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Columbus Blue Jackets

Brendan Smith

#7Defenseman

2025-26 regular season
15
GP
0
G
2
A
2
P
10
SOG
0.0% SH
11:05
TOI/GP

D · CBJ · NHL id 8474090

Brendan Smith has played 15 games for the Columbus Blue Jackets in 2025-26, scoring 0 goals and 2 assists (2 points) on 10 shots while averaging 11:05 a night (10:18 at even strength, 0:00 on the power play and 0:38 shorthanded). At 5v5 he has skated 61% of his 5v5 minutes with Dante Fabbro and 28% with Adam Fantilli over the last 10 games, and the Blue Jackets have controlled 46% of shot attempts with Smith on the ice (5-6 in goals, 59% offensive-zone starts). In the Blue Jackets' most recent game against OTT he was on D3 with Jake Christiansen and off the power play. He is shooting 0.0% this season against 5.1% across the 449 games in our data.

Right now

From the Dec 29 game vs OTT, detected from shift data

Pair
D3
Jake Christiansen
Power play
No PP unit
Penalty kill
PK2D
Dante Fabbro
Last 5: D3 · D3 · D3 · D3 · D3

Deployment timeline

2025-26 · per-game ice time by strength, with line and power-play unit changes

Usage: 15 games, 10:56 average time on ice, PP1 in 0 games, 0 line changes.

PPLine3333333333333330m3m7m10m13m17mNov 26Dec 1Dec 6Dec 9Dec 13Dec 18Dec 22Dec 29
  • Even strength
  • Power play
  • Penalty kill
  • 5-game average
  • Did not play
  • ▲ promoted · ▼ demoted
15 games shown, 10:56 average. Line and PP unit come from where the player's ice time ranks among his teammates that night.

NHL EDGE tracking

2025-26 percentiles among skaters at his position

Source: NHL EDGE
Top speed18th1820.7 mph
Bursts 20+ mph19th203
Hardest shot21st2284.5 mph
Offensive-zone time13th1439.3%
Distance skated21st2224.4 mi
High-danger SOG1st00
Percentile among position peers│ tick = 3-season weighted

Season-level NHL EDGE puck and player tracking, refreshed nightly. The percentile is the league rank among skaters this season; the label at the right is the raw value.

Shot map

2025-26 · 21 attempts, 10 on goal, 0 goals

Shot map, OPP at CBJ: 21 attempts, 10 on goal, 0 goals, 0.48 expected goals; best chance Brendan Smith at 0.15 xG.

  • Even strength
  • Power play
  • Penalty kill
  • Goal
  • Shot on goal
  • Missed
  • Blocked
Every attempt (goals, shots, misses and blocks), attacking toward the right (or the top on phones).

Luck

2025-26 · 15 GP · 2 points vs 1.9 expected

Luck Meter →
Hold

Last 20 games: -11. Positive means running hot (sell), negative running cold (buy).

0.0%
100.1
40.0%
G vs xG
0 / 0.5
Goals against expected goals
00.20.40.60.81-0.5goals below expected-0.7σ11/2612/29
  • Actual goals
  • Expected
  • ±1σ
  • Above expected
  • Below expected

Player analytics

Compare with another player →

2025-26 regular season. Rank is among all qualified players; the bar is his percentile among defencemen. Each stat links to its explainer.

Fantasy box score

Possession & shot quality (5-on-5 on-ice)

Transition, turnovers & faceoffs

Usage

Special teams & discipline

Luck & trend

NHL EDGE tracking

Unranked rows are below the sample minimum (20 GP, 200 five-on-five minutes, 100 draws or 10 goalie games).

Beyond the box score

2025-26 regular season · 15 of 15 games through the sequence engine

MethodLeaders
−0.097
Season net
−0.25xG

5-on-5. Each takeaway is credited, and each giveaway charged, at the league xG value of the zone.

MethodLeaders
Per 60
0.78
Attempts
2
0.000

5-on-5 shots within 10 seconds of winning the puck outside the offensive zone.

MethodLeaders
Season
−0.41G
Per 60
−0.147
Drawn / taken
3.5 / 5.5minors

MethodLeaders
43.6%
46.7%
43.4%
Transition CF/60
5.1
Turnovers won/60
21.8
Turnovers lost/60
22.2

5-on-5 while he is on the ice.

Role changes

Notable promotions, demotions and ice-time swings from Line Watch

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How the goals happened

6 goals since 2023-24 with NHL EDGE tracking: press Replay to watch the tracking animation

Method
Goal anatomy
GamePlayEntryPassesShot mphNotesReplay
Apr 12, 2025 vs UTAPoint shotloose2*46.41-on-0
Apr 6, 2024 @ OTTPoint shot—172.6—
Apr 3, 2024 @ NYRForecheck turnover—149.7—
Feb 27, 2024 @ SJSOff the faceoff—172.6one-timer
Feb 17, 2024 vs PHIPoint shot—223.0—
Dec 29, 2023 @ OTTOdd-man rushcarry122.91-on-0

* includes a royal-road (cross-slot) pass. Derived from NHL EDGE puck and player tracking.

Linemates

2025-26 · 5v5 time together and how each pairing performs with and without Smith

TeammatePosGPShareCF% togetherGF% togetherCF% Smith apartCF% mate apart
Dante FabbroD14109:4971%43.3%33% (3-6)57.1% 33:5541.3% 68:32
Adam FantilliC1545:4930%54.3%33% (1-2)42.7% 108:3452.6% 180:24
Dmitri VoronkovLW1442:0727%56.2%0% (0-1)41.1% 101:5457.7% 133:24
Charlie CoyleC1236:5024%37.1%67% (2-1)44.6% 87:0951.6% 112:54
Sean MonahanC1236:2224%47.8%50% (2-2)43.4% 89:2052.2% 108:47
Kent JohnsonC1333:1021%50.0%100% (1-0)43.9% 102:5447.6% 101:21
Kirill MarchenkoRW1232:5921%44.2%0% (0-1)46.4% 86:2755.8% 137:06
Miles WoodLW1131:3020%39.3%75% (3-1)41.6% 82:0750.2% 101:09
Egor ChinakhovRW1030:3720%50.0%0% (0-2)42.4% 74:5254.0% 64:02
Brendan GaunceC1230:0619%49.0%0% (0-1)42.0% 95:1350.0% 83:18
Cole SillingerC1229:2119%37.3%33% (1-2)48.1% 96:1950.0% 113:35
Isac LundeströmC1026:5317%37.2%60% (3-2)43.2% 76:0143.1% 81:25
Boone JennerC825:5717%43.6%33% (1-2)47.8% 54:2256.6% 82:54
Jake ChristiansenD322:5715%52.5%— (0-0)35.3% 7:3945.5% 5:26

Linemate and opposition quality

2025-26 · 5v5 · 154 min on ice · ranked against 270 defencemen

49.6%

teammates' average xGF%

45th percentile · higher = stronger linemates

28.1%

opponents' average ice-time share

10th percentile · higher = faces more top-line minutes

Sheltered minutes: mostly faces weaker opposition.

QoT averages the season xGF% of Smith's 5v5 teammates; QoC averages how much of their team's ice time Smith's opponents get, so a high QoC means facing top lines. Both are weighted by time shared on the ice, lean on last season for small samples, and are ranked within forwards or defence.

Game log

15 games in 2025-26, newest first

DateOppResultGAP+/-PIMHITBLKEVPPPK
Dec 29@ OTTW 4-100000002—12:3610:22—1:53
Dec 28vs NYIW 4-200000002—12:1510:39—1:26
Dec 22@ LAKW 3-100000011—11:599:35—2:10
Dec 20@ ANAL 3-4000-22000—10:079:05—0:46
Dec 18vs MINL 2-500000001—10:2410:24——
Dec 16vs ANAW 4-3000-10003—10:188:34—1:42
Dec 13vs VGKL 2-3000-11220—11:1211:12——
Dec 11vs OTTL 3-6000+10000—10:2810:28——
Dec 9@ CARL 1-4000-10010—11:3511:35——
Dec 7@ WSHL 0-200002010—9:249:13——
Dec 6@ FLAOTL 6-7011+21020—11:099:31—1:38
Dec 4vs DETW 6-5000-10220—8:488:48——
Dec 1@ NJDW 5-3000+10711—11:0610:08——
Nov 28vs PITOTL 3-4011+12011—13:5413:54——
Nov 26vs TOROTL 1-200002010—10:5510:55——

Season splits by strength

2025-26 regular season · on-ice numbers from shift and play-by-play data

StrengthGPTOI/GPSAGFGAGF%
All situations15166:1011:0512815944.6%43.0%61785742%5.98.353%
Even strength15154:2310:1812614746.2%44.4%59725645%5.87.559%
5v515154:2310:1812614746.2%44.4%59725645%5.87.559%
Penalty kill69:351:362918.2%20.0%25010%0.10.60%
4v569:351:362918.2%20.0%25010%0.10.60%

Career by season

Seasons in Edgehalla's data (2025-26 is being backfilled; earlier seasons follow)

SeasonTeamGPGAP+/-PIMHITBLKTOI/GP
2025-26CBJ15022-111100.0%121111:05
2024-25DAL32156-933273.7%412313:13
2023-24NJD6351015-361608.3%11710116:06
2022-23PlayoffsNJD3011+31220.0%9016:10
2022-23NJD60055+363580.0%1027615:33
2021-22PlayoffsCAR14134012156.7%26611:26
2021-22CAR45448+636636.3%734013:55
2020-21NYR485510+373588.6%844116:26
2019-20NYR62358-1271456.7%904111:06
2018-19NYR634913-771666.1%1004815:18
2017-18NYR44178+269661.5%583717:10

Brendan Smith news

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On-ice and deployment numbers are derived by Edgehalla from NHL play-by-play and shift data. Tracking percentiles are from NHL EDGE. Data updates after every game.