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Cole Smith
Left Wing #36 Predators $1.000M
Player Information

Cole Smith has 10 points (6 goals, 4 assists) in 38 games for the Nashville Predators this season.

As an undrafted Left Wing, he has 62 points (23 goals, 39 assists) in 267 regular-season games for the Nashville Predators.

He has no points in 5 Stanley Cup Playoff games.

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  • Country: Country FlagUSA
    Age: 30.3 yrs (28.10.1995)
    Height / Weight: 191 cm / 88 kg
    Shoots: L
    Drafted: Undrafted
    Awards: -
Player Evaluation

The 30-year-old is underwater for his team, with the Predators controlling 41% of expected goals when he is on the ice. When Cole Smith is off the ice, the Predators control 51% of expected goals, indicating the team is significantly worse when he plays.

He is being deployed in a defense-leaning role, starting 10% of his shifts in the offensive zone versus 49% in the defensive zone.

  • 58

    Overall Rating
    Offense:Off: 194th of 252 Wings
    Defense:Def: 228th of 252 Wings
  • Metric Current Season
    PlayDriving
    -0.10
    -0.140.14
    OnIce_xGoalsPct
    0.41
    0.350.65
    IceTimePerGame
    14.40
    1222
    Metric Current Season
    Goals/60
    0.74
    0.21.5
    PrimaryAssists/60
    0.25
    0.11.5
    SecondaryAssists/60
    0.12
    0.11.2
    xGoals/60
    1.05
    0.491.34
    OnIce_xGoalsFor/60
    2.32
    1.85
    OnIce_GoalsFor/60
    1.84
    1.45.5
    PenaltiesDrawn/60
    0.61
    0.271.56
    OZoneStartPct
    0.10
    0.150.4
    PP_xGoals/60
    0.00
    0.52.5
    Metric Current Season
    OnIce_xGoalsAgainst/60
    3.36
    2.54
    OnIce_GoalsAgainst/60
    3.68
    2.54
    Penalties/60
    1.59
    0.51.5
    ShotsBlocked/60
    0.98
    13
    Takeaways/60
    0.98
    0.52
    Giveaways/60
    1.47
    14
    DZoneStartPct
    0.49
    0.150.4
    PK_OnIce_xGoalsAgainst/60
    8.72
    512
Contract Information
Actual AAV: $1.000M
Player Contract Value: $0.800M
Remaining: 1 year(s)
Contract Ends: 2026 UFA
Age at the end: 31.7 yrs (28.10.1995)
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Cole Smith
Recent Games
Year Team GP G A Pts +/- TOI/G S S% PIM
29.01.2026 Team Logo Devils 1 0 1 1 0 16:00 0 4
31.01.2026 Team Logo Islanders 1 0 0 0 0 15:24 0 2
02.02.2026 Team Logo Blues 1 0 0 0 1 16:19 1 0.0% 0
04.02.2026 Team Logo Wild 1 0 0 0 -2 14:46 0 0
05.02.2026 Team Logo Capitals 1 0 1 1 1 14:25 0 0
Total 5 0 2 2 0 1 0.0% 6
Regular Season
Year Team GP G A Pts +/- TOI/G S S% PIM
2020-21 Team Logo Predators 1 0 0 0 0 5:57 1 0.0% 0
2021-22 Team Logo Predators 8 0 0 0 -3 8:49 3 0.0% 0
2022-23 Team Logo Predators 69 4 13 17 -3 12:45 64 6.2% 60
2023-24 Team Logo Predators 80 9 14 23 5 13:40 112 8.0% 63
2024-25 Team Logo Predators 71 4 8 12 -15 13:35 69 5.8% 69
2025-26 Team Logo Predators 38 6 4 10 -6 14:28 51 11.8% 31
Season Projection 63 10 7 17 -10 14:29 85 11.8% 51
Total 267 23 39 62 -22 300 7.7% 223
Playoffs
Year Team GP G A Pts +/- TOI/G S S% PIM
2023-24 Team Logo Predators 5 0 0 0 -1 13:25 5 0.0% 0
Total 5 0 0 0 -1 5 0.0% 0
Player Match
Player
Match		 Name Team Pos Age Height / Weight Season
P/G		 Career
P/G		 Offense
Rating		 Defense
Rating		 Actual AAV
Cole Smith Team Logo LW 30.3 yrs 191 cm / 88 kg 0.26 0.23 57 60 $1.000M
86% Nico Sturm Team Logo C 30.8 yrs 191 cm / 94 kg 0.26 0.28 56 60 $2.000M
85% Nikita Grebenkin Team Logo RW 22.8 yrs 188 cm / 95 kg 0.29 0.24 56 56 $0.875M
85% Brett Howden Team Logo C 27.9 yrs 188 cm / 90 kg 0.38 0.33 61 59 $2.500M
84% Mason Appleton Team Logo C 30.1 yrs 188 cm / 88 kg 0.23 0.33 51 63 $2.900M
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