Alex Steeves or Sam Bennett? The NHL Stat Breakdown

The career statistics tell a clear story in this C comparison. Sam Bennett holds the advantage in 5 of 6 key categories, with Assists representing the most decisive gap — a 2188.9% difference that separates these two NHL players. This is not a close debate on the numbers.

Sam Bennett's Assists of 206 compared to Alex Steeves's 9 represents a 2188.9% advantage — dramatically better than their counterpart in this critical category. Alex Steeves falls 97.4% below the career average of 350 in this category while Sam Bennett exceeds it. It is the single most decisive number in this comparison and the clearest statistical argument for Sam Bennett's edge.

The most competitive category in this matchup is Plus/Minus, where Alex Steeves posts 5 against Sam Bennett's -31 — a gap of just 520%. Alex Steeves can point to this as evidence that the overall comparison is closer than the final 5-1 tally suggests. In any debate, Plus/Minus is the statistical ammunition for the Alex Steeves side.

Hockey's greatest players accumulate points through both goal scoring and playmaking. The balance between goals and assists often reveals a player's style — pure scorer versus pass-first playmaker.

Sam Bennett wins this head to head comparison decisively — 5 categories to 1. The 2188.9% gap in Assists alone makes a compelling case, but the consistency across multiple categories confirms Sam Bennett's statistical superiority in this NHL career comparison.