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Zach Benson

Zach Benson

BUF·FJersey number #6
vsCBJ
Latest captured market
Apr 9 · 7:00 PM ET

Projected · remaining schedule

82 team games · 224 game sample
PTS
45.2
SOG
139.3
G
15.8
A
29.3
PPP
5.9
HIT
51.0
BLK
32.4
PIM
88.9

Each figure is this player's recency-weighted per-game rate over 224 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
−2.34
per 100 attempts, vs position
= −4.5 goals over 161
Carries forward
18%
of that rate
measured, 5 seasons
2026-27
−0.43
per 100 attempts, projected
−0.7 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 224 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 · 224 games incl. playoffs
PTS
0.55
G
0.19
A
0.36
SOG
1.70
PPP
0.07
HIT
0.62
BLK
0.39
PIM
1.09

Season totals

regular season
SeasonGPGAPP/GPSOGTOI
2025-26651330430.6611615:53
2024-25751018280.3712014:49
2023-24711119300.429814:31

Playoffs

postseason only
SeasonGPGAPP/GPSOGTOI
2025-26135490.692617:07

Last 10 · game log

cleared the Apr 9 lineSOG 5/10G 5/10A 3/10PPP 2/10
DateOppSOGGAPPPHITBLKPIMTOI
May 18vs MTLPO200000224:07
May 16@ MTLPO6110121020:04
May 14vs MTLPO1000011021:04
May 12@ MTLPO110112014:21
May 10@ MTLPO3000111218:07
May 8vs MTLPO110040219:25
May 6vs MTLPO102120016:56
May 1@ BOSPO111011216:47
Apr 28vs BOSPO200000014:30
Apr 26@ BOSPO3100201213:25

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
2025-2617.513minus 4.5 goals above expected60161
2024-2515.910minus 5.9 goals above expected68185
2023-2415.211minus 4.2 goals above expected59141

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
2025-2611 goals, 25 assists, 36 points1 goal, 4 assists, 5 points1 goal, 1 assist, 2 points
2024-257 goals, 17 assists, 24 points3 goals, 1 assist, 4 points0 goals, 0 assists, 0 points
2023-2411 goals, 17 assists, 28 points0 goals, 2 assists, 2 points0 goals, 0 assists, 0 points

Shot locations

161 attempts · 13 goals · 2025-26
Missed the net (46)Shot on goal (102)Goal (13)

Markets · Apr 9

modeled projections
G
Anytime goal
Line
0.5
Proj
0.5
P(over)
36%
A
Assists
Line
0.5
Proj
0.3
P(over)
27%
PPP
Power-play points
Line
0.5
Proj
0.1
P(over)
6%
SOG
Shots on goal
Line
1.5
Proj
1.9
P(over)
55%
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.