RW · COL · NHL id 8479379
Givani Smith has played 13 games for the Colorado Avalanche in 2024-25, scoring 0 goals and 0 assists (0 points) on 5 shots while averaging 6:20 a night (6:17 at even strength, 0:02 on the power play and 0:00 shorthanded). At 5v5 the Avalanche have controlled 32% of shot attempts with Smith on the ice (0-3 in goals, 18% offensive-zone starts). In the Avalanche's most recent game against UTA he was on L4 with Ivan Ivan and Jere Innala and off the power play. He is shooting 0.0% this season against 5.6% across the 169 games in our data.
Right now
From the Dec 27 game vs UTA, detected from shift data
Deployment timeline
2024-25 · per-game ice time by strength, with line and power-play unit changes
Usage: 7 games, 6:20 average time on ice, PP1 in 0 games, 0 line changes.
- Even strength
- Power play
- Penalty kill
- 5-game average
- Did not play
- ▲ promoted · ▼ demoted
NHL EDGE tracking
2023-24 percentiles among skaters at his position
Only 13 GP in 2024-25; showing 2023-24 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
2024-25 · 10 attempts, 5 on goal, 0 goals
Shot map, OPP at COL: 10 attempts, 5 on goal, 0 goals, 0.26 expected goals; best chance Givani Smith at 0.12 xG.
- Even strength
- Power play
- Penalty kill
- Goal
- Shot on goal
- Missed
- Blocked
Puck luck
2024-25 · cumulative goals against expected goals from his own shots
- Actual goals
- Expected
- ±1σ
- Above expected
- Below expected
Beyond the box score
2023-24 regular season · 34 of 36 games through the sequence engine (more fill in as games are reprocessed)
- +0.006
- Season net
- +0.03xG
5-on-5. Each takeaway is credited, and each giveaway charged, at the league xG value of the zone.
- Per 60
- 2.14
- Attempts
- 10
- 0.077
5-on-5 shots within 10 seconds of winning the puck outside the offensive zone.
How his goals happened
1 goal since 2023-24 with NHL EDGE tracking: press Replay to watch the tracking animation
| Game | Play | Entry | Passes | Shot mph | Notes | Replay |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Nov 16, 2023 vs STL | Forecheck turnover | — | 3 | 37.8 | — |
* includes a royal-road (cross-slot) pass. Derived from NHL EDGE puck and player tracking.
Linemates
2024-25 · 5v5 time together and how each pairing performs with and without Smith
No 5v5 pairing data this season yet.
Game log
13 games in 2024-25, newest first
| Date | Opp | Result | G | A | P | +/- | PIM | HIT | BLK | EV | PP | PK | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Dec 27 | @ UTA | W 4-1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 0 | — | 4:38 | 4:38 | — | — |
| Dec 22 | vs SEA | W 5-2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | — | 6:13 | 6:13 | — | — |
| Dec 20 | @ ANA | W 4-2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | -2 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | — | 6:08 | 6:08 | — | — |
| Dec 19 | @ SJS | W 4-2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | 4:47 | 4:47 | — | — |
| Dec 14 | vs NSH | W 5-2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 1 | — | 7:55 | 7:55 | — | — |
| Dec 12 | vs UTA | L 1-4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 1 | — | 6:30 | 6:30 | — | — |
| Dec 10 | @ PIT | W 6-2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 0 | — | 8:19 | 8:11 | — | — |
| Nov 25 | vs LAK | W 7-2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | 6:42 | 6:42 | — | — |
| Nov 21 | @ STL | OTL 2-3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | 7:53 | 7:53 | — | — |
| Nov 11 | @ PHI | OTL 3-4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 1 | — | 6:01 | 5:36 | 0:25 | — |
| Nov 10 | @ NJD | W 1-0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | — | 5:27 | 5:27 | — | — |
| Oct 28 | @ UTA | W 5-4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 2 | 5 | 0 | 1 | — | 3:42 | 3:42 | — | — |
| Oct 18 | @ WPG | L 3-8 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 1 | — | 7:59 | 7:59 | — | — |
Season splits by strength
2024-25 regular season · on-ice numbers from shift and play-by-play data
| Strength | GP | TOI/GP | SA | GF | GA | GF% | |||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| All situations | 13 | 82:14 | 6:20 | 45 | 98 | 31.5% | 29.3% | 20 | 54 | 0 | 3 | 0% | 1.0 | 4.1 | 18% |
| Even strength | 13 | 81:41 | 6:17 | 45 | 97 | 31.7% | 29.6% | 20 | 53 | 0 | 3 | 0% | 1.0 | 4.1 | 18% |
| 5v5 | 13 | 81:41 | 6:17 | 45 | 97 | 31.7% | 29.6% | 20 | 53 | 0 | 3 | 0% | 1.0 | 4.1 | 18% |
| Power play | 1 | 0:25 | 0:25 | 0 | 0 | — | — | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | 0.0 | 0.0 | — |
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 | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | COL, SJS | 13 | 0 | 0 | 0 | -3 | 18 | 5 | 0.0% | 20 | 5 | 6:20 |
| 2023-24 | SJS | 36 | 1 | 3 | 4 | -13 | 40 | 31 | 3.2% | 87 | 12 | 7:49 |
| 2022-23Playoffs | FLA | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 0.0% | 3 | 1 | 5:25 |
| 2022-23 | FLA, DET | 36 | 1 | 3 | 4 | -2 | 72 | 30 | 3.3% | 67 | 8 | 7:00 |
| 2021-22 | DET | 46 | 4 | 3 | 7 | -6 | 108 | 50 | 8.0% | 86 | 20 | 8:28 |
| 2020-21 | DET | 16 | 1 | 3 | 4 | -5 | 21 | 20 | 5.0% | 28 | 4 | 10:35 |
| 2019-20 | DET | 21 | 2 | 1 | 3 | -2 | 9 | 22 | 9.1% | 42 | 3 | 9:41 |
Givani Smith news
- Givani Smith Adds Grit to Hurricanes’ DepthThe Hockey Writers
- Hurricanes sign F Givani Smith to one-year, two-way dealSportsnet.ca
- Hurricanes Sign Givani Smith To Two-Way Deal - NHL RumorsProHockeyRumors.com
- Hurricanes sign Givani Smith to one-year, two-way contractDaily Faceoff
- Hurricanes' Givani Smith: Inks one-year contractCBS Sports
- Givani Smith Earns Two-Way Contract With Hurricanes After Entering Camp On PTOThe Hockey News
- Canes Sign Givani Smith To One-Year ContractNHL.com
- Givani Smith Making Most Of PTO Opportunity In CarolinaYahoo
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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.