Sam Bennett #9

C · Florida Panthers · Age 29 · Shoots L · 6′1″, 194 lb · Draft: 2014, round 1, 4th overall

2025-26 regular season. Shading and Pctl are the percentile among the season's forwards who meet the tables' minimum (darker is better).

Summary		Pctl
GP	76	61st
TOI/GP	18:30	81st
G	26	84th
A	32	79th
P	58	82nd
P/60	2.48	75th
ixG	29.1	91st
G−ixG	−3.1	25th
xGF%	51.2	63rd
Rel xGF%	+1.4	62nd
GS/GP	+0.79	76th
Pen ±	−18	1st

Scoring		Pctl
G	26	84th
A1	19	79th
A2	13	76th
P	58	82nd
P1	45	83rd
P/60	2.48	75th
5v5 P/60	2.20	85th
PPP	14	75th
SHP	0	32nd
ENG	0	24th

Shooting		Pctl
SOG	201	89th
iCF	421	92nd
iFF	311	90th
ixG	29.1	91st
ixG/60	1.24	91st
G	26	84th
G−ixG	−3.1	25th
Sh%	12.9	53rd
xSh%	9.4	71st
Blk'd	110	94th
5v5 iCF/60	16.6	92nd

On ice (5v5)		Pctl
5v5 TOI	1007	72nd
CF%	53.1	81st
FF%	51.4	68th
xGF%	51.2	63rd
GF%	52.4	63rd
xGF/60	2.91	81st
xGA/60	2.78	22nd
oiSh%	11.2	80th
oiSv%	89.5	26th
PDO	100.7	62nd
Rel CF%	+2.0	73rd
Rel xGF%	+1.4	62nd
OZS%	64.6	68th

Usage		Pctl
TOI/GP	18:30	81st
EV/GP	14:23	74th
5v5/GP	13:15	69th
PP/GP	3:15	87th
SH/GP	0:52	57th
Shifts/GP	22.3	85th
Shift	0:50	72nd
OZ	299	80th
NZ	292	89th
DZ	164	60th
OZS%	64.6	68th

Game Score		Pctl
GS	+60.0	80th
GS/GP	+0.79	76th
GS/60	+2.56	73rd
Scoring	+40.0	82nd
Shooting	+18.9	91st
On ice	+3.2	65th
Penalties	−2.2	1st
Faceoffs	−0.5	9th
Other	+0.6	36th

Other		Pctl
Hits	115	76th
Blk	32	49th
Tk	25	80th
Gv	73	19th
PenD	14	52nd
PenT	32	2nd
Pen ±	−18	1st
PP min ±	−29.2	1st
FOW	517	89th
FOL	570	6th
FO%	47.6	61st

By season

Season		GP	G	A	P	ixG	xGF%	GS/GP	TOI/GP
2026-27	Regular season	9	3	3	6	2.9	61.6	+1.12	18:26
2025-26	Regular season	76	26	32	58	29.1	51.2	+0.79	18:30

Rolling 10-game averages

5v5 xGF% (scale at right)Game Score per game (±1.4), centred on 0 · each point the 10 games to that one, 76 games in all

Linemates

Teammate	Pos	Together	5v5 CF%	5v5 xGF%
Carter Verhaeghe	C	782:02	53.5	50.2
Aaron Ekblad	D	464:27	53.9	50.8
Gustav Forsling	D	428:03	53.5	48.7
Brad Marchand	L	426:13	50.1	48.5
Matthew Tkachuk	L	422:29	54.4	51.0
Niko Mikkola	D	410:38	51.4	49.7
Seth Jones	D	403:49	55.9	58.2
Mackie Samoskevich	R	322:47	54.6	49.7

Game log

Date	Opp	Result	TOI	G	A	SOG	ixG	5v5 CF%	5v5 xGF%	GS
Apr 9	@ OTT	L 1–5	17:44	0	0	3	0.19	53	30	−0.64
Apr 7	@ MTL	L 3–4 OT	20:48	0	0	4	0.20	54	58	+0.43
Apr 5	@ PIT	L 2–5	21:28	0	0	3	0.47	75	66	+0.53
Apr 4	@ PIT	L 4–9	14:53	0	1	1	0.01	39	34	+0.15
Apr 2	vs BOS	W 2–1	19:52	1	0	7	1.38	55	58	+2.09
Mar 31	vs OTT	W 6–3	17:19	0	2	3	0.72	58	76	+2.54
Mar 26	vs MIN	L 2–3	18:52	0	1	0	0.06	42	40	+0.45
Mar 24	vs SEA	W 5–4 OT	18:59	0	0	3	0.21	42	32	−0.19
Mar 20	@ CGY	L 1–4	17:13	0	0	0	0.21	68	66	+0.12
Mar 19	@ EDM	W 4–0	16:26	0	2	3	0.25	54	46	+1.34
Mar 17	@ VAN	L 2–5	19:34	1	0	4	0.63	66	64	+1.87
Mar 12	vs CBJ	W 2–1 OT	16:10	1	0	2	0.37	43	44	+0.84
Mar 10	vs DET	W 4–3	16:52	0	1	4	0.52	48	45	+0.85
Mar 6	@ DET	W 3–1	18:45	0	0	1	0.22	28	21	−0.81
Mar 5	@ CBJ	L 2–4	18:05	1	0	4	0.59	66	59	+1.60
Mar 3	@ NJD	L 1–5	18:49	0	0	3	0.74	48	37	−0.10
Mar 1	@ NYI	L 4–5	19:58	2	0	4	0.55	68	67	+2.57
Feb 27	vs BUF	L 2–3	21:19	1	1	2	0.84	38	17	+1.19
Feb 26	vs TOR	W 5–1	18:41	0	1	3	0.33	80	90	+1.66
Feb 5	@ TBL	L 1–6	16:02	0	0	3	0.61	65	51	+0.09
Feb 4	vs BOS	W 5–4 OT	22:58	0	0	1	0.20	55	69	+1.00
Feb 2	vs BUF	L 3–5	5:11	0	0	0	0.00	13	42	−0.21
Jan 31	vs WPG	L 1–2	18:18	0	0	3	0.26	57	35	−0.46
Jan 29	@ STL	L 4–5	22:09	0	1	0	0.13	47	37	+0.32
Jan 27	vs UTA	L 3–4	21:10	0	1	3	0.12	29	14	+0.04
Jan 25	@ CHI	W 5–1	19:16	0	0	4	0.51	50	59	+0.61
Jan 24	@ MIN	W 4–3 OT	25:11	1	0	4	0.30	37	33	+0.70
Jan 22	@ WPG	W 2–1 OT	21:42	1	0	3	0.53	47	40	+0.98
Jan 19	vs SJS	L 1–4	21:22	0	0	4	0.35	63	40	−0.34
Jan 17	@ WSH	W 5–2	20:22	1	2	5	0.75	71	71	+3.95
Jan 16	@ CAR	L 1–9	16:31	0	0	2	0.21	33	10	−1.50
Jan 12	@ BUF	W 4–3	19:29	0	2	4	0.26	60	48	+1.27
Jan 10	@ OTT	W 3–2	20:08	0	0	1	0.25	50	38	0.00
Jan 8	@ MTL	L 2–6	20:16	2	0	4	0.37	61	79	+2.66
Jan 6	@ TOR	L 1–4	21:15	0	0	2	0.28	57	50	+0.37
Jan 4	vs COL	W 2–1	19:25	1	0	3	0.49	40	41	+0.97
Jan 2	vs NYR	L 1–5	19:50	0	1	4	0.60	63	54	+0.89
Dec 30	vs MTL	L 2–3 OT	20:59	0	1	0	0.24	14	18	+0.07
Dec 29	vs WSH	W 5–3	20:51	0	1	3	0.44	71	45	+0.94
Dec 27	vs TBL	L 2–4	19:19	0	1	2	0.27	37	9	−0.61
Dec 23	@ CAR	W 5–2	21:09	1	0	2	0.52	48	66	+1.75
Dec 20	vs STL	L 2–6	20:26	0	1	4	0.47	55	50	+0.91
Dec 19	vs CAR	W 4–3 OT	23:24	1	1	10	1.01	51	71	+2.83
Dec 17	vs LAK	W 3–2	20:30	1	0	4	0.89	60	61	+1.62
Dec 15	@ TBL	W 5–2	16:04	0	0	2	0.17	29	76	+0.79
Dec 13	@ DAL	W 4–0	17:51	1	0	2	0.31	55	62	+1.36
Dec 11	@ COL	L 2–6	17:10	0	0	0	0.06	20	17	−0.82
Dec 10	@ UTA	W 4–3	17:52	2	1	4	0.36	46	43	+2.02
Dec 7	vs NYI	W 4–1	17:13	0	0	4	0.38	56	59	+0.54
Dec 6	vs CBJ	W 7–6 OT	23:46	1	3	3	0.67	57	55	+3.31
Dec 4	vs NSH	L 1–2 OT	21:19	0	1	4	0.98	68	63	+1.72
Dec 2	vs TOR	L 1–4	18:21	0	0	0	0.00	44	30	−1.07
Nov 28	vs CGY	L 3–5	19:19	1	0	6	0.45	69	43	+0.92
Nov 26	vs PHI	L 2–4	18:11	0	2	3	0.15	61	73	+2.44
Nov 24	@ NSH	W 8–3	16:55	1	0	2	0.31	33	50	+1.56
Nov 22	vs EDM	L 3–6	17:00	0	1	3	0.38	53	41	+0.67
Nov 20	vs NJD	W 1–0	15:50	0	0	1	0.19	83	99	+1.26
Nov 17	vs VAN	W 8–5	16:05	1	1	4	0.53	63	70	+1.94
Nov 15	vs TBL	L 1–3	18:46	0	0	2	0.11	87	67	−0.01
Nov 13	vs WSH	W 6–3	15:25	0	0	1	0.51	36	53	+0.51
Nov 10	@ VGK	W 3–2	13:26	0	0	1	0.33	42	55	+0.50
Nov 8	@ SJS	L 1–3	15:00	0	0	3	0.12	65	59	−0.08
Nov 6	@ LAK	W 5–2	16:19	1	0	2	0.50	42	63	+1.50
Nov 4	@ ANA	L 3–7	16:32	0	1	0	0.05	30	35	+0.23
Nov 1	vs DAL	W 4–3 OT	15:46	1	0	3	0.53	73	81	+1.61
Oct 28	vs ANA	L 2–3 OT	16:35	0	0	1	0.13	58	79	+0.31
Oct 25	vs VGK	W 3–0	13:42	0	0	0	0.00	52	38	−0.02
Oct 23	vs PIT	L 3–5	17:17	0	0	3	0.13	50	48	−0.15
Oct 21	@ BOS	W 4–3	17:08	0	1	2	0.45	35	65	+1.44
Oct 18	@ BUF	L 0–3	19:08	0	0	1	0.20	52	68	+0.69
Oct 16	@ NJD	L 1–3	17:58	0	0	1	0.09	57	49	+0.12
Oct 15	@ DET	L 1–4	16:23	0	0	2	0.28	74	59	+0.33
Oct 13	@ PHI	L 2–5	18:37	1	0	4	1.11	65	59	+0.98
Oct 11	vs OTT	W 6–2	16:47	0	0	2	0.26	35	42	−0.49
Oct 9	vs PHI	W 2–1	19:26	0	0	2	0.56	46	38	−0.36
Oct 7	vs CHI	W 3–2	19:15	0	0	4	0.26	74	69	+0.93