Puckflow.io

Zach Benson

L · 5'10", 178 lb · 21 years old · Shoots left · Chilliwack, British Columbia, CAN

Drafted 2023 · BUF · round 1 · #13 overall

Last 5 games

Date	Opp	A	PTS	SOG	+/−	TOI
Oct 17	@MTL	1	1	3	+1	21:17
Oct 15	@TOR	2	2	4	+3	21:18
Oct 13	@MTL	1	1	0	0	19:36
Oct 12	FLA	1	1	2	0	19:40
Oct 10	UTA	0	0	1	0	19:54

Against his position

This playerAverage forward

Against 443 forwards, on rates per 60 minutes so a shortened season is not read as a worse one.

Role

Hits / 604.36228th

Blocks / 601.67246th

Takeaways / 600.67229th

Giveaways / 603.01239th

Faceoff win %33.3%279th

Penalty minutes8379th

Off the radar because these describe a role rather than a quality — a shutdown defenceman blocks more than a power-play specialist, and neither is better for it.

NHL regular season

Season	Team	GP	G	A	PTS	+/−	SOG	S%	TOI
2026-27	Buffalo Sabres	9	0	6	6	+4	18	–	19:52
2025-26	Buffalo Sabres	65	13	30	43	+27	116	11.2	15:53
2024-25	Buffalo Sabres	75	10	18	28	-2	120	8.3	14:49
2023-24	Buffalo Sabres	71	11	19	30	-3	98	11.2	14:31
Career		220	34	73	107	+26	352	9.7	15:15

Other competitions

Season	League	Team	GP	G	A	PTS
2022-23	Hlinka Gretzky Cup	Canada U18	5	2	5	7
2022-23	WHL	Winnipeg Ice	60	36	62	98
2021-22	WHL	Winnipeg Ice	58	25	38	63
2020-21	WHL	Winnipeg Ice	24	10	10	20
2019-20	CSSHL U15	Yale Hockey Academy U15 Prep	30	30	56	86
2019-20	CSSHL U16	Yale Hockey Academy Elite 15s	5	1	1	2
2018-19	CSSHL U15	Yale Hockey Academy U15 Prep	28	6	13	19
2018-19	WSI U14	Draftday Hockey Selects U14	7	0	3	3
2016-17	WSI U12	Pro Hockey Selects U12	6	3	5	8

Shot maps, expected goals and comparisons against league average at this position are coming to this page. They come from Puckflow’s own model rather than the NHL feed, and an empty chart would be worse than this sentence.