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Defence · #7

Brendan Smith

Detroit Red Wings New York Rangers Carolina Hurricanes New Jersey Devils Dallas Stars Columbus Blue Jackets(traded during the season)
Age
37
Shoots
Left
Height
188 cm
Weight
91 kg
Born
Mimico, CAN
Draft
2007, round 1, #27 (DET)

Career · 2011–12 to 2025–26

Games
741
Goals
39
Points
146
TOI per game
16:08
xGF% (5v5)
50.1%
Goals above expected
−8.2

Season by season

The regular-season line for each season, with the total, by team for traded players.

2011–12DET14167+315:38137.7%11.362.6%
2012–13DET34088+118:24330.0%21.652.7%
2013–14DET7151419−218:23905.6%13.851.6%
2014–15DET764913−217:53884.5%24.155.1%
2015–16DET6331215+117:36823.7%14.253.8%
2016–17DET33235−118:44395.1%31.847.6%
2016–17NYR18134+220:10234.3%01.447.5%
2016–17All teams51369+119:15624.8%33.247.6%
2017–18NYR44178+217:10661.5%14.245.8%
2018–19NYR634913−715:18666.1%05.547.5%
2019–20NYR62358−1211:06456.7%04.441.6%
2020–21NYR485510+316:26588.6%02.743.7%
2021–22CAR45448+613:55636.3%03.053.7%
2022–23NJD60055+315:33580.0%03.555.7%
2023–24NJD6351015−316:06608.3%03.447.4%
2024–25DAL32156−913:13273.7%01.844.7%
2025–26CBJ15022−111:05100.0%00.444.6%
Total6 teams74139107146−1616:088214.8%1147.250.1%

Form

Rolling averages smooth out single games so the trend shows.

Form, ten-game rolling

Points and individual expected goals per game (left scale), averaged over the previous ten games. Ice time is on the second chart.

Points per gameixG per gameTOI per game (minutes)
00.20.40.60.8100200300400500600700
10m15m20m100200300400500600700Game

Player card

Model-based

How 2011–12 to 2025–26 compares with everyone else at the position over the same seasons, and the players with the most similar profile.

Overall rating

2nd pair

64th percentile among qualified defencemen, blending scoring 30%, play-driving 50%, usage 20%.

  1. 1st pair
  2. 2nd pair
  3. 3rd pair
  4. Extra / AHL

Scoring

2nd pair
  • Goals /600.2060th pct
  • Assists /600.5436th pct
  • ixG /600.2477th pct
  • Shots /604.1260th pct

Play-driving

2nd pair
  • xGF% (5v5)50.1%64th pct
  • CF% (5v5)51.6%81st pct
  • Relative xGF%−0.749th pct
  • xGA /60 (lower is better)2.3855th pct

Usage

3rd pair
  • TOI per game16:0837th pct
  • PP time share5.6%43rd pct
  • PK time share27.1%55th pct
  • Quality of competition23.7%28th pct

Percentiles among defencemen with 200+ minutes at 5-on-5 and 20+ games. Ratings rank each column's average percentile among the same players and read it as a role on a depth chart (how).

Most similar players this season

  1. Elias Salomonsson0.79
  2. Jalen ChatfieldCAR0.79
  3. Ronnie Attard0.77
  4. Nikita NesterovTBL0.75
  5. Lucas Carlsson0.74
  6. Jim Vandermeer0.70

Finishing

Model-based

Did the goals match the chances?

Goals against expected goals

Cumulative goals (solid) and individual xG (dashed) through the season. The gap is finishing: above the dashed line, the player scored more than an average shooter would from the same chances.

−8.2 goals above expected

01020304050100200300400500600700Game

Goals above expected, everyone at the same position with 20+ games

−200+20+40+60

Speed and tracking

From the NHL's EDGE tracking system (2021–22 on): skating speed, shot speed, distance and zone time, for the selected seasons and then every tracked season, to show improvement or decline.

Tracking data (NHL EDGE)

Values from the NHL's puck and player tracking, with the NHL's own league percentile for each. Missing values mean the player wasn't tracked enough.

Tracking

  • Top skating speed33.3 km/h18th pct
  • Speed bursts over 20 mph320th pct
  • Hardest shot135.9 km/h22nd pct
  • Distance skated39 km22nd pct
  • Offensive-zone time39.3%14th pct
Tracking, season by season

Each season against the other defencemen that season with 20+ games. A season in progress appears once half its games are played, as provisional: season bests only grow. Bursts and distance are per 60 minutes of ice time, so seasons with fewer games still compare. Percentiles are on these rates, so they can differ from the NHL's, which are on season totals.

This playerMedian defencemanMiddle half (25th–75th percentile)Hollow dot: too few games to rank, or a season in progress (*, dashed). Dotted line: no NHL games that season.

Top skating speed

33.3 km/h5th pct

▼ −1.0 km/h since 2024–25

3234363821–2222–2323–2424–2525–262021–22: 34.7 km/h, 37th percentile (45 games)2022–23: 36.6 km/h, 85th percentile (60 games)2023–24: 36.6 km/h, 85th percentile (63 games)2024–25: 34.2 km/h, 20th percentile (32 games)2025–26: 33.3 km/h, 5th percentile (15 games, too few to rank reliably)

Bursts over 20 mph per 60

1.127th pct

▼ −1.6 since 2024–25

0.511.522.5321–2222–2323–2424–2525–262021–22: 1.4, 51st percentile (45 games)2022–23: 1.0, 27th percentile (60 games)2023–24: 1.3, 39th percentile (63 games)2024–25: 2.7, 82nd percentile (32 games)2025–26: 1.1, 27th percentile (15 games, too few to rank reliably)

Distance skated per 60

14.2 km83rd pct

▲ +0.4 km since 2024–25

1313.51414.521–2222–2323–2424–2525–262021–22: 14.0 km, 73rd percentile (45 games)2022–23: 13.4 km, 41st percentile (60 games)2023–24: 13.5 km, 41st percentile (63 games)2024–25: 13.8 km, 56th percentile (32 games)2025–26: 14.2 km, 83rd percentile (15 games, too few to rank reliably)

Hardest shot

135.9 km/h6th pct

▼ −7.4 km/h since 2024–25

13014015016021–2222–2323–2424–2525–262021–22: 152.1 km/h, 54th percentile (45 games)2022–23: 149.2 km/h, 42nd percentile (60 games)2023–24: 149.6 km/h, 49th percentile (63 games)2024–25: 143.3 km/h, 27th percentile (32 games)2025–26: 135.9 km/h, 6th percentile (15 games, too few to rank reliably)

Offensive-zone time

39.3%15th pct

▼ −2.6 points since 2024–25

36%38%40%42%44%46%48%21–2222–2323–2424–2525–262021–22: 45.8%, 98th percentile (45 games)2022–23: 41.4%, 47th percentile (60 games)2023–24: 38.3%, 11th percentile (63 games)2024–25: 41.9%, 51st percentile (32 games)2025–26: 39.3%, 15th percentile (15 games, too few to rank reliably)