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Position R
Age 30
Height 6'3"
Weight 195LBS
Shoots L
Birth Place Brainerd, MN, USA
Born Oct 27, 1995

Key Insights

2025-26
This is the group his coach trusts with the game

The five the coach goes back to is Smith with Josi, McCarron, Perbix and Schaefer, 44 minutes at 5v5.

62.1% of the expected goals, 0 goals for and 0 against
This is the group that wins him his minutes

His best five is with Josi, McCarron, Perbix and Schaefer: 62.1% of the expected goals over 44 minutes.

0 goals for, 0 against, 47.7% of the attempts
This is the group sent out to kill the hard ones

His most used kill is with McCarron, Perbix and Skjei: 10 goals against in 50 minutes.

12.1 against an hour, 8.0 expected
His coach keeps shuffling the players around him

Smith has played 27 different five-man units at 5v5, 4 of them for real minutes.

units of at least 5 minutes; 30 minutes counts as settled
The same few teammates are on the ice with him all night

9 teammates have played at least 100 5v5 minutes with Smith this season.

each of them also has that long apart from him, so every split below is a real split
Teammates play better with him than they do without him
Reid Schaefer

Schaefer is a different player beside him: 57.3% of the expected goals with Smith, 39.3% without him.

147 minutes together, 299 minutes apart for Schaefer

Lineup and with-you/without-you numbers are built from shift charts, which are loaded per season. Seasons without shift data show no lineups. With-you/without-you totals exclude empty-net play, so a 6-on-5 push does not land in a with-or-without-you number. xG is Digest’s estimated model.

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Player Bio Data
DOB Oct 27, 1995
Birth Place Brainerd, MN, USA
Height 6'3"
Weight 195 LBS
Shoots/Catches L