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Ben Meyers

#59 · Centre · Seattle Kraken

Born Nov 15, 1998 in Delano, Minnesota, USA (age 27) · 5'11", 194 lb · Shoots left

Compare with a similar player

The forwards closest to him in points in 2024-25. Pick one to see the two side by side, or choose someone else.

Matthew Stienburg COL · 0 P in 8 GP Noah Ostlund BUF · 0 P in 8 GP Brendan Brisson VGK · 0 P in 9 GP Nikita Grebenkin TOR · 0 P in 7 GP Raphael Lavoie VGK · 0 P in 9 GP

Career

Regular season games only. Pick a season to see its game log below. Cap hit is what he counted against the salary cap that season, where it is known.

0510152021-22: 1 points121-222022-23: 4 points422-232023-24: 3 points323-242024-25: 0 points024-252025-26: 15 points1525-262026-27: 5 points526-27

Points by season. The darker bar is the season shown below.

Season Team GP G A P +/- PIM Shots Hits P/GP Cap hit
2021-22 COL 5 1 0 1 -2 0 8 1 0.20 $913K
2022-23 COL 39 4 0 4 -6 6 33 25 0.10 $913K
2023-24 COL 9 1 0 1 -2 0 7 12 0.11 $775K
2023-24 ANA 14 0 2 2 -2 6 5 22 0.14
2024-25 SEA 8 0 0 0 -2 2 4 9 0.00 $775K
2025-26 SEA 52 7 8 15 -12 16 61 66 0.29 $775K
2026-27 SEA 4 1 4 5 2 17 4 8 1.25 $1M
6 seasons Career 131 14 14 28 -24 47 122 143 0.21

Playoffs

Playoff games only. Pick a season to see that year's bracket.

Season Team GP G A P +/- PIM Shots Hits P/GP
2022-23 COL 6 0 0 0 -2 2 1 4 0.00
1 season Playoffs 6 0 0 0 -2 2 1 4 0.00

2024-25 season totals

GP G A P +/- PIM Shots Hits P/GP Shooting % Avg TOI
8 0 0 0 -2 2 4 9 0.00 0.0 8:21

Contract

$775KCap hitends in 2025

His cap hit for the whole season, set against what he did in the regular season. Lower is better value. In a season still being played the cost per point starts high and falls as the games add up. He rated at or below a spare-part player, so there is no cost per goal to show.

The contract

Signed by the Seattle Kraken on Jul 1, 2024, as a new contract: 1 year and $775K, beginning in 2024-25. It runs through 2024-25, so this is its last season.

Season Cap hit Base salary Signing bonus Performance bonuses Paid in all Clause
2024-25 $775K $775K $0 $775K

Each season of the contract, with this one marked. The cap hit is the same every year; what he is paid is not. The pay is as written when the contract was recorded in October 2024, so a later change, such as the rise in the lowest salary for 2026-27, is not shown.

Contracts he has signed

Signed Signed by Kind Seasons Years In all Cap hit
Feb 24, 2026 Seattle Kraken Extension 2026-27 to 2027-28 2 $2M $1M
2025-26 to 2025-26 $775K
Jul 1, 2024 Seattle Kraken New contract 2024-25 to 2024-25 1 $775K $775K
Jul 26, 2023 Colorado Avalanche New contract 2023-24 to 2023-24 1 $775K $775K
Apr 13, 2022 Colorado Avalanche Entry-level 2021-22 to 2022-23 2 $2.063M $913K

Every contract on record for him, newest first, with the team that signed him to it and the day it was signed. The one covering 2024-25 is marked. An extension is signed while the contract before it is still running, often a year ahead. A row with no team or date is a contract known only by its cap hit, most often one signed since October 2024.

2024-25 analytics

Rating

-0.3Goals above replacementsix goals are worth about one win
-0.1Wins above replacementgoals above replacement divided by six
-0.5Goals above averagethe five parts below added up
Even-strength offence-0.5Even-strength defence+0.1Power play0.0Penalty kill0.0Penalties-0.2

The goals he added to his team's goal difference, compared with a spare-part player given the same ice time. Each part is measured against the league, so zero is an average skater. A full season is about two-thirds the player and one-third chance. He has played fewer than 20 games, too few to be ranked.

-1012342021-222022-232023-242024-252025-262026-27Goals above replacementGoals above replacement, by season

On the ice

What happened at five-on-five while he was on the ice. What these numbers mean

40.5Corsi for %49 attempts for, 72 against
-7.4CF% relative to teamagainst the team without him
44.6Expected goals for %1.9 expected for, 2.4 against
+2.0xGF% relative to teamagainst the team without him
40.0Fenwick for %unblocked attempts
25.0Goals for %1 for, 3 against
93.1PDO3.8% shooting + 89.3% saves
10Attempts takenhis own shot attempts

These are left plain: he has not been on the ice enough to be ranked. That takes at least 200 shot attempts with him out there, about six or seven games, and a quarter of what the busiest skater has. Over a game or two these numbers are mostly chance.

Who he played with

Forward lineGPTimeCF%xGF%Goals
Brandon Tanev · Tye Kartye · Ben Meyers424:4240.844.80-1
Michael Eyssimont · Jacob Melanson · Ben Meyers17:2246.758.11-0
Andre Burakovsky · Tye Kartye · Ben Meyers26:1944.466.50-1
Daniel Sprong · Eeli Tolvanen · Ben Meyers16:1637.596.20-0

The lines he spent the most time in at five-on-five, with the team's share of the shot attempts and expected goals, and the goals for and against, while they were out. The two shares are coloured as above, against the league's lines that played a fair amount together. Hover over one for its percentile.

Chances and finishing

Expected goals adds up how likely each of his shots was to go in, judged by where it came from, what kind of shot it was and whether it was a rebound. All situations, leaving out shots at an empty net.

0Goalsnot counting empty-netters
0.6Expected goalsfrom 5 unblocked attempts
-0.6Goals above expectedgoals minus expected goals
Chances created 0.53 expected goals per 60 minutes16th
Shot quality 11.8% chance per attempt99th
Finishing -0.6 goals above expected48thOne season of finishing is mostly luck.

Each bar shows the share of forwards he is ahead of, among the 428 who played 300 minutes or more this season.

00.20.40.60.81Expected 0.6Goals 0

His goals and his expected goals as the season went on. When the goals line pulls away above, he is scoring more than his chances were worth; below, less.

Where he shot from

Every attempt he took this season, in all situations, attacking the net on the right. There is a dot for each attempt, bigger for a better chance. "Show as heat map" shades the ice by where the attempts came from. Click a goal for its details.

Game log

Date Opponent Result G A P +/- PIM Shots Hits TOI
Mar 6, 2025 @ NSH L 3-5 0 0 0 1 0 1 3 09:41
Mar 1, 2025 vs VAN W 6-3 0 0 0 -1 0 0 2 06:54
Jan 6, 2025 vs NJD L 2-3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 08:44
Jan 4, 2025 vs EDM L 2-4 0 0 0 -1 0 1 1 08:51
Dec 22, 2024 @ COL L 2-5 0 0 0 -1 0 0 0 08:52
Nov 23, 2024 @ LAK L 1-2 0 0 0 0 0 1 2 06:39
Nov 20, 2024 vs NSH W 3-0 0 0 0 0 2 1 0 08:47
Nov 17, 2024 vs NYR L 0-2 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 08:21