Top Cheddar 2026-27
2025-26 TOP CHEDDAR HOCKEY #44 SIMON BENOIT Toronto Maple Leafs · Defense
GOOD Season grade
2
Card #2026-08481122
Simon Benoit in action
44 D Defense
43 OVR
Simon Benoit Toronto Maple Leafs
2025-26 · 73 GP · 0 G · 6 A · 6 PTS
Today
2024-25

Season Report

2 Good 2

Game Score 0.07 a game, 4th percentile of the league's defense that season.

GP
73
G
0
A
6
P
6
+/-
-22
PIM
41
PPP
0
SHP
0
GWG
0
S
60
TOI
17:17
HIT
194
BLK
114
TK
12
FO%
—

2025-26 ranks

  • 2nd Hits on the Maple Leafs

Under the Hood

Against every regular at the position in 2025-26. Only the stats that season kept.

Shooting 45

Goals / 60
0.00

5th percentile of defense

Shots / 60
2.85

21st percentile of defense

Hardest Shot
93.9 mph

62nd percentile of defense

High-Danger Shots / 60
0.14

32nd percentile of defense

Goals Above Expected / 60
-0.14

6th percentile of defense

Playmaking 42

Points / 60
0.29

2nd percentile of defense

Assists / 60
0.29

5th percentile of defense

PP Points / GP
0.00

27th percentile of defense

Skating 88

Top Speed
22.8 mph

85th percentile of defense

Bursts 20+ mph / GP
0.96

84th percentile of defense

Distance / GP
2.4 mi

28th percentile of defense

Defensive Awareness 42

Corsi For %
40.8%

1st percentile of defense

Takeaways / 60
0.57

20th percentile of defense

Physicality 98

Hits / 60
9.22

96th percentile of defense

Blocks / 60
5.42

81st percentile of defense

PIM / 60
1.95

69th percentile of defense

Connections

Every 2025-26 goal he scored or set up, from the play-by-play.

Set up most

R 73OVR Easton Cowan Maple Leafs Set up 1 goal RC D 87OVR Oliver Ekman-Larsson Maple Leafs Set up 1 goal C 52OVR Calle Jarnkrok Maple Leafs Set up 1 goal C 67OVR Scott Laughton Kings Set up 1 goal
Best game
October 14, 2025 vs NSH: 1A

Rivals

Who he fought, hit (and was hit by), and faced on the draw most in 2025-26, from the play-by-play.

Dropped the gloves with

L 51OVR Brian Halonen Devils 1 fight

Hit most

L 47OVR Paul Cotter Devils Hit him 3 times R 65OVR Zachary Bolduc Canadiens Hit him 3 times R 47OVR Jacob Melanson Kraken Hit him 3 times RC D 82OVR Victor Hedman Lightning Hit him 2 times

Hit most by

R 42OVR Ryan Reaves Sharks Hit by him 4 times C 41OVR Matt Rempe Rangers Hit by him 4 times C 76OVR Jordan Staal Hurricanes Hit by him 2 times D 77OVR Josh Manson Avalanche Hit by him 2 times

2025-26 Toronto Maple Leafs

32-36-14 · 78 points · 28th of 32

Most time together

C 90OVR John Tavares Maple Leafs 303 min together D 78OVR Jake McCabe Maple Leafs 291 min together L 71OVR Nick Robertson Maple Leafs 266 min together L 87OVR Matthew Knies Maple Leafs 260 min together

Best with

R 73OVR Easton Cowan Maple Leafs 7–8 in goals together RC C 70OVR Dakota Joshua Maple Leafs 4–5 in goals together L 71OVR Nick Robertson Maple Leafs 11–14 in goals together C 61OVR Nicolas Roy Avalanche 5–8 in goals together