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Brendan Smith

Position	Left Defense / Right Defense	Current Team	Columbus Blue Jackets
Shoots	Left	Current Contract	1 year ($800.0K CapHit)
Height	6'2"	Expires	2025-26
Weight (lbs)	200	Expiry Age (Jun 30)	37
Age (DOB)	37 (Feb 8, 1989)	Expiry Status	UFA
Drafted	2007, Round 1, Overall 27 (DET)

News and Opinions

Blue Jackets 2025-26 Player Review, Brendan Smith brought stability and toughness when healthy at Union Blue (Thu May 7, 2026)
The Hockey News Sunday Recap: Columbus Blue Jackets at Yahoo Sports NHL (Sun Jan 11, 2026)
A Breakdown of (Mostly) Every Signing Tom Fitzgerald Has Made Since Becoming Devils General Manager at All About the Jersey (Wed Dec 17, 2025)
The Hockey News Sunday Recap: Columbus Blue Jackets at Yahoo Sports NHL (Sun Nov 30, 2025)
PTO Brendan Smith Has Chance to Make Blue Jackets’ Roster at The Hockey Writers (Fri Sep 19, 2025)
Meet Your New Jackets: Introducing The New Defensemen Looking To Earn Their Spot at 1st Ohio Battery (Thu Sep 4, 2025)
What every Ken Holland Red Wings draft pick turned into at Octopus Thrower (Mon Aug 25, 2025)
7 Red Wings Prospects That Busted at The Hockey Writers (Sat Aug 23, 2025)
What to make of the Blue Jackets inviting Brendan Smith to training camp on a PTO at Union Blue (Wed Aug 20, 2025)
One free agent signing would have New Jersey Devils fans calling for changes at Pucks and Pitchforks (Mon Jun 30, 2025)

Career Statistics

			Regular Season									Playoffs
Season	League	Team	GP	G	A	Pts	+/-	PIM	Shots	Sh%	TOI/G	GP	G	A	Pts	+/-	PIM	Shots	Sh%	TOI/G
2003-04	Big Nickel Bantam	Toronto Marlboros Bantam AAA										8	8	8	16
2004-05	GTHL	Tor. Marlboros	66	22	63	85		120
2005-06	OPJHL	St. Michael's	39	5	21	26		55				17	1	5	6		44		0.0
2006-07	OPJHL	St. Michael's	39	12	24	36		90				16	6	14	20		30
2007-08	WCHA	U. Of Wisconsin	22	2	10	12		26
2008-09	WCHA	U. Of Wisconsin	31	9	14	23		75
2009-10	WCHA	U. Of Wisconsin	42	15	37	52		76
2010-11	AHL	Grand Rapids	63	12	20	32	+7	124	114	1,053.0
2011-12	AHL	Grand Rapids	57	10	24	34	+2	90	113	885.0
2011-12	NHL	Detroit Red Wings	14	1	6	7	+3	13	13	7.7	15:38
2012-13	AHL	Grand Rapids	32	5	15	20	+9	49	88	568.0
2012-13	NHL	Detroit Red Wings	34	0	8	8	+1	36	33	0.0	18:24	14	2	3	5	-3	10	17	11.8	19:08
2013-14	NHL	Detroit Red Wings	71	5	14	19	-2	68	90	5.6	18:23	5				+1	8	7	0.0	19:37
2014-15	NHL	Detroit Red Wings	76	4	9	13	-2	68	88	4.6	17:53	5				+1	6	6	0.0	16:05
2015-16	NHL	Detroit Red Wings	63	3	12	15	+1	62	82	3.7	17:36	3		1	1	+2		6	0.0	16:14
2016-17	NHL	Detroit Red Wings	33	2	3	5	-1	34	39	5.1	18:44
2016-17	NHL	New York Rangers	18	1	3	4	+2	29	23	4.4	20:10	12		4	4	+8	20	11	0.0	19:41
2017-18	NHL	New York Rangers	44	1	7	8	+2	69	66	1.5	17:10
2017-18	AHL	Hartford Wolf Pack	11	0	2	2	-11	8
2018-19	NHL	New York Rangers	63	4	9	13	-7	71	66	6.1	15:18
2019-20	NHL	New York Rangers	62	3	5	8	-12	71	45	6.7	11:06	3				-1	4	3	0.0	17:28
2020-21	NHL	New York Rangers	48	5	5	10	+3	73	58	8.6	16:26
2021-22	NHL	Carolina Hurricanes	45	4	4	8	+6	36	63	6.3	13:55	14	1	3	4		12	15	6.7	11:26
2022-23	NHL	New Jersey Devils	60	0	5	5	+3	63	58	0.0	15:33	3		1	1	+3	12	2	0.0	16:10
2023-24	NHL	New Jersey Devils	63	5	10	15	-3	61	60	8.3	16:06
2024-25	NHL	Dallas Stars	32	1	5	6	-9	33	27	3.7	13:13
2025-26	NHL	Columbus Blue Jackets	15	0	2	2	-1	11	10	0.0	11:05
2025-26	AHL	Cleveland Monsters	11	0	1	1	-5	8
NHL Career			741	39	107	146	-16	798	821	4.8	16:08	59	3	12	15	+11	72	67	4.5	16:49

Core Archetypes

Season	Team(s)	GP	TOI	Producer	Playmaker	Shooter	Sniper	Rebound	Rush	Skating	Defend
2015-16	DET	63	924:19	-0.09	0.61	-0.70	-1.41	-	1.21	-	-0.42
2016-17	DET, NYR	51	796:40	-1.03	-1.16	-0.31	-0.53	-	-0.96	-	0.18
2017-18	NYR	44	669:15	-1.07	-0.67	-0.92	-1.46	-	0.07	-	-0.32
2018-19	NYR	63	838:43	0.58	-0.44	2.03	-0.89	-	1.91	-	0.77
2019-20	NYR	61	541:07	0.35	-0.31	1.00	-1.20	-	-0.88	-	-0.24
2020-21	NYR	48	681:07	-0.56	-0.87	0.34	0.95	-	-0.81	-	-1.25
2021-22	CAR	45	564:15	-0.51	-1.18	0.93	0.61	-	0.22	-0.24	0.23
2022-23	NJD	60	805:01	-1.38	-1.15	-0.95	-2.43	-	-0.89	-0.63	-0.35
2023-24	NJD	63	812:59	-0.10	-0.83	1.26	1.48	-	-1.10	-0.40	-2.61
2024-25	DAL	32	386:02	-0.09	1.31	-0.94	-2.99	-	2.69	0.85	-1.29
2025-26	CBJ	15	154:22	-0.19	-0.26	-0.95	-0.95	-	-0.70	-0.65	1.20

Situational and Secondary Archetypes

Season	Team(s)	GP	TOI	5v5 TOI	5v4 TOI	4v5 TOI	Possession	Drive	Suppress	Faceoffs
2015-16	DET	63	924:19	-0.49	-1.03	-1.05	2.43	1.56	-1.97	-
2016-17	DET, NYR	51	796:40	-0.23	-0.75	0.11	0.96	0.31	-1.15	-
2017-18	NYR	44	669:15	-0.37	-1.48	-0.70	0.36	0.79	0.40	-
2018-19	NYR	63	838:43	-1.62	-1.70	-0.47	0.49	-0.07	-0.91	-
2019-20	NYR	61	541:07	-3.61	-1.73	-0.00	-0.92	-1.64	-0.55	-
2020-21	NYR	48	681:07	-0.73	-1.49	-0.76	-0.82	-0.44	0.64	-
2021-22	CAR	45	564:15	-1.80	-1.53	-1.06	0.76	-0.45	-1.53	-
2022-23	NJD	60	805:01	-1.26	-1.38	-0.35	0.30	-0.33	-0.78	-
2023-24	NJD	63	812:59	-1.65	-1.44	1.19	-1.30	-1.54	0.24	-
2024-25	DAL	32	386:02	-2.43	-1.46	-0.84	-0.69	0.34	1.61	-
2025-26	CBJ	15	154:22	-3.13	-1.52	-1.42	-1.59	-2.60	-0.79	-

See About Skater Archetypes for more information about skater archetypes.

5v5 Individual Stats

Season	Team(s)	GP	TOI	G/60	A/60	Pts/60	xG/60	GAE/60	Sh%	xSh%	Sh%AE	%SA Rush	%SA Reb.
2015-16	DET	63	924:19	0.06	0.65	0.71	0.21	-0.14	1.61	5.15	-3.53	2.17	4.35
2016-17	DET	33	483:30	0.12	0.12	0.25	0.16	-0.03	3.85	4.89	-1.05	0.00	5.26
2016-17	NYR	18	313:10	0.19	0.57	0.77	0.26	-0.07	4.35	5.85	-1.51	0.00	0.00
2016-17	DET, NYR	51	796:40	0.15	0.30	0.45	0.20	-0.05	4.08	5.34	-1.26	0.00	2.70
2017-18	NYR	44	669:15	0.09	0.45	0.54	0.28	-0.19	1.61	5.01	-3.40	1.28	1.28
2018-19	NYR	63	838:43	0.29	0.50	0.79	0.38	-0.10	6.35	8.53	-2.18	3.26	5.43
2019-20	NYR	61	541:07	0.22	0.44	0.67	0.34	-0.12	5.00	7.76	-2.76	0.00	1.67
2020-21	NYR	48	681:07	0.35	0.44	0.79	0.25	0.10	7.55	5.40	2.15	0.00	2.74
2021-22	CAR	45	564:15	0.32	0.43	0.74	0.23	0.08	5.08	3.74	1.34	1.22	1.22
2022-23	NJD	60	805:01	0.00	0.30	0.30	0.24	-0.24	0.00	6.15	-6.15	0.00	7.79
2023-24	NJD	63	812:59	0.37	0.59	0.96	0.21	0.16	9.26	5.18	4.07	0.00	2.38
2024-25	DAL	32	386:02	0.00	0.78	0.78	0.28	-0.28	0.00	6.92	-6.92	2.17	6.52
2025-26	CBJ	15	154:22	0.00	0.78	0.78	0.10	-0.10	0.00	2.60	-2.60	0.00	10.00

5v5 On Ice Stats

Season	Team(s)	GP	TOI	SAF/60	GF/60	xGF/60	SAA/60	GA/60	xGA/60	GF%	xGF%	xGF Rel	xGA Rel	xGF% Rel
2015-16	DET	63	924:19	42.97	2.34	2.46	35.57	2.01	2.09	53.73	54.10	0.26	-0.29	6.02
2016-17	DET	33	483:30	38.72	2.11	2.22	40.70	2.36	2.48	47.22	47.25	0.12	0.13	0.07
2016-17	NYR	18	313:10	40.81	2.30	2.12	38.89	1.72	2.31	57.14	47.89	0.06	-0.30	3.75
2016-17	DET, NYR	51	796:40	39.54	2.18	2.18	39.99	2.11	2.41	50.88	47.49	0.10	-0.02	1.37
2017-18	NYR	44	669:15	41.60	2.78	2.43	47.34	2.69	2.93	50.82	45.32	0.00	0.36	-3.23
2018-19	NYR	63	838:43	39.35	1.57	2.52	43.35	2.15	2.73	42.31	47.99	0.05	0.04	0.12
2019-20	NYR	61	541:07	35.37	1.22	1.94	43.91	2.66	2.68	31.43	42.00	-0.60	-0.13	-5.44
2020-21	NYR	48	681:07	36.82	3.26	2.18	42.64	3.00	2.70	52.11	44.70	-0.15	0.35	-5.08
2021-22	CAR	45	564:15	46.36	2.45	2.94	34.03	1.91	2.46	56.10	54.44	-0.10	-0.04	-0.49
2022-23	NJD	60	805:01	45.76	2.16	3.00	36.97	2.31	2.41	48.33	55.40	-0.13	-0.03	-0.78
2023-24	NJD	63	812:59	38.52	2.95	2.23	42.21	3.69	2.46	44.44	47.49	-0.40	0.01	-4.25
2024-25	DAL	32	386:02	41.97	2.02	2.52	45.23	3.73	2.86	35.14	46.90	-0.23	0.52	-7.24
2025-26	CBJ	15	154:22	31.87	1.94	2.28	40.81	2.33	2.68	45.45	45.96	-0.52	-0.03	-4.88

NHL Edge Stats

		Skating			Shooting					Zone Time
Season	GP	Top Speed	Bursts>20/mi	Avg. Speed	Top Speed	Avg. Speed	%Long Range	%Mid Range	%High Danger	ES DZ%	ES NZ%	ES OZ%
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Percentile 25-50

Percentile 50-75

Percentile 75-100

Forwards are compared with forwards and Defensemen are are compared with Defensemen.

5v5 Defense Pairs

Season

Season	Teammate	Team	TOI	GF/60	GA/60	GF%	xGF/60	xGA/60	xGF%	xGF Rel	xGA Rel	xGF% Rel
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Glossary

Type	Statistic	Definition
Individual	G/60	Goals Against per 60 minutes.
Individual	A/60	Assists per 60 minutes.
Individual	Pts/60	Points per 60 minutes.
Individual	xG/60	Expected Goals per 60 minutes.
Individual	GAE/60	Goals Above Expected (G/60 - xG/60).
Individual	Sh%	Shooting Percentage.
Individual	xSh%	Expected Shooting Percentage.
Individual	Sh%AE	Shooting percentage above expected (Sh% - xSh%).
Individual	%SA Rush	Percentage of shot attempts determined to be on the rush.
Individual	%SA Reb.	Percentage of shot attempts determined to be from rebounds.
On Ice	SAF/60	Shot Attempts For per 60 minutes.
On Ice	GF/60	Goals For per 60 minutes.
On Ice	xGF/60	Expected Goals For per 60 minutes.
On Ice	SAA/60	Shot Attempts Against per 60 minutes (lower is better).
On Ice	GA/60	Goals Against per 60 minutes (lower is better).
On Ice	xGA/60	Expected Goals Against per 60 minutes (lower is better).
On Ice	GF%	Goals For Percentage = Goals For / (Goals For + Goals Against)
On Ice	xGF%	Expected Goals For Percentage = Expected Goals For / (Expected Goals For + Expected Goals Against)
On Ice	xGF Rel	xGF/60 when On Ice - xGF/60 when not On Ice.
On Ice	xGA Rel	xGA/60 when On Ice - xGA/60 when not On Ice (lower is better).
On Ice	xGF% Rel	xGF% when On Ice - xGF% when not On Ice.

Individual and On-Ice stats from Puckalytics.com (starting in 2015-16). NHL Edge Stats from edge.nhl.com (starting in 2021-22). Edge statistic definitions can be found at the Edge Stats Glossary.

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Except for Faceoffs, the values shown are the players z-score (standard deviation from the mean) for the specific metric used to calculate the archetype values. When calculating z-scores forwards were compared to forwards and defensemen were compared to defensemen. Positive values indicate the player is above average and shaded in blue, while negative values indicate the player is below average and shaded in pink. The five year trend charts show a range of -4.0 to 4.0.

The value shown for Faceoffs is the faceoff winning percentage rather than their z-score with winning percentages below 50 in pink shades and above 50 in blue shades.

All archetypes are 5v5 except 5v4 TOI, 4v5 TOI, Skating (even strength) and Faceoffs (all situations). Archetypes use regular season data only.

Archetypes Summary

Sniper - Measures the to score above the expected goal rate.
Rebound - Measures the percent of a players shot attempts that come from rebounds (forwards only).
5v4 TOI - Powerplay ice time, calculated as the percentage of his teams 5v4 ice time that the player was on the ice for.
Shooter - Measures whether a players points come from shots (goals or assists on rebounds from his shots).
Producer - Measures a players ability to produce goals and assists, adjusted for quality of teammates.
Playmaker - Measures whether a players points come from passes.
Drive - Measures a players ability to drive puck possession and generate shot attempts for his team.
Rush - Measures the percent of a players shot attempts that come from rush plays
Possession - An indicator of a players ability to improve his teams puck possession game.
Faceoffs - Faceoff Winning Percentage (min. 75 faceoffs taken).
5v5 TOI - The percentage of his teams 5v5 TOI that the player was on the ice for.
Suppress - Measures a players ability to suppress opponent puck possession and shot attempts against.
Skating - An indicator of a players skating ability, or speed bursts above 20mph per mile skated.
Defend - An indicator of a players ability to suppress shot quality against.
4v5 TOI - Penalty Kill ice time, calculated as the percentage of his teams 4v5 ice time that the player was on the ice for.

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