Cole Smith

Right wing · Vegas Golden Knights · Age 30 · b. October 28, 1995 · Brainerd, Minnesota, USA · Active

Cole Smith finished 2025-26 with 12 points (8 G, 4 A) in 63 games — 0.19 per game. The 2026-27 pace tracker updates here after every game once the puck drops.

Regular season

64 pts · 292 gp · 0.22 P/GP

Playoffs

6 pts · 27 gp · 0.22 P/GP

Playoff Beasts

101% playoff vs reg P/GP

P/GP trend (last yr)

+0.02 vs 2024-25

Regular Season

NHL · season by season

Season	Team	GP	G	A	P	P/GP	TOI/G
2020-21	Nashville Predators	1	0	0	0	0.00	5:57
2021-22	Nashville Predators	8	0	0	0	0.00	8:50
2022-23	Nashville Predators	69	4	13	17	0.25	12:45
2023-24	Nashville Predators	80	9	14	23	0.29	13:41
2024-25	Nashville Predators	71	4	8	12	0.17	13:36
2025-26	Nashville Predators	63	8	4	12	0.19	13:17
Career		292	25	39	64	0.22	13:12

Stanley Cup Playoffs

NHL · season by season

Season	Team	GP	G	A	P	P/GP	TOI/G
2023-24	Nashville Predators	5	0	0	0	0.00	13:26
2025-26	Vegas Golden Knights	22	3	3	6	0.27	11:47
Career		27	3	3	6	0.22	12:05

Player Tracking

NHL player-tracking · 2025-26

How fast he skates and how hard he shoots, measured by the league's puck-and-player tracking. Percentiles are league-wide across all skaters; seasons with no tracking are left out, never zeroed.

Top Skating Speed

23.5 mph

94th percentile in the NHL

league avg 22.2 mph

Hardest Shot

79.3 mph

18th percentile in the NHL

league avg 83.6 mph

42% offensive-zone time (53rd pct)9.4 mi skated per 60

Top skating speed by season mph

Top shot velocity by season mph

Ice Time

min:sec per game · by season

Average time on ice per game each season — how much of the coach's trust he has earned. All situations, from the NHL's official game data.

13:17 per game in 2025-26

Ice time per game min:sec

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Every number from the NHL's public API. Career splits are summed from this player's NHL season totals — regular season and Stanley Cup playoffs. The Playoff Beasts rating is career playoff points-per-game ÷ career regular-season points-per-game, ×100 — over 100% means a player raises their game when it counts.