OPEN COUNT — NHL · 2025-26

Zach Benson

ForwardBUF
F-Play DriverF-Top-Six Scorer
The player count

Goals above replacement (GAR), itemized. Season rows add to the total exactly; the per-60 view shows each state at its own pace.

BUFLine 2 · PP2 · 12:54 EV/gm · 65 GP
Even strength — offense+3.0584
Even strength — defense+0.2079
Power play−0.0510
Penalties+0.3269
Penalty kill i0.00
Goals above replacement+3.5282

Individual penalty-kill goal prevention did not repeat across seasons — so the model scores it zero for every skater.

History · GAR by season

#111 of the player board in 2025-26.

Style profile · vs forwards, 2025-26
Creation
Shot creation
+6.6% shots
Chance creation
+9.0% xG
Playmaking
0.86 A1/60
Finishing
Line finishing
+2.6% Sh%
Goal scoring
0.57 G/60
Suppression
Shot suppression
−5.7% shots
Chance suppression
−1.1% xG
Penalties
Minors drawn
0.93 /60
Minors taken
0.67 /60
Usage
Even-strength usage
12.9 min/gm
Power-play usage
1.7 min/gm
Penalty-kill usage
0.9 min/gm

Bars are percentile ranks vs qualified forwards; the printed value is the measurement behind the bar.

Percentages are his effect on a league-average line's rate — that line with him on, in place of an average skater; suppression rows show the effect on the opposing line's rate against, so negative is good. Hover a value for the underlying rating.

Penalty rows are minors drawn and taken per 60 of all minutes played; the taken bar ranks fewer as better.

Special-teams usage is ranked only among skaters deployed there (at least 0:30 a game) — below that the row reads not deployed.