Regular season

Mike Benning

Calgary Flames · D · #20

Third-pair DDepth Defenseman?6 points and 16 blocks in 18 games in a supporting role

HT: 5'9"
WT: 185 lb
Age: 24
Shoots: R
From: Edmonton, CAN
Draft: 2020 FLA · R4 #95

66Alpha?

Alpha sub-scores

what drives the rating · percentile vs position group

6262pctl

3737pctl

5858pctl

3535pctl

League profile

vs. defensemen with 20+ GP

0.3361pctl

0.1179pctl

0.2254pctl

0.828pctl

-434pctl

159pctl

HockeyAlpha advanced

event-derived proxies · 1,312 games analyzed

2.3%23pctl

1.7249pctl

0.002pctl

Def Suppression?

-0.036pctl

Defenseman toolkit

vs. defensemen with 20+ GP

0.8915pctl

3.1517pctl

Blocks / 100 shifts?

4.317pctl

0.87pctl

0.2858pctl

0:5067pctl

0:1610pctl

On-ice impact

shift charts × our xG model · 17 GP tracked · 5h TOI

On-ice xG share (5v5)?

49.5%49pctl

On-ice goal share (5v5)?

41.7%19pctl

O-zone deployment?

51%57pctl

Usage profile

assignment difficulty · higher fill = tougher job

Competition faced?

16.9 min18pctl

Support received?

14.7 min100pctl

D-zone deployment?

49%43pctl

Micro-metrics

Structural Metric Model · sequences, geometry & leverage from every shot

Cross-slot shots / GP?

0.0639pctl

Net-front presence / GP?

0.2720pctl

Second-chance touches / GP?

0.1719pctl

Cross-slot suppressed?

0.33/gm15pctl

Pressure escape rate?

7.3%37pctl

2025-26 regular season · Percentile beams: fill = league percentile, tick = league median · hockeyalpha.com

The Blueprint

Structural Event Engine · percentile vs defensemen · center = median · 285 EV min

General Offense

2.5329

4.2270

Shot Setups/60?

0.2125

Chance Setups/60?

0.2125

Primary Contributions/60?

2.7425

Rebounds Created/60?

0.0024

Playmaking Sequences

Point Shot Setups/60?

0.0038

Center-Lane Setups/60?

0.0023

High-Danger Setups/60?

0.0027

Deflection Setups/60?

0.0040

One-Timer Setups/60?

0.0029

Offense Types

Cycle Offense/60?

2.1166

Rush Offense/60?

5.6952

Shots off HD Setups/60?

0.2140

0.2148

0.0034

Deflections/60?

0.0032

Zone Entries

Entries Started/60?

0.0038

Entries Finished/60?

0.4267

Entries w/ Chance/60?

0.2169

DZ Retrievals / Exits

DZ Involvements/60?

2.5346

0.2129

2.3254

Retrieval Success %?

8%28

Exit Involvements/60?

0.0041

Exit Success %?

0%41

Forechecking

0.6366

Dump-In Recoveries/60?

0.0049

Derived from event sequences in public play-by-play data - the ? on each metric explains exactly how it's computed. · hockeyalpha.com

Contract & market

Contract value?

beta · cap data: CapWages

$0.78M

cap hit

$3.63M

Alpha-market value

overpaidmarketsurplus

A

Team-friendly deal (+$2.9M)

Top comparables?

nearest profiles at the same role · match = statistical fit

Player	Alpha	Archetype	Production	Cap hit	Market	Value	Match
Mike Benning	66	Depth Defenseman	6 P · 18 GP	$0.78M	$3.63M	A+$2.9M	this player
Logan Mailloux	63	Depth Defenseman	13 P · 67 GP	$0.88M	$2.83M	B+$2.0M	92%
Nate Schmidt	63	Depth Defenseman	22 P · 82 GP	-	$2.83M	-	85%
Mason Lohrei	67	Depth Defenseman	26 P · 73 GP	$3.20M	$3.91M	C+$0.7M	85%
Matthew Robertson	67	Depth Defenseman	18 P · 72 GP	$0.81M	$3.91M	A+$3.1M	84%

Chemistry

Finishes from

assisters on Mike’s goals

Creates for

goals Mike assisted on

From official goal credits - scorer + assists on every goal, all season.

Recent form · last 10 games

3 pts · 2 G · 1 A · 12 shots in last 10Steady(+0.2 P/GP vs prior 5)

@ NYR

1P

0G 1A

@ NYR 03-29

0G 1A · 2 shots · 16:41 TOI

vs OTT

0P

0G 0A

vs OTT 03-31

0G 0A · 1 shots · 15:09 TOI

vs BOS

0P

0G 0A

vs BOS 04-02

0G 0A · 0 shots · 16:28 TOI

@ PIT

0P

0G 0A

@ PIT 04-04

0G 0A · 2 shots · 18:09 TOI

@ PIT

0P

0G 0A

@ PIT 04-05

0G 0A · 1 shots · 12:58 TOI

@ MTL

0P

0G 0A

@ MTL 04-07

0G 0A · 2 shots · 15:29 TOI

@ OTT

0P

0G 0A

@ OTT 04-09

0G 0A · 0 shots · 17:22 TOI

@ TOR

0P

0G 0A

@ TOR 04-11

0G 0A · 1 shots · 21:38 TOI

vs NYR

0P

0G 0A

vs NYR 04-13

0G 0A · 1 shots · 20:00 TOI

vs DET

2P

2G 0A

vs DET 04-15

2G 0A · 2 shots · 21:34 TOI

Tile tint = points that night · underline = shot volume (full bar = 8+ shots) · oldest on the left

The Territory

attacking → · every recorded touch, normalized to one end

Goal On goal Missed/blocked▲ takeaway▽ giveaway■ hit＋ block◯ faceoff dot (size = wins)72 events shown

The office: the high slot - 1 of 2 goals live there

Defensive floor: 16 blocks · 1 steals inside the d-zone

NHL career · regular season

Season	Team	GP	G	A	P	+/−
2025-26	Florida Panthers	18	2	4	6	-4
Career	1 team	18	2	4	6	-4