Cole Smith
Age 30 · Shoots left · 6′3″ · 195 lb · Born Brainerd, Minnesota, USA
Undrafted
2025-262025-26: 63 games, 8-4-12, 0.19 points per game Season detail →
Cole Smith has 1 point in 4 games of 2026-27, after 12 points in 63 games last season.
This season
2026-27 regular season · 4 games Small sample1 point in 4 games for the 29th-placed Chicago
Where he ranks among NHL forwards with 2+ games, then his scoring rate through the season in ten-game blocks.
Points per game · rolling blocks
Dashed line: season average (0.3). Dark blocks sit at or above it.
Where he ranks
See all: Where he ranks →A depth forward who kills penalties
Even-strength, power-play and shorthanded minutes, and how much of Chicago'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.
The power play drives the goal total
How the 1 goal and 0 assists were scored: when, at what strength, in what game state, and per 60 minutes.
Goals by period
Goals by game state
0 of 1 goal broke a tie; 0 came with Chicago trailing.
Assists at 5-on-5
Five-on-five only, while the all-situations goal index fills in.
Most attempts from the slot, goals from the wing
Every attempt, attacking right, from the games with a stored shot map.
By zone
4 attempts across the 3 games with a stored shot map. Small sample
Expected goals
See all: Expected goals →2026-27 · 4 games. Rank among all skaters by ixG. Small sample: early-season xG moves a lot from night to night.
2025-26 · 63 games. Rank among all skaters by ixG.
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 leadersTop speed in the 73rd percentile of forwards: 21.75 mph
How fast he skated, how far, how hard he shot and where on the ice his shifts were spent, against the average NHL forward.
Where his shifts were spent
Share of his time on ice in each zone.
Fastest moments
- 21.37@
VGK29 Sep · 1st 08:58 - 20.71@
UTA1 Oct · 1st 00:22 - 20.23@
BUF3 Oct · 3rd 00:46 - 19.71@VGK29 Sep · 1st 00:31
- 19.69@BUF3 Oct · 2nd 03:14
- 19.63@UTA1 Oct · 3rd 17:24
- 19.57@BUF3 Oct · 1st 17:13
- 19.44@VGK29 Sep · 1st 05:45
His fastest bursts in mph.
Bursts per speed band, against the forward average.
Hardest shots
- 69.42@VGK29 Sep · 1st 18:35
- 68.20@UTA1 Oct · 3rd 09:22
Shot speed in mph, every attempt type.
Shot attempts per speed band.
Distance, last 10 games
- 2.37vs
STL6 Oct · 14:38 TOI - 2.40@BUF3 Oct · 15:09 TOI
- 2.20@UTA1 Oct · 14:13 TOI
- 2.33@VGK29 Sep · 15:16 TOI
Miles per game with his time on ice. Season average 2.32 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
Against NY Islanders, a point in one of two
NYIW 4-30000015:24NYIW 2-1 SO0112+115:17STLW 4-21011+114:38BUFW 4-30000015:09UTAW 6-00001014:13VGKW 5-20001+115:1612 points in 63 games
Where he ranks among NHL forwards with 40+ games, then his scoring rate through the season in ten-game blocks.
Points per game · rolling blocks
Dashed line: season average (0.2). Dark blocks sit at or above it.
Where he ranks
See all: Where he ranks →A depth forward who kills penalties
Even-strength, power-play and shorthanded minutes, and how much of Chicago's power play went through him.
Special teams
Most of the goals come at even strength
How the 8 goals and 4 assists were scored: when, at what strength, in what game state, and per 60 minutes.
Goals by period
Goals by game state
3 of 8 goals broke a tie; 1 came with Chicago trailing.
Most attempts from the slot, goals from the slot
Every attempt, attacking right, from the games with a stored shot map.
By zone
145 attempts across the 56 games with a stored shot map.
Expected goals
See all: Expected goals →2026-27 · 4 games. Rank among all skaters by ixG. Small sample: early-season xG moves a lot from night to night.
2025-26 · 63 games. Rank among all skaters by ixG.
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 leadersTop speed in the 91st percentile of forwards: 23.47 mph
How fast he skated, how far, how hard he shot and where on the ice his shifts were spent, against the average NHL forward.
Where his shifts were spent
Share of his time on ice in each zone.
Fastest moments
Bursts per speed band, against the forward average.
Hardest shots
Shot attempts per speed band.
Takes more penalties than he draws
Possession events, penalties drawn against penalties taken, and faceoffs.
Possession and physical
Points come in bunches, not every night (12 of 63)
How often he scores, how long the streaks run.
Streaks
Against NY Islanders, a point in one of two
NYIW 4-30000015:24NYIW 2-1 SO0112+115:17
SEAW 4-10000011:08
WPGW 6-20001011:25
COLW 3-2 OT0001−111:47SEAOTL 3-4 SO0000012:05
VANW 2-1101109:30
EDMW 5-10003011:17
CGYW 6-30001−110:27VANW 4-21011+19:55
WSHOTL 4-5 SO0002+112:55EDMOTL 3-4 OT000009:33STLW 4-21011+114:38BUFW 4-30000015:09UTAW 6-00001014:13VGKW 5-20001+115:16Better at home
Home and road
By opponent
By month
$3M a season through 2028-29
In 2025-26 he scored 4.0 points per $1M of cap hit, 352nd of 370 forwards with 40 or more games and a current contract.
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 Chicago
One season · 2026-27 to 2026-27393rd 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 playoffsSeven seasons, with 3 clubs
Career · regular season
Season rows reconcile with the official career totals.
Updated after every final · through 6 Oct