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Ice Lab

Centre · #2

Will Smith

Age
21
Shoots
Right
Height
183 cm
Weight
82 kg
Born
Boston, USA
Draft
2023, round 1, #4 (SJS)

Career · 2024–25 to 2026–27

Games
148
Goals
44
Points
107
TOI per game
17:02
xGF% (5v5)
46.5%
Goals above expected
+11.4

On the ice at 5-on-5

Model-based

What happened with this player on the ice, what happened when they sat, and the difference. Adjusted columns correct for score and venue.

On ice1923:4947.8%47.0%46.5%46.4%2.462.8291861,009.5
Team with player off ice5016:0645.8%45.0%44.3%44.1%2.062.60168247981.0
Relative (on − off)–2.0%–2.3%––––––

On-ice figures exclude 5 games with incomplete shift data.

Usage

Who the player was trusted to face, and with whom.

Quality of competition
25.0%
Opponents' xGF%: 49.9%
Quality of teammates
25.2%
Teammates' xGF%: 46.0%
Offensive zone starts
71.2%
57.2% of shifts start on the fly
Deployment among teammates

Across: share of zone starts in the attacking end (sheltered usage to the right). Up: quality of the opponents faced. Bubble size is 5-on-5 ice time; colour is relative xGF%, blue when the team does better with the player on the ice.

10%20%30%40%50%60%70%80%90%22.022.523.023.524.024.525.025.526.0Offensive zone start % →↑ Quality of competitionTough minutes, defensive startsTough minutes, offensive startsSheltered, defensive startsSheltered, offensive startsSturmKuninZetterlundWennbergGoodrowDellandreaGranlundCelebriniEklundToffoliGushchinThrunCeciFerraroRuttaWalmanKostinGrundstromThompsonCardwellLiljegrenKovalenkoMukhamadullinGrafVlasicGilesDesharnaisOstapchukCagnoniCarlssonSkinnerReavesGaudetteKurashevKlingbergLeddyOrlovDickinsonMisaIorioRegendaChernyshovSherwoodSmith

Close and late

Is the player on the ice, and effective, when games are decided?

When it matters

On-ice results in all situations against the close-and-late state: the third period or overtime, tied or within a goal.

All situationsClose and late
On-ice xGF% at 5v5
46.5%
43.5%