25 G · 39 A · 292 GP
0.219 P/GP · 0 PPP · 13:12 ATOI
Chicago Blackhawks#22Active
Cole Smith
R · 6′3″ / 195 lb · Shoots L · Brainerd, USA · Age 30 · Undrafted
64Career points
0.219Career P/GP
292Games played
25Goals
6 seasonsNHL service
Overview
2025-2610points
The latest read.
10 points in 42 games in 2025-26. Career: 64 points across 292 games.
42GP
6goals
4assists
10points
51shots
0PP points
The career ledger.
Regular season and playoffsofficial NHL landing
3 G · 3 A · 27 GP
0.222 P/GP · 0 PPP · 12:05 ATOI
0.246 → 0.190P/GP by season · 4 seasons of 10+ GP · peak 2023-24
Last five games.
Most recent official appearancesofficial game log
2026-06-14vs CARPlayoff10:43 TOI0G 0A0 P · 0 S
2026-06-11@ CARPlayoff11:39 TOI0G 0A0 P · 0 S
2026-06-09vs CARPlayoff9:50 TOI0G 0A0 P · 0 S
2026-06-06vs CARPlayoff19:19 TOI0G 0A0 P · 1 S
2026-06-04@ CARPlayoff9:35 TOI0G 0A0 P · 2 S
Milestone watch.
The next round number on the league's own fileleague milestone watch · api.nhle.com · fetched 2026-10-05
8away from 300 games playedGames Played · 292 now · regular season
Published by the league, not computed here: the milestone and the current total are both on the NHL milestone feed, and the number printed is the difference. Playoff milestone rows are held out, because a playoff total read as a career total is a false statement.
What this draft slot returns.
Base rate for the exact pick, a history, never a forecastofficial NHL landing
Cole Smith was never selected in an NHL Entry Draft, so there is no slot to price. Undrafted careers are not a slot outcome and the page leaves the comparison empty rather than filling it with a stand-in.
The arc.
Points and points per game by seasonNHL season log · 6 seasons
Where he stands right now.
2025-26 league position and career shapeNHL league browser 2025-26
Career
Season by season.
Every NHL season · peak highlighted, split seasons kept apart7 regular-season rows
| Season | Team | GP | G | A | PTS | +/- | PPP | S |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025-26 | Nashville Predators | 42 | 6 | 4 | 10 | -7 | 0 | 51 |
| 2025-26 | Vegas Golden Knights | 21 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 18 |
| 2024-25 | Nashville Predators | 71 | 4 | 8 | 12 | -15 | 0 | 69 |
| 2023-24Peak | Nashville Predators | 80 | 9 | 14 | 23 | +5 | 0 | 112 |
| 2022-23 | Nashville Predators | 69 | 4 | 13 | 17 | -3 | 0 | 64 |
| 2021-22 | Nashville Predators | 8 | 0 | 0 | 0 | -3 | 0 | 3 |
| 2020-21 | Nashville Predators | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| Season | Team | GP | G | A | PTS | +/- | PPP | S |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025-26 | Vegas Golden Knights | 22 | 3 | 3 | 6 | +3 | 0 | 14 |
| 2023-24 | Nashville Predators | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 0 | 5 |
The same numbers, in the league that produced them.
Every qualified season levelled to a 3.00-goal NHLofficial final standings · 1990-91 onward
2023-24 is the best season either way: 0.287 raw, 0.277 once the league it happened in is levelled out.
| Season | GP | Raw P/GP | League GF/gm | Adj. P/GP |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025-26 | 63 | 0.190 | 3.13 | 0.183 |
| 2024-25 | 71 | 0.169 | 3.04 | 0.167 |
| 2023-24Best adjusted | 80 | 0.287 | 3.11 | 0.277 |
| 2022-23 | 69 | 0.246 | 3.18 | 0.232 |
Method: each season's raw points per game is multiplied by 3.00 ÷ that season's league goals per team-game, taken from the official final standings. Seasons under 20 games are excluded. It levels scoring climate and nothing else (not role, ice time, teammates, schedule or injury), so treat it as one comparison, not a verdict.
Before the NHL.
Junior, college, European and international rowsofficial NHL landing · season totals
| Season | League | Team | GP | G | A | PTS |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2021-22 | AHL | Milwaukee Admirals | 59 | 21 | 20 | 41 |
| 2021-22 | AHL | Milwaukee Admirals | 9 | 3 | 2 | 5 |
| 2020-21 | AHL | Chicago Wolves | 23 | 5 | 5 | 10 |
| 2020-21 | ECHL | Florida Everblades | 5 | 1 | 2 | 3 |
| 2019-20 | NCAA | Univ. of North Dakota | 34 | 11 | 7 | 18 |
| 2018-19 | NCAA | Univ. of North Dakota | 37 | 5 | 11 | 16 |
| 2017-18 | NCAA | Univ. of North Dakota | 37 | 5 | 5 | 10 |
| 2016-17 | NCAA | Univ. of North Dakota | 29 | 3 | 4 | 7 |
| 2015-16 | MJHL | Steinbach Pistons | 54 | 26 | 35 | 61 |
| 2015-16 | MJHL | Steinbach Pistons | 15 | 7 | 11 | 18 |
| 2014-15 | MJHL | Steinbach Pistons | 38 | 12 | 11 | 23 |
| 2014-15 | MJHL | Steinbach Pistons | 12 | 6 | 2 | 8 |
| 2013-14 | UMHSEHL | Team The Base | 18 | 7 | 7 | 14 |
| 2013-14 | USHS-MN | Brainerd High | 23 | 18 | 23 | 41 |
| 2013-14 | USHS-MN | Brainerd High | 2 | 1 | 1 | 2 |
| 2012-13 | USHS-MN | Brainerd High | 24 | 21 | 18 | 39 |
| 2012-13 | USHS-MN | Brainerd High | 3 | 1 | 2 | 3 |
| 2011-12 | USHS-MN | Brainerd High | 25 | 17 | 6 | 23 |
| 2011-12 | USHS-MN | Brainerd High | 3 | 1 | 1 | 2 |
The comparable set.
Chosen by a printed rule, not by feelNHL dossier pool · 1,162 careers
Selection rule. Forwards only; career games played within ±20% of 292 (or ±10 games, whichever band is wider: 234 to 350); then the five nearest by career P/GP, ties broken by the closest games played. The pool is the 1,162 players in this site's NHL dossier set who own at least one official regular-season game: 75 of them cleared the band.
Alexey ToropchenkoR · 2017 #113 · active324 GP · 34 G · 37 A · 71 P0.219 P/GP · −0.000Mark KastelicC · 2019 #125 · active287 GP · 31 G · 30 A · 61 P0.213 P/GP · −0.007Max JonesL · 2016 #24 · active305 GP · 35 G · 34 A · 69 P0.226 P/GP · +0.007Dryden HuntL · Undrafted · active238 GP · 18 G · 36 A · 54 P0.227 P/GP · +0.008Ty DellandreaC · 2018 #13 · active265 GP · 17 G · 44 A · 61 P0.230 P/GP · +0.011
Similar career shape is not similar player. The rule matches volume and rate only; it knows nothing about era, position within the group, usage or role, and two careers can land on the same line for opposite reasons.
Game log
Compare observed minutes, shots and finishing across game windows →
Official game ledger
Every 2025-26 appearance.
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Insights
NHL Edge tracking.
Measured puck and player tracking · 2025-26 regular seasonNHL Edge tracking · api-web.nhle.com · coverage from 2021-22 · fetched 2026-08-17
Tracked axisMeasuredPercentile, 0 to 100Pct
Top shot speed79.3mph18.5
127.6 km/h equivalent · league average 83.6 mph
Max skating speed23.5mph94.3
37.8 km/h equivalent · league average 22.2 mph
Distance skated210.6km49.5
130.8 mi equivalent · league average 198.8 km
Most distance in one game4.5km46.4
2.8 mi equivalent · league average 4.7 km
Bursts over 20 mph115bursts76.9
league average 75.2
Where the shift was spent
Offensive zone time42.3%52.7
league average 43.1
Neutral zone time17.7%40.5
league average 16.8
Defensive zone time40.0%50.4
league average 40.1
Shots on goal, by location
All shots on goal69shots47.7
league average 85.9 shots
High-danger shots on goal35shots58.8
league average 31.6 shots
Method: every figure and every percentile on this panel is published by the NHL Edge endpoint. This site converts nothing and ranks nothing. The percentile column is the league's own, against the tracked population for 2025-26. Speeds arrive in mph and km/h; distance is read in kilometres with the mile conversion stated beside it. Tracked seasons on file for this player: 2021-22, 2022-23, 2023-24, 2024-25, 2025-26.
The shot map.
Where his shots came from · 2025-26 regular season · NHL Edge areasNHL Edge shot-location detail · api-web.nhle.com · fetched 2026-08-18
Hover, tap or focus an area for its exact figures. Net at the top; left and right as the shooter sees them.
AreaShotsShare of hisPct
Low Slot333 G63th
L Circle61 G48th
Beyond Red Line50 G91th
High Slot51 G41th
Outside R41 G56th
L Net Side30 G62th
R Circle30 G31th
Crease20 G39th
L Point21 G47th
Offensive Neutral Zone20 G53th
Outside L20 G33th
Behind the Net10 G56th
R Point11 G33th
Center Point00 G0th
L Corner00 G0th
R Corner00 G0th
R Net Side00 G0th
35high danger3 G · 8.6%
14mid danger2 G · 14.3%
3long range2 G · 66.7%
Method: 69 shots on goal in 2025-26, placed by the NHL into the areas it names; each area is shaded by its share of his total, so this map is his distribution and not a comparison to any other player. The percentile column is the league's own for shots from that area, where it publishes one; nothing is converted, ranked or combined. Areas as the NHL names them; the drawing is to rink proportion with the net at the top.
Development trails.
How the scoring rate movedNHL AI Development contract
Strict monotonic scoring-rate chains ending in 2025-26. Only 25-plus-game seasons count, and a trail needs at least three consecutive qualified seasons.
Assists / game
4 consecutive qualified seasons · 70.8 average GP
Descriptive, not evaluative: raw P/GP, G/GP or A/GP movement. It does not control for age, role, ice time, teammates, injury, schedule or uncertainty, and it is not a forecast or player-quality grade.
Opponent atlas.
Career results by opponentlocal NHL AI Opponent Atlas
Career volume leaders
Career vs.VAN7 points16 GP · 4 G · 3 A19 shots · 0 PP pointsCareer vs.CHI5 points13 GP · 2 G · 3 A23 shots · 0 PP points
Career vs.NYI4 points8 GP · 2 G · 2 A11 shots · 0 PP points
Career vs.STL4 points12 GP · 0 G · 4 A15 shots · 0 PP points
Career vs.UTA4 points21 GP · 2 G · 2 A19 shots · 0 PP points
Career vs.NJD3 points7 GP · 1 G · 2 A6 shots · 0 PP pointsBest points-per-game matchups
Pace vs.NYI0.50 P/GP8 GP · 2 G · 2 A11 shots · 0 PP pointsPace vs.VAN0.44 P/GP16 GP · 4 G · 3 A19 shots · 0 PP pointsPace vs.NJD0.43 P/GP7 GP · 1 G · 2 A6 shots · 0 PP points
Pace vs.NYR0.43 P/GP7 GP · 2 G · 1 A6 shots · 0 PP points
Pace vs.OTT0.43 P/GP7 GP · 2 G · 1 A14 shots · 0 PP points
Pace vs.TOR0.43 P/GP7 GP · 1 G · 2 A7 shots · 0 PP pointsFrozen from the local NHL AI Opponent Atlas. These are descriptive career splits through the source snapshot, not a projection of the next matchup and not evidence that the opponent caused the result.
Against the goaltenders.
Goaltenders faced, from play-by-playNHL play-by-play · 2023-24, 2024-25, 2025-26 · 4,192 games · fetched 2026-08-18
Cole Smith has faced 81 goaltenders in this dataset but none of them for the 20 shots on goal a published rate requires here. The counts exist; the rates would be noise, so they are not printed.
The source receipt.
Official basics plus named researchOfficial NHL API Web player landing, with local nhl api draft cache reuse
Career, season, game-log, bio, draft and award rows come from official NHL endpoints. Redraft is a separate hindsight model with its own snapshot clock. Pressure is a descriptive Gamelogs layer. Development Trails uses its own declared clock. Missing evidence stays unavailable rather than being drawn as zero.
Official endpoint: player landing.
The room.
Every current Chicago Blackhawks teammate, one click awaycanonical player directory
