LW · CHI · NHL id 8482062
Cole Smith has played 2 games for the Chicago Blackhawks in 2026-27, scoring 0 goals and 0 assists (0 points) on 2 shots while averaging 14:45 a night (13:13 at even strength, 0:00 on the power play and 1:32 shorthanded). At 5v5 he has skated 85% of his 5v5 minutes with Ryan Greene and 84% with Jordan Greenway over the last 2 games, and the Blackhawks have controlled 53% of shot attempts with Smith on the ice (1-0 in goals, 0% offensive-zone starts). In the Blackhawks' most recent game against UTA he was on L1 with Jordan Greenway and Ryan Greene and off the power play; moved up to L2 (from L3) in the last game.
Right now
From the Oct 1 game vs UTA, detected from shift data
- +3:15 TOI a game
- Top-six in 2 of last 2 (was 9 of 20)
Deployment timeline
2026-27 · per-game ice time by strength, with line and power-play unit changes
Usage: 2 games, 14:45 average time on ice, PP1 in 0 games, 1 line changes.
- Even strength
- Power play
- Penalty kill
- 5-game average
- Did not play
- ▲ promoted · ▼ demoted
NHL EDGE tracking
2025-26 percentiles among skaters at his position
Only 2 GP in 2026-27; showing 2025-26 NHL EDGE data.
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
2026-27 · 4 attempts, 2 on goal, 0 goals
Shot map, OPP at CHI: 4 attempts, 2 on goal, 0 goals, 0.03 expected goals; best chance Cole Smith at 0.03 xG.
- Even strength
- Power play
- Penalty kill
- Goal
- Shot on goal
- Missed
- Blocked
Luck
2025-26 · 63 GP · 12 points vs 16.3 expected
Last 20 games: -41. Positive means running hot (sell), negative running cold (buy).
- 11.6%
- 94.7
- 54.5%
- G vs xG
- 8 / 8.4
- • Role shrank over the last 10 games (TOI down 2:42 a game): the cold spell may not be all luck.
- 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 forwards. Each stat links to its explainer.
- 2026-27 so far: 2 GP, 0 G, 0 A, 0 PPP, 2 SOG.
Fantasy box score
- Games played63
- Goals8344th of 715
- Assists4620th of 715
- Points12531st of 715
- Power-play points0437th of 715
- Shorthanded points1111th of 715
- Shots on goal69447th of 715
- Hits17344th of 715
- Blocked shots18610th of 715
- Plus/minus−7501st of 715
- Penalty minutes40182nd of 715
- Faceoffs won6349th of 715
Possession & shot quality (5-on-5 on-ice)
- Corsi (CF%)51.5%209th of 719
- Fenwick (FF%)51.7%196th of 719
- Expected goals (xGF%)46.6%520th of 719
- Sequence xG (sxGF%)46.2%541st of 719
- High-danger chances (HDCF%)55.6%103rd of 719
- Scoring chances (SCF%)55.4%76th of 719
Transition, turnovers & faceoffs
- Transition attempts /600.69437th of 719
- Turnover Ledger /60−0.002113th of 719
- Forecheck xG /60 (on-ice)0.25467th of 719
- Faceoff win %30.0%
- Draw Equity /100−0.183
Usage
- Ice time per game13:17533rd of 715
- Power-play time per game0:02624th of 715
- Offensive-zone start %28.8%689th of 719
Special teams & discipline
- Net penalties drawn /60−0.50577th of 719
Luck & trend
- On-ice PDO947695th of 719
- Goals above expected−0.4380th of 715
- Luck Meter−53748th of 828
- Ascension score52148th of 445
NHL EDGE tracking
- Top skating speed23.543rd of 715
- 20+ mph bursts115155th of 715
- Hardest shot79.3686th of 715
- Offensive-zone time42.3%299th of 715
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 · 60 of 63 games through the sequence engine (more fill in as games are reprocessed)
- −0.013
- Season net
- −0.14xG
5-on-5. Each takeaway is credited, and each giveaway charged, at the league xG value of the zone.
- Per 60
- 0.70
- Attempts
- 8
- 0.039
5-on-5 shots within 10 seconds of winning the puck outside the offensive zone.
Role changes
Notable promotions, demotions and ice-time swings from Line Watch
- Moved up to L3 from L4Jun 6, 2026 alerts →
- Played 14:12 less than his 5-game averageMar 3, 2026 alerts →
- Moved up to L2 from L4Nov 26, 2023 alerts →
- Moved up to L1 from L4Feb 11, 2023 alerts →
How the goals happened
24 goals since 2023-24 with NHL EDGE tracking: press Replay to watch the tracking animation
| Game | Play | Entry | Passes | Shot mph | Notes | Replay |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| May 26, 2026 vs COL | Deflection | — | 2 | 32.4 | deflection | |
| May 1, 2026 @ UTA | Deflection | — | 0 | 61.0 | deflection | |
| Apr 27, 2026 @ UTA | Deflection | — | 3 | 30.3 | deflection | |
| Apr 7, 2026 @ VAN | Odd-man rush | carry | 1 | 54.8 | 2-on-1 | |
| Mar 30, 2026 vs VAN | Dump and chase | dump | 2* | 45.1 | — | |
| Jan 22, 2026 vs OTT | Rush | carry | 2 | 67.6 | — | |
| Jan 11, 2026 vs WSH | Rush | carry | 0 | 32.0 | — | |
| Dec 20, 2025 vs TOR | Rush | carry | 0 | 64.6 | — | |
| Oct 25, 2025 vs LAK | Odd-man rush | carry | 0 | 33.2 | 5-on-3 | |
| Oct 23, 2025 vs VAN | Deflection | — | 0 | 2.7 | — | |
| Oct 13, 2025 @ OTT | Odd-man rush | carry | 0 | 73.3 | 2-on-0 | |
| Mar 1, 2025 @ NYI | Rush | carry | 3 | 69.1 | — | |
| Mar 1, 2025 @ NYI | Deflection | — | 2 | 33.8 | deflection | |
| Nov 14, 2024 @ EDM | Odd-man rush | carry | 1 | 21.2 | 1-on-0 | |
| Oct 26, 2024 vs CBJ | Cycle | — | 3 | 57.3 | — | |
| Mar 30, 2024 @ COL | Cycle | — | 1 | 41.5 | — | |
| Feb 29, 2024 vs MIN | Rush | loose | 0 | 9.0 | — | |
| Feb 20, 2024 @ VGK | Deflection | loose | 2 | 46.4 | deflection | |
| Feb 15, 2024 vs DAL | Rebound | carry | 0 | 34.2 | 3-on-2, rebound | |
| Dec 21, 2023 @ PHI | Rush | carry | 1 | 41.3 | — | |
| Nov 18, 2023 vs CHI | Odd-man rush | loose | 0 | 49.8 | 1-on-0 | |
| Nov 18, 2023 vs CHI | Rebound | — | 1 | 29.9 | rebound | |
| Oct 19, 2023 @ NYR | Odd-man rush | loose | 0 | 69.2 | 2-on-0 | |
| Oct 19, 2023 @ NYR | Forecheck turnover | — | 0 | 21.4 | — |
* includes a royal-road (cross-slot) pass. Derived from NHL EDGE puck and player tracking.
Linemates
2026-27 · 5v5 time together and how each pairing performs with and without Smith
| Teammate | Pos | GP | Share | CF% together | GF% together | CF% Smith apart | CF% mate apart | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Ryan Greene | C | 2 | 22:10 | 85% | 52.8% | 100% (1-0) | 50.0% 3:48 | 30.8% 5:24 |
| Jordan Greenway | LW | 2 | 21:46 | 84% | 57.1% | 100% (1-0) | 20.0% 4:12 | 75.0% 3:34 |
| Ian Cole | D | 2 | 12:15 | 47% | 33.3% | 100% (1-0) | 64.0% 13:43 | 56.0% 11:37 |
| Sam Rinzel | D | 2 | 11:42 | 45% | 42.1% | — (0-0) | 61.9% 14:16 | 57.8% 21:58 |
| Wyatt Kaiser | D | 2 | 10:46 | 41% | 60.9% | 100% (1-0) | 41.2% 15:12 | 38.5% 26:18 |
| Artyom Levshunov | D | 2 | 10:04 | 39% | 60.0% | — (0-0) | 45.0% 15:54 | 37.3% 26:00 |
| Alex Vlasic | D | 2 | 4:48 | 18% | — | — (0-0) | 52.5% 21:10 | 23.6% 27:45 |
| Bowen Byram | D | 1 | 1:50 | 7% | 100.0% | — (0-0) | 42.1% 11:05 | 46.4% 19:28 |
| Patrick Kane | RW | 1 | 1:28 | 6% | 33.3% | — (0-0) | 62.5% 11:35 | 31.3% 13:56 |
Linemate and opposition quality
2025-26 · 5v5 · 693:57 on ice · ranked against 510 forwards · last season, until this season has enough games to rank
Plays with weaker-than-usual linemates.
Each value is the ice-time-weighted average season xGF% of the skaters Smith shared the 5v5 ice with, each shrunk toward 50%. Most skaters land between about 45% and 55% for QoT and 49% and 51% for QoC, so the percentile is the easier read.
Game log
2 games in 2026-27, newest first
| Date | Opp | Result | G | A | P | +/- | PIM | HIT | BLK | EV | PP | PK | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Oct 1 | @ UTA | L 0-6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0% | 14:13 | 13:31 | — | 0:42 |
| Sep 29 | @ VGK | L 2-5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | — | 15:16 | 12:55 | — | 2:21 |
Season splits by strength
2026-27 regular season · on-ice numbers from shift and play-by-play data
| Strength | GP | TOI/GP | SA | GF | GA | GF% | |||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| All situations | 2 | 29:29 | 14:45 | 22 | 25 | 46.8% | 46.2% | 14 | 16 | 1 | 3 | 25% | 0.8 | 1.8 | 0% |
| Even strength | 2 | 26:26 | 13:13 | 21 | 19 | 52.5% | 53.1% | 13 | 12 | 1 | 0 | 100% | 0.8 | 0.9 | 0% |
| 5v5 | 2 | 25:58 | 12:59 | 21 | 19 | 52.5% | 53.1% | 13 | 12 | 1 | 0 | 100% | 0.8 | 0.9 | 0% |
| Penalty kill | 2 | 3:03 | 1:32 | 1 | 6 | 14.3% | 14.3% | 1 | 4 | 0 | 3 | 0% | 0.1 | 0.9 | 0% |
| 4v5 | 2 | 3:03 | 1:32 | 1 | 6 | 14.3% | 14.3% | 1 | 4 | 0 | 3 | 0% | 0.1 | 0.9 | 0% |
Career by season
Seasons in Edgehalla's data (2025-26 is being backfilled; earlier seasons follow)
| Season | Team | GP | G | A | P | +/- | PIM | HIT | BLK | TOI/GP | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026-27 | CHI | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 0 | 2 | 0.0% | 3 | 0 | 14:45 |
| 2025-26Playoffs | VGK | 22 | 3 | 3 | 6 | +3 | 24 | 14 | 21.4% | 100 | 9 | 11:47 |
| 2025-26 | VGK, NSH | 63 | 8 | 4 | 12 | -7 | 40 | 69 | 11.6% | 173 | 18 | 13:17 |
| 2024-25 | NSH | 71 | 4 | 8 | 12 | -15 | 69 | 69 | 5.8% | 163 | 29 | 13:36 |
| 2023-24Playoffs | NSH | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 0 | 5 | 0.0% | 12 | 3 | 13:26 |
| 2023-24 | NSH | 80 | 9 | 14 | 23 | +5 | 63 | 112 | 8.0% | 235 | 32 | 13:41 |
| 2022-23 | NSH | 69 | 4 | 13 | 17 | -3 | 60 | 64 | 6.3% | 198 | 25 | 12:45 |
| 2021-22 | NSH | 8 | 0 | 0 | 0 | -3 | 0 | 3 | 0.0% | 21 | 1 | 8:50 |
| 2020-21 | NSH | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0.0% | 0 | 0 | 5:57 |
Cole Smith news
- Cole Smith StatsNHL.com
- Cole Smith Bio, Awards & Draft InfoNHL.com
- Cole Smith HomeNHL.com
- Cole Smith can prove to be a solid depth replacement for the Blackhawks in 2026-27blackhawkup.com
- 2026-27 Chicago Blackhawks Season PreviewNHLRumors.com
- Former Piston Cole Smith signs NHL deal with ChicagoThe Carillon
- 5 things to get to know Cole SmithBlackhawk Up
- Meet the New Chicago Blackhawks: Cole SmithThe Hockey Writers
Headlines via LineupExperts. Links open the original publisher.
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.