Tyler Benson

Age 25 Mar 15, 1998

Edmonton CAN

Left Wing shoots left

6'0" 183 cm

190 lbs 86 kg

ELC Signing Age 18

Waivers Signing Age 18

UFA Year 2025

Agent Craig Oster

Draft Year 2016
Drafted Overall 32
Draft Round 2
Draft Team

No contract for upcoming season.
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Career Earnings: $3,925,000

Transaction History

Dec 8, 2022	Edmonton Oilers \| Tyler Benson \| Benson was placed on waivers by Edmonton on Thursday.
Nov 27, 2022	Edmonton Oilers \| Tyler Benson \| Benson (knee) was recalled from his conditioning stint and removed from injured reserve Sunday.
Nov 17, 2022	Edmonton Oilers \| Tyler Benson \| Benson (knee) was loaned to AHL Bakersfield for a conditioning stint Thursday.
Oct 20, 2022	Edmonton Oilers \| Tyler Benson \| Benson (knee) has been skating on his own but remains weeks away from a return, Jason Gregor of OilersNation.com reports.
Oct 6, 2022	Edmonton Oilers \| Tyler Benson \| Coach Jay Woodcroft said that Benson (knee) is out week-to-week, according to Daniel Nugent-Bowman of The Athletic.
Aug 6, 2022	Edmonton Oilers \| Tyler Benson \| Benson signed a one-year, two-way contract with the Edmonton Oilers on Saturday, per Daniel Nugent-Bowman of The Athletic.
Mar 16, 2022	Edmonton Oilers \| Tyler Benson \| Benson hit the waiver wire Wednesday.
Feb 20, 2022	Edmonton Oilers \| Tyler Benson \| Benson scored a goal and went minus-2 in Sunday's 7-3 loss to the Minnesota Wild.
Jan 19, 2022	Edmonton Oilers \| Tyler Benson \| Per Jack Michaels of the Edmonton Oilers Radio Network, Benson is on the ice for Wednesday's practice, indicating he's cleared the NHL's COVID-19 protocols.
Jan 9, 2022	Edmonton Oilers \| Tyler Benson \| Benson was designated to the NHL's COVID-19 protocols Sunday.
Jan 3, 2022	Edmonton Oilers \| Tyler Benson \| Benson logged an assist in Monday's 4-1 loss to the New York Rangers.
Nov 23, 2021	Edmonton Oilers \| Tyler Benson \| Benson has been a healthy scratch for 11 of the Edmonton Oilers' 18 games this season.
Aug 11, 2021	Edmonton Oilers \| Tyler Benson \| Benson penned a one-year, two-way deal with Edmonton on Wednesday.
Jan 14, 2021	Edmonton Oilers \| Tyler Benson \| Benson was sent down to AHL Bakersfield on Thursday.
Dec 18, 2020	Edmonton Oilers \| Tyler Benson \| Benson has been recalled from his loan with the GCK Lions of Switzerland's National League.
Sep 21, 2020	Edmonton Oilers \| Assigned LW Tyler Benson to GCK Lions (Sweden).
Jul 12, 2020	Edmonton Oilers \| Recalled LW Tyler Benson from Bakersfield (AHL).
Feb 24, 2020	Edmonton Oilers \| Assigned LW Tyler Benson to Bakersfield (AHL).
Feb 12, 2020	Edmonton Oilers \| Recalled LW Tyler Benson from Bakersfield (AHL).
Feb 9, 2020	Edmonton Oilers \| Assigned LW Tyler Benson to Bakersfield (AHL).
Jan 30, 2020	Edmonton Oilers \| Recalled LW Tyler Benson from Bakersfield (AHL).
Sep 20, 2019	Edmonton Oilers \| Assigned LW Tyler Benson to Bakersfield (AHL).
Sep 20, 2018	Edmonton Oilers \| Assigned LW Tyler Benson to Bakersfield (AHL).
Dec 30, 2016	Edmonton Oilers \| Signed LW Tyler Benson to a three-year, entry-level contract.
Oct 3, 2016	Edmonton Oilers \| Assigned LW Tyler Benson to Vancouver (WHL).

Current Stats
Career Stats

2022-2023 Regular Season Stats

Tyler Benson	GP	G	A	P	+/-	PIM	TOI	GF%	DFF%	Rel DFF%	CF%	Rel CF%	G60	P60
Edmonton Oilers	2	0	0	0	0	0	12		43.50	-10.80	46.70	0.20
Tyler Benson Stats by Elite Prospects							Tyler Benson Advanced Stats by

Career Stats

	Season	Team	League	GP	G	A	TP	PIM	TOI	GF%	DFF%	Rel DFF%	CF%	Rel CF%	G60	P60	Playoffs	GP	G	A	TP	PIM
	2010-2011	SSAC U15 AA 2	NAHL U15	12	13	8	21	0
	2011-2012	SSAC Lions U15 AAA	AEHL U15	33	34	50	84	44									Playoffs	11	12	19	31	0
	2011-2012	SSAC Lions U15 AAA	John Reid Bantam	5	10	11	21	4									Playoffs	11	12	19	31	0
	2012-2013	SSAC Lions U15 AAA	AEHL U15	33	57	89	146	52									Playoffs	11	15	22	37	0
	2012-2013	SSAC Bulldogs U17 AAA	AEHL U17	1	1	1	2	0
	2012-2013	Team Edmonton South	Alberta Cup	5	5	8	13	4
	2012-2013	SSAC Lions U15 AAA	John Reid Bantam	6	8	11	19	4									Playoffs	11	15	22	37	0
	2013-2014	Vancouver Giants	WHL	7	0	0	0	0
	2013-2014	Pursuit of Excellence U18 AAA	NAPHL 18U	21	14	26	40	48									Playoffs	4	3	4	7	0
	2013-2014	Team Alberta	WCCC-16	4	2	1	3	0
	2013-2014	Canada Pacific U17	WHC-17	6	1	0	1	2
	2013-2014	RINK Hockey Academy Kelowna U18	CSSHL U18	15	15	20	35	40									Playoffs	3	2	2	4	0
	2014-2015	Team Green	U17-Dev	3	2	0	2	4
	2014-2015	Vancouver Giants	WHL	62	14	31	45	55
	2014-2015	Canada Black U17	WHC-17	5	1	1	2	4
	2014-2015	Canada U18	WJC-18	7	1	3	4	8
Draft Yr	2015-2016	Canada U18	Hlinka Gretzky Cup	4	1	4	5	0
Draft Yr	2015-2016	Vancouver Giants	WHL	30	9	19	28	46
Draft Yr	2015-2016	Team White	U18-Dev	3	0	1	1	0
	2016-2017	Vancouver Giants	WHL	33	11	31	42	31
	2016-2017	WHL All-Stars	Jr Super Series	2	1	2	3	0
	2017-2018	Vancouver Giants	WHL	58	27	42	69	39									Playoffs	7	3	8	11	0
	2017-2018	Bakersfield Condors	AHL	5	0	3	3	0
	2018-2019	Bakersfield Condors	AHL	68	15	51	66	44									Playoffs	10	1	6	7	0
	2019-2020	Bakersfield Condors	AHL	47	9	27	36	34
	2019-2020	Edmonton Oilers	NHL	7	0	1	1	0	68	33.30	46.70	-2.50	49.20	-1.80		0.88
	2020-2021	GC/Küsnacht	SL	15	2	17	19	20
	2020-2021	GC/Küsnacht	Swiss Cup	1	0	2	2	2
	2020-2021	Bakersfield Condors	AHL	36	10	26	36	30									Playoffs	6	3	2	5	0
	2021-2022	Edmonton Oilers	NHL	29	1	1	2	18	243	35.30	47.90	-3.10	53.40	2.10	0.25	0.49
	2021-2022	Bakersfield Condors	AHL	18	4	8	12	8									Playoffs	1	0	0	0	0
	2022-2023	Edmonton Oilers	NHL	2	0	0	0	0	12		43.50	-10.80	46.70	0.20
	2022-2023	Bakersfield Condors	AHL	43	5	18	23	29									Playoffs	1	0	0	0	0
Tyler Benson Stats by Elite Prospects \| Tyler Benson Advanced Stats by

Contract History

Signing Team

Signing Date August 6, 2022
Signing Status RFA
Agent Craig Oster

Standard Contract | 1 Years $750,000 0.91% of cap space

	2022-2023
Cap Hit	$750,000	UFA-Group6
AAV	$750,000
Performance Bonuses	$0
Base Salary	$750,000
Signing Bonuses	$0
Total Salary	$750,000
Minors Salary	$275,000
Clauses
UFA Year
350K Guaranteed

Signing Team

Signing Date August 11, 2021
Signing Status RFA
Agent Craig Oster

Standard Contract | 1 Years $750,000 0.92% of cap space

	2021-2022
Cap Hit	$750,000	RFA
AAV	$750,000
Performance Bonuses	$0
Base Salary	$750,000
Signing Bonuses	$0
Total Salary	$750,000
Minors Salary	$100,000
Clauses
UFA Year
150K Guaranteed

Signing Team

Signing Date December 30, 2016
Agent Craig Oster

Entry Level Contract | 3 Years $2,424,999 1.19% of cap space

	2016-2017	2017-2018	2018-2019	2019-2020	2020-2021
Cap Hit	$870,000	$839,166	$808,333	$808,333	$808,333	RFA
AAV	$925,000	$894,166	$863,333	$863,333	$863,333
Performance Bonuses	$0	$0	$132,500	$32,500	$0
Base Salary	$0	$0	$700,000	$800,000	$832,500
Signing Bonuses	$92,500	$92,500	$92,500	$0	$0
Total Salary	$0	$0	$792,500	$800,000	$832,500
Minors Salary	$0	$0	$70,000	$70,000	$70,000
Clauses
UFA Year