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Right wing · #55

Givani Smith

Detroit Red Wings Florida Panthers San Jose Sharks Colorado Avalanche(traded during the season)
Age
28
Shoots
Left
Height
188 cm
Weight
97 kg
Born
Toronto, CAN
Draft
2016, round 2, #46 (DET)

Career · 2019–20 to 2024–25

Games
168
Goals
9
Points
22
TOI per game
8:12
xGF% (5v5)
43.4%
Goals above expected
−5.8
ShowAll teamsDetroit Red WingsFlorida PanthersSan Jose SharksColorado Avalanche

Season by season

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

2019–20DET21213−29:41229.1%03.048.0%
2020–21DET16134−510:35205.0%01.346.4%
2021–22DET46437−68:28508.0%04.046.1%
2022–23DET2000−39:5730.0%00.444.0%
2022–23FLA34134+16:50273.7%02.744.2%
2022–23All teams36134−27:00303.3%03.144.2%
2023–24SJS36134−137:49313.2%02.839.1%
2024–25SJS6000−16:1720.0%00.526.3%
2024–25COL7000−26:2130.0%00.130.2%
2024–25All teams13000−36:2050.0%00.627.8%
Total4 teams16891322−318:121585.7%014.843.4%

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)
00.10.20.30.420406080100120140160
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Player card

Model-based

How 2019–20 to 2024–25 compares with everyone else at the position over the same seasons, and the players with the most similar profile.

Overall rating

Extra / AHL

4th percentile among qualified forwards, blending scoring 40%, play-driving 40%, usage 20%.

  1. 1st line
  2. 2nd line
  3. 3rd line
  4. 4th line
  5. Extra / AHL

Scoring

Extra / AHL
  • Goals /600.3914th pct
  • Assists /600.5716th pct
  • ixG /600.6433rd pct
  • Goals above expected−5.824th pct

Play-driving

Extra / AHL
  • xGF% (5v5)43.4%14th pct
  • CF% (5v5)45.4%17th pct
  • Relative xGF%−2.831st pct
  • Penalty diff /60-0.742nd pct

Usage

Extra / AHL
  • TOI per game8:121st pct
  • PP time share5.3%28th pct
  • Offensive zone starts60.0%65th pct
  • Quality of competition22.4%2nd 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

  1. Zack MacEwenPHI0.97
  2. Jeffrey VielSJS0.95
  3. Scott Sabourin0.93
  4. Matt Rempe0.92
  5. Michael PezzettaMTL0.90
  6. Nicolas DeslauriersANA/PHI0.89

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.

−5.8 goals above expected

05101520406080100120140160Game

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

−80−60−40−200+20+40+60+80+100

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 speed35.6 km/h42nd pct
  • Speed bursts over 20 mph1320th pct
  • Hardest shot138.4 km/h51st pct
  • Distance skated23 km17th pct
  • Offensive-zone time35.5%0th pct
Tracking, season by season

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.

This playerMedian forwardMiddle 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

35.6 km/h30th pct

▲ +0.3 km/h since 2023–24

3535.53636.53737.521–2222–2323–2424–252021–22: 35.6 km/h, 36th percentile (46 games)2022–23: 35.9 km/h, 46th percentile (36 games)2023–24: 35.3 km/h, 25th percentile (36 games)2024–25: 35.6 km/h, 30th percentile (13 games, too few to rank reliably)

Bursts over 20 mph per 60

9.584th pct

▲ +3.1 since 2023–24

2468101221–2222–2323–2424–252021–22: 6.8, 66th percentile (46 games)2022–23: 4.3, 43rd percentile (36 games)2023–24: 6.4, 64th percentile (36 games)2024–25: 9.5, 84th percentile (13 games, too few to rank reliably)

Distance skated per 60

16.6 km95th pct

▲ +0.4 km since 2023–24

14.51515.51616.51721–2222–2323–2424–252021–22: 15.8 km, 61st percentile (46 games)2022–23: 15.7 km, 67th percentile (36 games)2023–24: 16.2 km, 85th percentile (36 games)2024–25: 16.6 km, 95th percentile (13 games, too few to rank reliably)

Hardest shot

138.4 km/h39th pct

▼ −6.8 km/h since 2023–24

13014015016021–2222–2323–2424–252021–22: 143.5 km/h, 50th percentile (46 games)2022–23: 153.9 km/h, 93rd percentile (36 games)2023–24: 145.2 km/h, 65th percentile (36 games)2024–25: 138.4 km/h, 39th percentile (13 games, too few to rank reliably)

Offensive-zone time

35.5%0th pct

▼ −1.4 points since 2023–24

34%36%38%40%42%44%46%21–2222–2323–2424–252021–22: 38.4%, 11th percentile (46 games)2022–23: 41.9%, 50th percentile (36 games)2023–24: 36.8%, 5th percentile (36 games)2024–25: 35.5%, 0th percentile (13 games, too few to rank reliably)