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Defence · #42

Ty Smith

New Jersey Devils Pittsburgh Penguins Carolina Hurricanes(traded during the season)
Age
26
Shoots
Left
Height
180 cm
Weight
82 kg
Born
Lloydminster, CAN
Draft
2018, round 1, #17 (NJD)

Career · 4 seasons

Games
131
Goals
9
Points
49
TOI per game
18:25
xGF% (5v5)
48.3%
Goals above expected
+0.2
ShowAll teamsNew Jersey DevilsPittsburgh PenguinsCarolina Hurricanes

Season by season

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

2020–21NJD4822123−920:07692.9%73.248.0%
2021–22NJD6651520−2617:30776.5%44.047.7%
2022–23PIT9134+320:12273.7%31.154.3%
After a break: 2024–25CAR8112+113:40147.1%10.551.3%
Total3 teams13194049−3118:251874.8%158.848.3%

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)
00.20.40.60.820406080100120
14m16m18m20m22m20406080100120Game

Player card

Model-based

How 4 seasons compares with everyone else at the position over the same seasons, and the players with the most similar profile.

Overall rating

2nd pair

49th 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

1st pair
  • Goals /600.2265th pct
  • Assists /601.0082nd pct
  • ixG /600.2267th pct
  • Shots /604.6567th pct

Play-driving

3rd pair
  • xGF% (5v5)48.3%43rd pct
  • CF% (5v5)51.8%78th pct
  • Relative xGF%−2.530th pct
  • xGA /60 (lower is better)2.8213th pct

Usage

3rd pair
  • TOI per game18:2558th pct
  • PP time share42.8%86th pct
  • PK time share2.4%6th pct
  • Quality of competition23.5%17th 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. Erik GustafssonPHI/CHI0.94
  2. Calen Addison0.91
  3. Justin SchultzWSH0.85
  4. Darren RaddyshTBL0.83
  5. Vince DunnSEA0.82
  6. Keith YandlePHI0.82

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.

+0.2 goals above expected

024681020406080100120Game

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

−100+10+20+30

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 speed33.1 km/h14th pct
  • Speed bursts over 20 mph315th pct
  • Hardest shot137.1 km/h19th pct
  • Distance skated26 km14th pct
  • Offensive-zone time48.3%99th 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

33.1 km/h4th pct

▲ +0.6 km/h since 2022–23

32333435363721–2222–2323–2424–252023–24: no NHL games2021–22: 34.6 km/h, 32nd percentile (66 games)2022–23: 32.5 km/h, 1st percentile (9 games, too few to rank reliably)2024–25: 33.1 km/h, 4th percentile (8 games, too few to rank reliably)

Bursts over 20 mph per 60

1.654th pct

▲ +0.3 since 2022–23

0.511.522.5321–2222–2323–2424–252023–24: no NHL games2021–22: 2.3, 75th percentile (66 games)2022–23: 1.3, 47th percentile (9 games, too few to rank reliably)2024–25: 1.6, 54th percentile (8 games, too few to rank reliably)

Distance skated per 60

14.2 km81st pct

▲ +0.4 km since 2022–23

12.51313.51414.51521–2222–2323–2424–252023–24: no NHL games2021–22: 14.5 km, 95th percentile (66 games)2022–23: 13.8 km, 69th percentile (9 games, too few to rank reliably)2024–25: 14.2 km, 81st percentile (8 games, too few to rank reliably)

Hardest shot

137.1 km/h10th pct

▲ +3.3 km/h since 2022–23

13014015016021–2222–2323–2424–252023–24: no NHL games2021–22: 140.8 km/h, 8th percentile (66 games)2022–23: 133.8 km/h, 2nd percentile (9 games, too few to rank reliably)2024–25: 137.1 km/h, 10th percentile (8 games, too few to rank reliably)

Offensive-zone time

48.3%99th pct

▲ +0.2 points since 2022–23

38%40%42%44%46%48%50%21–2222–2323–2424–252023–24: no NHL games2021–22: 42.7%, 66th percentile (66 games)2022–23: 48.1%, 100th percentile (9 games, too few to rank reliably)2024–25: 48.3%, 99th percentile (8 games, too few to rank reliably)