Alberts Smits
Age 18 · Shoots left · 6′3″ · 208 lb · Born Valmiera, LVA
Drafted 2026, #5 overall by NY Rangers
at Washington · 7:00 PM ETAlberts Smits scored 0 points (0 goals, 0 assists) in 5 games in 2026-27, T-14th on NY Rangers.
This season
2026-27 regular season · 5 games Small sample0 points in 5 games for the 1st-placed NY Rangers
Where he ranks among NHL defencemen with 2+ games, then his scoring rate through the season in ten-game blocks.
Points per game · rolling blocks
Dashed line: season average (0.0). Dark blocks sit at or above it.
Where he ranks
See all: Where he ranks →A third-pair defenceman who plays mostly at even strength
Even-strength, power-play and shorthanded minutes, and how much of NY Rangers's power play went through him.
Special teams
Power-play involvement
Team power-play goals from the season team report; involvement is his power-play points.
Most attempts from the wing
Every attempt, attacking right, from the games with a stored shot map.
By zone
8 attempts across the 4 games with a stored shot map. Small sample
Expected goals
See all: Expected goals →2026-27 · 5 games. Rank among all skaters by ixG. Small sample: early-season xG moves a lot from night to night.
Every unblocked attempt he took, weighed by its chance of scoring from that spot, shot type and strength. Above zero is finishing better than the chances.
xG leadersHardest shot in the 91st percentile of defencemen: 92.04 mph
How fast he skated, how far, how hard he shot and where on the ice his shifts were spent, against the average NHL defenceman.
Where his shifts were spent
Share of his time on ice in each zone.
Fastest moments
- 19.94@
DET2 Oct · 2nd 18:30 - 19.89@
BOS29 Sep · 3rd 04:26 - 19.36@BOS29 Sep · 2nd 10:38
- 19.16@BOS29 Sep · 2nd 03:08
- 18.90vs
UTA4 Oct · 1st 14:06 - 18.88@DET2 Oct · 1st 12:24
- 18.79vs
TBL1 Oct · 2nd 16:42 - 18.75vsUTA4 Oct · 2nd 09:52
His fastest bursts in mph.
Bursts per speed band, against the defenceman average.
Hardest shots
- 75.99vsUTA4 Oct · 1st 05:58
- 74.04vsUTA4 Oct · 3rd 01:58
- 72.30@BOS29 Sep · 2nd 18:20
- 68.27@DET2 Oct · 3rd 19:54
Shot speed in mph, every attempt type.
Shot attempts per speed band.
Distance, last 10 games
- 2.19vs
NYI6 Oct · 15:27 TOI - 2.38vsUTA4 Oct · 16:12 TOI
- 1.84@DET2 Oct · 11:26 TOI
- 1.94vsTBL1 Oct · 14:09 TOI
- 2.53@BOS29 Sep · 16:54 TOI
Miles per game with his time on ice. Season average 2.18 a game. Small sample: these numbers move a lot in the first weeks of a season.
Physical play, discipline and faceoffs
Possession events, penalties drawn against penalties taken, and faceoffs.
Possession and physical
Points come in bunches, not every night (0 of 5)
How often he scores, how long the streaks run.
Streaks
The last ten games
NYIW 5-20000+115:27UTAW 4-20001−116:12DETL 0-20000011:26TBLW 5-10000+314:09BOSW 3-00000−116:54$1.08M a season through 2028-29
Cap hit is the average annual charge against the salary cap, not a yearly salary; cap value is cap hit times the years of the deal, not a reported total. As of 2 Oct 2026.
With NY Rangers
One season · 2026-27 to 2026-27433rd in franchise points since 1990-91
Built from goal and assist records: who assists on his goals, whose goals he assists, and his scoring against each opponent.
Franchise ranks
See all: Franchise ranks →Career
Regular season and playoffsOne season, all with the Rangers
Career · regular season
Season rows reconcile with the official career totals.
Draft
Updated after every final · through 6 Oct