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Sam Bennett

Sam Bennett

FLA·FJersey number #9
Latest captured market
Apr 9 · 7:00 PM ET

Projected · remaining schedule

82 team games · 427 game sample
PTS
59.4
SOG
230.1
G
28.7
A
30.8
PPP
14.4
HIT
173.4
BLK
40.6
PIM
99.6

Each figure is this player's recency-weighted per-game rate over 427 real games × their team's 82 scheduled games. Availability is not projected — injuries, scratches and trades are not modelled anywhere in this project, so the team's schedule is the multiplier, not a forecast of how many games this player will dress for. League board.

What carries into 2026-27

a forecast, not a result

Most of this cold run probably won’t repeat

below expectedabove expected
● what happened○ what is projected
2025-26
−0.35
per 100 attempts, vs position
= −3.4 goals over 311
Carries forward
18%
of that rate
measured, 5 seasons
2026-27
−0.06
per 100 attempts, projected
−0.2 goals at the same volume
How this is measured, and what it doesn’t say →

Among forwards · 973 ranked

Production

Style & role

Percentile against 973 forwards, 2025-26. Shrunk rate is the per-game rate the rank was computed from, pulled toward the league mean by sample size so a short career does not read as an elite one — so it sits closer to average than the rate actually recorded. This skater’s sample is 427 games. Further right means more, not better: hits, blocks and penalty minutes describe a role, not quality.

Observed rates

per game · recency-weighted, not shrunk · 427 games incl. playoffs
PTS
0.73
G
0.35
A
0.38
SOG
2.81
PPP
0.18
HIT
2.12
BLK
0.49
PIM
1.22

Season totals

regular season
SeasonGPGAPP/GPSOGTOI
2025-26762632580.7620118:29
2024-25762526510.6724117:27
2023-24692021410.5917116:37
2022-23631624400.6319317:25
2021-22712821490.6924116:56

Playoffs

postseason only
SeasonGPGAPP/GPSOGTOI
2024-2523157220.966917:34
2023-241977140.743816:04
2022-2320510150.757320:52
2021-22101230.302916:46

Last 10 · game log

cleared the Apr 9 lineSOG 7/10G 1/10A 4/10PPP 1/10
DateOppSOGGAPPPHITBLKPIMTOI
Apr 9@ OTT300011017:44
Apr 7@ MTL400010020:48
Apr 5@ PIT300010421:28
Apr 4@ PIT101001014:53
Apr 2vs BOS710000019:52
Mar 31vs OTT302001217:19
Mar 26vs MIN001012018:52
Mar 24vs SEA300000018:59
Mar 20@ CGY000000017:13
Mar 19@ EDM302111216:26

One threshold, applied to all 10: each figure counts how many of the 10 games above would have cleared the Apr 9 posted line. It is not a record against 10 separate lines — this player was priced once, and games after that date are measured against the same number.

Finishing — goals above expected

open play, regular season
SeasonxGGGAxGPAtt
2025-2629.426minus 3.4 goals above expected73311
2024-2529.825minus 4.8 goals above expected75332
2023-2423.420minus 3.4 goals above expected67248
2022-2323.216minus 7.2 goals above expected60253
2021-2226.728plus 1.3 goals above expected68292

How the 2026-27 projection is made

a forecast, not a result

Finishing persists year over year, but only partly. That share is measured over five seasons of skaters clearing the same 100-attempt floor, and what does not carry regresses toward the rate for the player's position.

Shot volume is not projected, so the goal figure assumes the same number of attempts. A persistent gap means the skater reliably scores above what this model expects — which may be finishing skill or may be shots the model under-rates, and the measurement cannot separate the two. Running cold is a statement about the season just played, not about talent.

This projection is written to a prediction log on the night it is produced, so it can be scored against what actually happens rather than restated later.

Production by strength

G-A-P, regular season
SeasonEven strengthPower playShorthanded
2025-2621 goals, 22 assists, 43 points5 goals, 10 assists, 15 points0 goals, 0 assists, 0 points
2024-2518 goals, 22 assists, 40 points7 goals, 4 assists, 11 points0 goals, 0 assists, 0 points
2023-2415 goals, 14 assists, 29 points5 goals, 7 assists, 12 points0-0-0
2022-2312 goals, 19 assists, 31 points4 goals, 5 assists, 9 points0 goals, 0 assists, 0 points
2021-2223 goals, 16 assists, 39 points5 goals, 4 assists, 9 points0 goals, 1 assist, 1 point

Shot locations

311 attempts · 26 goals · 2025-26
Missed the net (109)Shot on goal (176)Goal (26)

Markets · Apr 9

modeled projections
G
Anytime goal
Line
0.5
Proj
0.4
P(over)
30%
A
Assists
Line
0.5
Proj
0.4
P(over)
31%
PPP
Power-play points
Line
0.5
Proj
0.1
P(over)
8%
SOG
Shots on goal
Line
2.5
Proj
2.4
P(over)
41%
HITS
Hits
No line posted.
BLK
Blocked shots
No line posted.
PIM
Penalty minutes
No line posted.

Per-game rates are recency-weighted over this player's game log. Expected goals come from the xG model over open-play unblocked attempts; totals are not directly comparable across seasons. Every market — anytime goals, assists, power-play points, SOG, hits, blocks and PIMs — is a modeled projection. Every number on this page was worked out overnight and is only read here, never recalculated while you wait.