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Cole Smith

Cole Smith

CHI·FJersey number #22
Played for VGK in the game shown
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Latest captured market
Apr 2 · 10:00 PM ET

Projected · remaining schedule

82 team games · 318 game sample
PTS
17.5
SOG
84.5
G
8.6
A
8.9
PPP
0.1
HIT
239.5
BLK
29.3
PIM
66.0

Each figure is this player's recency-weighted per-game rate over 318 real games × their team's 82 scheduled games. Availability is not projected — injuries, scratches and trades are not modelled anywhere in this project, so the team's schedule is the multiplier, not a forecast of how many games this player will dress for. League board.

What carries into 2026-27

a forecast, not a result

Most of this cold run probably won’t repeat

below expectedabove expected
● what happened○ what is projected
2025-26
−3.00
per 100 attempts, vs position
= −3.7 goals over 112
Carries forward
18%
of that rate
measured, 5 seasons
2026-27
−0.55
per 100 attempts, projected
−0.6 goals at the same volume
How this is measured, and what it doesn’t say →

Among forwards · 973 ranked

Production

Style & role

Percentile against 973 forwards, 2025-26. Shrunk rate is the per-game rate the rank was computed from, pulled toward the league mean by sample size so a short career does not read as an elite one — so it sits closer to average than the rate actually recorded. This skater’s sample is 318 games. Further right means more, not better: hits, blocks and penalty minutes describe a role, not quality.

Observed rates

per game · recency-weighted, not shrunk · 318 games incl. playoffs
PTS
0.21
G
0.10
A
0.11
SOG
1.03
PPP
0.00
HIT
2.93
BLK
0.35
PIM
0.81

Season totals

regular season
SeasonGPGAPP/GPSOGTOI
2025-266384120.196913:17
2024-257148120.176913:37
2023-2480914230.2911213:41
2022-2369413170.256412:44
2021-2280000.0038:50

Playoffs

postseason only
SeasonGPGAPP/GPSOGTOI
2025-26223360.271411:47
2023-2450000.00513:26

Last 10 · game log

cleared the Apr 2 lineG 1/10PPP 0/10
DateOppSOGGAPPPHITBLKPIMTOI
Jun 14vs CARPO000020010:43
Jun 11@ CARPO000020011:39
Jun 9vs CARPO00005009:50
Jun 6vs CARPO1000141219:19
Jun 4@ CARPO20004009:35
Jun 2@ CARPO101070011:11
May 26vs COLPO21003029:20
May 24vs COLPO00003046:08
May 22@ COLPO10003109:48
May 20@ COLPO000080011:56

One threshold, applied to all 10: each figure counts how many of the 10 games above would have cleared the Apr 2 posted line. It is not a record against 10 separate lines — this player was priced once, and games after that date are measured against the same number.

Finishing — goals above expected

open play, regular season
SeasonxGGGAxGPAtt
2025-2611.78minus 3.7 goals above expected49112
2024-258.54minus 4.5 goals above expected49101
2023-2414.39minus 5.3 goals above expected68149
2022-239.64minus 5.6 goals above expected4997
2021-220.30minus 0.3 goals above expected24

How the 2026-27 projection is made

a forecast, not a result

Finishing persists year over year, but only partly. That share is measured over five seasons of skaters clearing the same 100-attempt floor, and what does not carry regresses toward the rate for the player's position.

Shot volume is not projected, so the goal figure assumes the same number of attempts. A persistent gap means the skater reliably scores above what this model expects — which may be finishing skill or may be shots the model under-rates, and the measurement cannot separate the two. Running cold is a statement about the season just played, not about talent.

This projection is written to a prediction log on the night it is produced, so it can be scored against what actually happens rather than restated later.

Production by strength

G-A-P, regular season
SeasonEven strengthPower playShorthanded
2025-268 goals, 3 assists, 11 points0-0-00 goals, 1 assist, 1 point
2024-254 goals, 7 assists, 11 points0-0-00 goals, 1 assist, 1 point
2023-248 goals, 12 assists, 20 points0-0-01 goal, 2 assists, 3 points
2022-234 goals, 11 assists, 15 points0-0-00 goals, 2 assists, 2 points
2021-220 goals, 0 assists, 0 points0-0-00-0-0

Shot locations

112 attempts · 8 goals · 2025-26
Missed the net (43)Shot on goal (61)Goal (8)

Markets · Apr 2

modeled projections
G
Anytime goal
Line
0.5
Proj
0.2
P(over)
16%
A
Assists
No line posted.
PPP
Power-play points
Line
0.5
Proj
0.1
P(over)
5%
HITS
Hits
No line posted.
BLK
Blocked shots
No line posted.
PIM
Penalty minutes
No line posted.

Per-game rates are recency-weighted over this player's game log. Expected goals come from the xG model over open-play unblocked attempts; totals are not directly comparable across seasons. Every market — anytime goals, assists, power-play points, SOG, hits, blocks and PIMs — is a modeled projection. Every number on this page was worked out overnight and is only read here, never recalculated while you wait.