Cole Smith
01/Where he scores from
Smith scored 8 regular season goals on 106 unblocked attempts from the offensive zone, 2025-26. No single patch of ice holds an unusual share of them.
Doorstep. 1 of his 8 goals came from here, on 48 of his 106 attempts.
Slot. 4 of his 8 goals came from here, on 35 of his 106 attempts.
Perimeter. 1 of his 8 goals came from here, on 18 of his 106 attempts.
Point. 2 of his 8 goals came from here, on 5 of his 106 attempts.
Under 150 located attempts, so the counts are raw. A share of 106 shots moves by more than a point on one bounce, and printing it would give the sample an authority it has not earned.
Unblocked attempts — shots on goal, goals and misses — taken in the offensive zone, 2025-26. Clubs change ends each period, so every attempt is rotated into one zone; the shooter’s left is the left of the frame. Blocked attempts are not plotted, and neither is anything taken from the neutral or defensive zone. This is a record of what happened, not a forecast: nothing here is claimed to repeat.
Smith scored 21 regular season goals on 335 unblocked attempts from the offensive zone, 2023-24 to 2025-26. His densest patch is the slot, 16 ft out: 7/21 · 33% of his goals came from inside nine feet of that point, against 19% of the league’s goals from the same patch.
Doorstep. 8/21 · 38% of his goals came from here, on 137/335 · 41% of his attempts — 8/137 · 6% of what he sent from there went in.
Slot. 10/21 · 48% of his goals came from here, on 132/335 · 39% of his attempts — 10/132 · 8% of what he sent from there went in.
Perimeter. 1/21 · 5% of his goals came from here, on 58/335 · 17% of his attempts — 1/58 · 2% of what he sent from there went in.
Point. 2/21 · 10% of his goals came from here, on 8/335 · 2% of his attempts — 2/8 · 25% of what he sent from there went in.
Unblocked attempts — shots on goal, goals and misses — taken in the offensive zone, 2023-24 to 2025-26. Clubs change ends each period, so every attempt is rotated into one zone; the shooter’s left is the left of the frame. Blocked attempts are not plotted, and neither is anything taken from the neutral or defensive zone. This is a record of what happened, not a forecast: nothing here is claimed to repeat.
Smith scored 24 regular season goals on 431 unblocked attempts from the offensive zone, 2020-21 to 2025-26. His densest patch is the slot, 15 ft out: 8/24 · 33% of his goals came from inside nine feet of that point, against 19% of the league’s goals from the same patch.
Doorstep. 11/24 · 46% of his goals came from here, on 181/431 · 42% of his attempts — 11/181 · 6% of what he sent from there went in.
Slot. 10/24 · 42% of his goals came from here, on 166/431 · 39% of his attempts — 10/166 · 6% of what he sent from there went in.
Perimeter. 1/24 · 4% of his goals came from here, on 71/431 · 16% of his attempts — 1/71 · 1% of what he sent from there went in.
Point. 2/24 · 8% of his goals came from here, on 13/431 · 3% of his attempts — 2/13 · 15% of what he sent from there went in.
Unblocked attempts — shots on goal, goals and misses — taken in the offensive zone, 2020-21 to 2025-26. Clubs change ends each period, so every attempt is rotated into one zone; the shooter’s left is the left of the frame. Blocked attempts are not plotted, and neither is anything taken from the neutral or defensive zone — which is where 1 of his goals in this window came from, empty nets and long range. This is a record of what happened, not a forecast: nothing here is claimed to repeat.
02/When his goals came
7 of his 8 goals came in the 3rd period, on 22 shots. That is a record of last season, not a description of the player: which period a skater scores in does not carry from one year to the next.
03/Game log
| Date | Opp | Result | G | A | P | S | H | +/- | PIM | TOI |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 16 | SEA | W 4-1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 11:08 |
| Apr 14 | WPG | W 6-2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 11:25 |
| Apr 12 | @COL | W 3-2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | -1 | 0 | 11:47 |
| Apr 10 | @SEA | OTL 3-4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 12:05 |
| Apr 8 | @VAN | W 2-1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 9:30 |
| Apr 5 | @EDM | W 5-1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 11:17 |
| Apr 3 | CGY | W 6-3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 6 | -1 | 0 | 10:27 |
| Mar 31 | VAN | W 4-2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 7 | +1 | 0 | 9:55 |
| Mar 29 | WSH | OTL 4-5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 3 | +1 | 0 | 12:55 |
| Mar 27 | EDM | OTL 3-4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 5 | 9:33 |
| Mar 25 | @WPG | L 1-4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 10:45 |
| Mar 22 | @DAL | W 3-2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 12:13 |
| Mar 21 | @NSH | L 1-4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 14:38 |
| Mar 20 | UTA | L 0-4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 12:19 |
| Mar 18 | BUF | L 0-2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 10:03 |
| Mar 15 | CHI | W 4-0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 3 | +1 | 2 | 10:24 |
| Mar 13 | PIT | W 6-2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | -1 | 0 | 12:35 |
| Mar 11 | @DAL | L 1-2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 10:59 |
| Mar 9 | EDM | L 2-4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 12:17 |
| Mar 7 | MIN | L 2-4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 13:41 |
| Mar 5 | @DET | W 4-3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 14:13 |
| Mar 4 | @CBJ | L 2-3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0:03 |
| Mar 3 | DET | L 2-4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | -2 | 0 | 11:35 |
| Mar 1 | @DAL | OTL 2-3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 14:09 |
| Feb 27 | CHI | W 4-2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | +1 | 0 | 16:20 |
Showing the 25 most recent of 63 regular season games. Playoff games are kept out of this table and totalled separately in the career record.
04/Splits
Home / Road
In wins / In losses
Every split prints its own denominator. Any split under eight games is greyed rather than hidden, so the edge of the sample is visible instead of guessed at.
05/Career
| Season | Team | GP | G | A | P | +/- | PIM | S | S% | H | BLK | TOI/G |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2020-21 | NSH | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 5:57 |
| 2021-22 | – | 8 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | 0 | 3 | 0.0 | 21 | 1 | – |
| 2022-23 | NSH | 69 | 4 | 13 | 17 | 0 | 60 | 64 | 6.3 | 198 | 25 | 11:17 |
| 2023-24 | – | 80 | 9 | 14 | 23 | — | 63 | 112 | 8.0 | 235 | 42 | – |
| 2024-25 | NSH | 71 | 4 | 8 | 12 | -15 | 59 | 69 | 5.8 | 163 | 44 | 13:36 |
| 2025-26 | NSH/VGK | 63 | 8 | 4 | 12 | -7 | 40 | 69 | 11.6 | 173 | 32 | 13:17 |
| Career | 292 | 25 | 39 | 64 | -22 | 222 | 318 | 7.9 | 790 | 144 | 12:41 |
Playoffs
| Season | Team | GP | G | A | P | +/- | PIM | S | S% | H | BLK | TOI/G |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2023-24 | – | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | 0 | 5 | 0.0 | 12 | 3 | – |
| 2025-26 | NSH/VGK | 22 | 3 | 3 | 6 | +3 | 24 | 14 | 21.4 | 100 | 13 | 11:47 |
| Career | 27 | 3 | 3 | 6 | +3 | 24 | 19 | 15.8 | 112 | 16 | 11:47 |
06/Bio
- Position
- Left Wing
- Jersey
- #36
- Shoots
- L
- Height
- 6'3"
- Weight
- 195 lb
- Born
- Oct 28, 1995 (age 30)
- Birthplace
- Brainerd, Minnesota, USA
- Club
- Nashville Predators
No draft selection on file: undrafted or not recorded.
