.3
  • • Role rose over the last 10 games (TOI up 1:27 a game, PP share 16% → 26%, 8 promotion events): some of the heat may be real.
Goals against expected goals
00.511.522.5+0.7goals above expected0.6σ3/124/15
  • Actual goals
  • Expected
  • ±1σ
  • Above expected
  • Below expected

Player analytics

Compare with another player →

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

Fantasy box score

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 · 18 of 18 games through the sequence engine

MethodLeaders
−0.054
Season net
−0.25xG

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

MethodLeaders
Per 60
0.00
Attempts
0
0.000

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

MethodLeaders
Season
−0.20G
Per 60
−0.040
Drawn / taken
0 / 1minors

MethodLeaders
48.3%
45.5%
48.2%
Transition CF/60
2.8
Turnovers won/60
20.8
Turnovers lost/60
21.9

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

MethodLeaders
  • More of his shots than the league
  • Fewer
15 shots on goal, 2 goals, all situations
AreaHis shareLeagueG
Center Point47%9%1
Low Slot0%23%0
L Circle0%13%0
Outside R13%4%0
R Point13%6%0
High Slot0%7%0
L Point0%5%0

How the goals happened

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

Method
Goal anatomy
GamePlayEntryPassesShot mphNotesReplay
Apr 15, 2026 vs DETForecheck turnoverloose054.53-on-2
Apr 15, 2026 vs DETCycle—010.8—

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

Linemates

2025-26 · 5v5 time together and how each pairing performs with and without Benning

TeammatePosGPShareCF% togetherGF% togetherCF% Benning apartCF% mate apart
Donovan SebrangoD1290:5233%44.3%50% (7-7)54.4% 90:4949.5% 105:13
Luke KuninC1774:2527%34.3%43% (3-4)55.8% 190:5546.4% 118:49
Cole ReinhardtLW1573:1126%32.2%43% (3-4)56.1% 162:1444.9% 118:19
Vinnie HinostrozaC1670:1425%33.1%17% (1-5)56.1% 172:2843.3% 119:13
Tomas NosekLW1766:2124%50.0%20% (2-8)52.1% 189:3743.5% 139:22
Gustav ForslingD1066:1724%56.9%50% (3-3)45.0% 87:2347.5% 124:03
Jesper BoqvistC1863:0623%51.5%0% (0-3)50.7% 213:2545.8% 162:05
Eetu LuostarinenC1660:3622%54.0%57% (4-3)48.5% 187:3353.8% 158:19
Mackie SamoskevichRW1559:4322%68.0%67% (6-3)46.1% 172:2353.6% 135:34
A.J. GreerLW1556:5921%62.4%67% (6-3)52.9% 177:1953.7% 144:32
Noah GregorLW1351:0018%50.6%38% (3-5)46.2% 147:3142.1% 93:52
Dmitry KulikovD546:0417%52.4%67% (2-1)38.6% 25:2856.7% 37:53
Matthew TkachukLW1445:1916%61.7%50% (2-2)46.6% 168:0755.7% 144:51
Carter VerhaegheC1443:0916%67.0%67% (2-1)47.2% 161:1354.3% 160:06

Linemate and opposition quality

2025-26 · 5v5 · 277 min on ice · ranked against 270 defencemen

48.7%

34th percentile · higher = stronger linemates

48.8%

4th percentile · higher = tougher opponents

Sheltered minutes: mostly faces weaker opposition.

Each value is the ice-time-weighted average season xGF% of the skaters Benning shared the 5v5 ice with. Small samples lean on each skater's previous season (or 50% for newcomers). Most skaters land between about 45% and 55% for QoT and 49% and 51% for QoC, so the percentile is the easier read.

Game log

18 games in 2025-26, newest first

DateOppResultGAP+/-PIMHITBLKEVPPPK
Apr 15vs DETW 8-1202+22003—21:3420:33—1:01
Apr 13vs NYRW 3-200001000—20:0016:040:572:05
Apr 11@ TORW 6-2000+21000—21:3819:561:06—
Apr 9@ OTTL 1-5000-20000—17:2214:182:000:16
Apr 7@ MTLOTL 3-4000+12010—15:2914:330:56—
Apr 5@ PITL 2-500001001—12:5811:111:460:01
Apr 4@ PITL 4-9000-22202—18:0918:09——
Apr 2vs BOSW 2-1000+10001—16:2815:370:51—
Mar 31vs OTTW 6-3000-11001—15:0914:04—0:03
Mar 29@ NYRL 1-3011-22000—16:4113:392:45—
Mar 28@ NYIL 2-5000-30001—14:3013:26——
Mar 26vs MINL 2-3000-11001—14:5014:310:19—
Mar 24vs SEAW 5-400000001—16:3515:341:01—
Mar 20@ CGYL 1-4000+11001—18:1216:590:570:16
Mar 19@ EDMW 4-0022+20010—15:4315:40—0:03
Mar 17@ VANL 2-5000-10003—14:4314:43——
Mar 15@ SEAL 2-6000-11010—17:2415:341:50—
Mar 12vs CBJW 2-101100011—16:4916:250:24—

Season splits by strength

2025-26 regular season · on-ice numbers from shift and play-by-play data

StrengthGPTOI/GPSAGFGAGF%
All situations18304:1416:5430928252.3%51.2%133139151944%15.915.449%
Even strength18280:5615:3627726351.3%50.1%112129131546%12.412.848%
5v518276:3115:2227126250.8%49.6%107129131546%11.612.548%
Power play1214:521:1423388.5%87.5%1921150%2.10.4100%
Penalty kill73:450:321712.5%12.5%03010%0.00.80%
4v422:101:0510100.0%—0000—0.00.0100%
3v3 (OT)22:151:085183.3%83.3%5000—0.80.30%
5v41114:281:1922388.0%87.0%182010%2.00.4100%
4v573:450:321712.5%12.5%03010%0.00.80%
6v5, own net empty32:090:436366.7%40.0%12020%0.11.1—

Career by season

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

SeasonTeamGPGAP+/-PIMHITBLKTOI/GP
2025-26FLA18246-421513.3%41616:54

Mike Benning 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.