Tuesday 13 October 2026Who's really on PP1 for all 32 NHL teams, measured game by game from the NHL's shift charts, not from practice lines.

Zach Benson

Measured through 12 October 2026 · Source: NHL shift charts

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PP1 · 6 straight games with a power play · last measured game 12 Oct
21 yrs · shoots L · 5′10″ · drafted 2023 #13 BUF

Zach Benson is on Buffalo's first power-play unit, and has been for six straight games with a power play.

3:31
PP min / gm
100%
PP1 share
0
PP goals
1
PP assists
1
PP points
4
PP shots
6
PP attempts
6
Games

PP1 share is of his games with a power play. PP time, PP1 share and games are measured from the league's shift charts; PP goals, assists, points, shots and attempts are the league's official regular-season totals.

Unit, game by game

Last 6 games with a power play
  • PP1
  • PP2
  • Neither
  • Last night
1 OctLast night ↑
The whole season
PP1

On the first unit in all 6 of his games with a power play this season. No move to report.

What the spot is worth
0.500 goals / gm

Buffalo's PP1, T-14th of 32 first units. Utah's pays 1.500.

The next time his unit changes, it's in the next morning's daily.
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Is Zach Benson on the power play?

Zach Benson is on Buffalo's first power-play unit, and has been for six straight games with a power play.

In the club's last power play, 12 October 2026 against FLA, Zach Benson played 4:49 of Buffalo's 7:22 of power-play time.

Buffalo's first unit is worth 0.500 power-play goals a game, T-14th of 32 — the unit is on the ice for 64.7% of Buffalo's power-play time (26th of 32) and scores a goal every 7:10 on the ice (16th of 32).

  • unitPP1
  • streak6 straight
  • since1 Oct
  • regular season on the PP0 G · 1 A · 1 P

Zach Benson's season, every game

Zach Benson · power-play deployment, 2026-27
  • PP1
  • PP2
  • PLAYED, NOT ON PP
  • NO POWER PLAY
  • DID NOT PLAY

Zach Benson's power-play games — 6 this season

Every team game is listed: no PP means the club never had a power play that night (his zeros are real), DNP means he didn't dress, and no data marks a night whose charts failed quality checks. None of those break the streak, and the totals row averages only the games with a measured power play. A dash under unit means he took PP time without being part of either five. All dates are the league's official game dates (Eastern time) — a late game can show a day earlier than your local clock.

dateoppPP unitPP timePP sharePP shiftsPP GPP APP PPP SOGPP SATPP HDC
6 games3:31/gm64%avg21011466
12 OctFLAPP14:4965%5011111
10 OctUTAPP13:3268%4000000
8 OctDALPP13:0351%3000222
6 OctMINPP12:4468%2000011
3 OctCHIPP12:3362%3000000
1 OctCBJPP14:2768%4000122

Buffalo PP1 — Zach Benson's unit

Zach Benson · Tage Thompson · Jack Quinn · Owen Power · Noah Ostlund

Together in 1 game with a power play this season — 4:41 of shared ice. Full page: Buffalo PP1.

Quick answers

Is Zach Benson on the power play?
Zach Benson is on Buffalo's first power-play unit, and has been for six straight games with a power play.
Which power play unit is Zach Benson on?
Zach Benson is on Buffalo's first power-play unit, derived from shared power-play ice rather than from power-play minutes. That has held for six straight games with a power play, since 1 October 2026.
How much power play time does Zach Benson get?
Zach Benson has averaged 3:31 of power-play time a game across 6 games this season. In the club's last power play, 12 October 2026, he played 4:49.
Who else is on Zach Benson's power play unit?
In the club's last power play, Zach Benson shared the power-play ice with Tage Thompson, Jack Quinn, Owen Power and Noah Ostlund. That exact five has been out together in 1 game this season, for 4:41 of shared ice; the season-long unit, weighted by ice time, is on the Buffalo Sabres page.
Has Zach Benson changed power play units recently?
Zach Benson has not changed power-play units this season. He has been on first power-play unit for all 6 of Buffalo's power-play games.

Data quality: game 2026020087 published, score 1.00.