Centre · #64
Gemel Smith
- Age
- 32
- Shoots
- Left
- Height
- 178 cm
- Weight
- 92 kg
- Born
- Toronto, CAN
- Draft
- 2012, round 4, #104 (DAL)
Career · 2016–17 to 2021–22
- Games
- 77
- Goals
- 11
- Points
- 20
- TOI per game
- 10:06
- xGF% (5v5)
- 51.9%
- Goals above expected
- +5.2
Season by season
The regular-season line for each season, with the total, by team for traded players.
| 2016–17 |   DAL | 17 | 3 | 3 | 6 | −1 | 13:35 | 19 | 15.8% | 0 | 1.5 | 52.1% |
| 2017–18 | DAL | 46 | 6 | 5 | 11 | +5 | 9:26 | 42 | 14.3% | 0 | 3.4 | 54.9% |
| 2018–19 | DAL | 14 | 2 | 1 | 3 | −1 | 8:01 | 11 | 18.2% | 0 | 0.9 | 40.8% |
| 2018–19 |   BOS | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | −3 | 10:00 | 3 | 0.0% | 0 | 0.1 | 20.7% |
| 2018–19 | All teams | 17 | 2 | 1 | 3 | −4 | 8:22 | 14 | 14.3% | 0 | 1.0 | 36.6% |
| 2019–20 |   TBL | 3 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 9:10 | 1 | 100.0% | 0 | 0.3 | 14.4% |
| 2020–21 | TBL | 5 | 0 | 3 | 3 | +3 | 10:03 | 0 | – | 0 | 0.1 | 53.6% |
| 2021–22 |   DET | 3 | 0 | 1 | 1 | −2 | 6:46 | 1 | 0.0% | 0 | 0.0 | 17.7% |
| Total | 4 teams | 91 | 12 | 13 | 25 | +1 | 9:57 | 77 | 15.6% | 0 | 6.3 | 49.3% |
Form
Rolling averages smooth out single games so the trend shows.
Points and individual expected goals per game (left scale), averaged over the previous ten games. Ice time is on the second chart.
Player card
How 2016–17 to 2021–22 compares with everyone else at the position over the same seasons, and the players with the most similar profile.
Overall rating
4th line
32nd percentile among qualified forwards, blending scoring 40%, play-driving 40%, usage 20%.
- 1st line
- 2nd line
- 3rd line
- 4th line
- Extra / AHL
Scoring
3rd line- Goals /600.8066th pct
- Assists /600.8649th pct
- ixG /600.425th pct
- Goals above expected+5.782nd pct
Play-driving
3rd line- xGF% (5v5)49.3%53rd pct
- CF% (5v5)47.5%33rd pct
- Relative xGF%−1.046th pct
- Penalty diff /60-0.0736th pct
Usage
Extra / AHL- TOI per game9:5710th pct
- PP time share2.1%17th pct
- Offensive zone starts43.8%24th pct
- Quality of competition22.5%5th pct
Percentiles among forwards 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
Faceoffs
How often Smith wins the draw over 2016–17 to 2021–22, against whom and where, and what a win leads to. Ranked among players with 1117+ draws over the same seasons.
Win rate
46.7%
106–121 · below the 1117 draws of a regular
Against an average centre
46.1%
Opponents won 49.4% of their draws; an average centre would have won 50.6% against them.
Wins above average
−9
Draws won beyond what an average centre facing the same opponents would have won.
Draws per game
5.2
227 draws in all.
By dot, attacking to the right
Win rate at each dot; the small numbers are draws and the xG swing (×100) of winning rather than losing there.
By zone
- Offensive zone46.2% 30–35
- Neutral zone47.6% 50–55
- Defensive zone45.6% 26–31
By strength
- Even strength48.6% 103–109
- Power play50.0% 2–2
- Shorthanded9.1% 1–10
What a win leads to
Shot attempts in the next 20 seconds, for minus against, per 100 draws: +9 after a win, −1 after a loss. Each win was worth 0.6 expected goals per 100 draws more than a loss.
Most-faced opponents
- Steven Lorentz53.8% 7–6
- Vincent Trocheck45.5% 5–6
- Dominic Toninato44.4% 4–5
- Marcus Kruger37.5% 3–5
- Jonathan Toews28.6% 2–5
- Aleksander Barkov14.3% 1–6
- Artem Anisimov50.0% 3–3
- Joel Ward16.7% 1–5
Season by season
| Season | Draws | Win rate | Against average |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2016–17 | 59 | 42.4% | 40.8% |
| 2017–18 | 94 | 45.7% | 44.7% |
| 2018–19 | 4 | 50.0% | 48.2% |
| 2019–20 | 20 | 65.0% | 65.2% |
| 2020–21 | 40 | 42.5% | 44.1% |
| 2021–22 | 10 | 60.0% | 58.7% |
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.
+5.2 goals above expected
Goals above expected, everyone at the same position with 20+ games
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.
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 speed33.6 km/h11th pct
- Speed bursts over 20 mph310th pct
- Hardest shot126.0 km/h17th pct
- Distance skated6 km8th pct
- Offensive-zone time37.4%4th pct
Each season against the other forwards 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.
Top skating speed
33.6 km/h2nd pct
2021–22 only
Bursts over 20 mph per 60
8.980th pct
2021–22 only
Distance skated per 60
16.5 km93rd pct
2021–22 only
Hardest shot
126.0 km/h3rd pct
2021–22 only
Offensive-zone time
37.4%4th pct
2021–22 only