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Will Smith

Will Smith

SJS·FJersey number #2
Latest captured market
Apr 9 · 10:00 PM ET

Projected · remaining schedule

82 team games · 143 game sample
PTS
62.8
SOG
177.1
G
25.4
A
37.4
PPP
17.7
HIT
18.2
BLK
16.0
PIM
19.5

Each figure is this player's recency-weighted per-game rate over 143 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 finishing edge probably won’t repeat

below expectedabove expected
● what happened○ what is projected
2025-26
+2.61
per 100 attempts, vs position
= +4.5 goals over 240
Carries forward
18%
of that rate
measured, 5 seasons
2026-27
+0.47
per 100 attempts, projected
+1.1 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 143 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 · 143 games incl. playoffs
PTS
0.77
G
0.31
A
0.46
SOG
2.17
PPP
0.22
HIT
0.21
BLK
0.19
PIM
0.24

Season totals

regular season
SeasonGPGAPP/GPSOGTOI
2025-26692435590.8616618:11
2024-25741827450.6112715:51

Last 10 · game log

cleared the Apr 9 lineSOG 3/10G 3/10PPP 2/10
DateOppSOGGAPPPHITBLKPIMTOI
Apr 16@ WPG511000013:38
Apr 15@ CHI000000016:59
Apr 13@ NSH201000016:28
Apr 11vs VAN400021022:26
Apr 9@ ANA000010016:58
Apr 8vs EDM101111018:40
Apr 6vs CHI210000017:47
Apr 4vs NSH300000218:52
Apr 2vs TOR100001016:43
Apr 1vs ANA212100018:31

One threshold, applied to all 10: each figure counts how many of the 10 games above would have cleared the Apr 9 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
2025-2619.524plus 4.5 goals above expected64240
2024-2514.018plus 4.0 goals above expected65187

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 hot 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
2025-2616 goals, 26 assists, 42 points8 goals, 9 assists, 17 points0-0-0
2024-2513 goals, 20 assists, 33 points5 goals, 7 assists, 12 points0-0-0

Shot locations

240 attempts · 24 goals · 2025-26
Missed the net (74)Shot on goal (142)Goal (24)

Markets · Apr 9

modeled projections
G
Anytime goal
Line
0.5
Proj
0.2
P(over)
20%
A
Assists
No line posted.
PPP
Power-play points
Line
0.5
Proj
0.2
P(over)
19%
SOG
Shots on goal
Line
2.5
Proj
2.3
P(over)
40%
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.