Reilly Smith

#19Right Wing

2025-26 regular season

SOG

16.8% SH

13:41

TOI/GP

RW · VGK · NHL id 8475191

Reilly Smith has played 69 games for the Vegas Golden Knights in 2025-26, scoring 16 goals and 10 assists (26 points) on 95 shots while averaging 13:41 a night (12:13 at even strength, 0:25 on the power play and 0:54 shorthanded). At 5v5 he has skated 50% of his 5v5 minutes with Tomas Hertl and 38% with Kaedan Korczak over the last 10 games, and the Golden Knights have controlled 51% of shot attempts with Smith on the ice (29-39 in goals, 52% offensive-zone starts). In the Golden Knights' most recent game against CAR he was on L3 with Tomas Hertl and Colton Sissons and off the power play. He is shooting 16.8% this season against 11.9% across the 709 games in our data.

Right now

From the Jun 14 game vs CAR, detected from shift data

Line

Tomas Hertl Colton Sissons

Power play

No PP unit

Penalty kill

No PK unit

Last 5: L1 · L2 · L4 · L4 · L4

Deployment timeline

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

Even strength
Power play
Penalty kill
5-game average
Did not play
▲ promoted · ▼ demoted

5 games shown, 12:44 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 speed44th4522.1 mph

Bursts 20+ mph49th4960

Hardest shot29th3081.8 mph

Offensive-zone time28th2840.6%

Distance skated59th59159.0 mi

High-danger SOG58th5935

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 · 183 attempts, 105 on goal, 16 goals

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 · 69 GP · 26 points vs 23.9 expected

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Luck meter+25

Last 20 games: +49. Positive means running hot (sell), negative running cold (buy).

Shooting+5.4 G

On-ice SH%−4.7 G

On-ice SV%−8.5 G

IPP+2.6 G

Points vs expected+2.1 P

: 16.8%
: 96.0
: 74.3%
G vs xG: 16 / 10.6

• Role shrank over the last 10 games (TOI down 1:05 a game, 2 demotion events): the cold spell may not be all luck.
• Shot diet improved: 0.099 xG per attempt lately vs 0.077 before (more from the slot).

Goals against expected goals

Actual goals
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Player analytics

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

Fantasy box score

Games played69
Goals16180th of 715
Assists10464th of 715
Points26332nd of 715
Power-play points1380th of 715
Shorthanded points1111th of 715
Shots on goal95319th of 715
Hits25589th of 715
Blocked shots13663rd of 715
Plus/minus−9540th of 715
Penalty minutes4686th of 715
Faceoffs won17274th of 715

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

Corsi (CF%)50.8%247th of 719
Fenwick (FF%)50.8%255th of 719
Expected goals (xGF%)48.5%411th of 719
Sequence xG (sxGF%)48.5%419th of 719
High-danger chances (HDCF%)49.3%384th of 719
Scoring chances (SCF%)50.3%306th of 719

Transition, turnovers & faceoffs

Transition attempts /600.79394th of 719
Turnover Ledger /60−0.070536th of 719
Forecheck xG /60 (on-ice)0.18658th of 719
Faceoff win %32.1%
Draw Equity /100−0.133

Usage

Ice time per game13:41503rd of 715
Power-play time per game0:25419th of 715
Power-play share19.2%432nd of 713
Ice-time share22.4%511th of 715
Offensive-zone start %52.1%305th of 719

Special teams & discipline

Net penalties drawn /60+0.5148th of 719

Luck & trend

On-ice PDO960658th of 719
Goals above expected+5.427th of 715
Luck Meter+25213th of 828
Ascension score—

NHL EDGE tracking

Top skating speed22.1415th of 715
20+ mph bursts60359th of 715
Hardest shot81.8634th of 715
Offensive-zone time40.6%486th 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 · 66 of 69 games through the sequence engine (more fill in as games are reprocessed)

Method Leaders

: −0.059
Season net: −0.82xG

Offensive TK/600.50 (7)

Offensive GV/601.44 (20)

Neutral TK/600.00 (0)

Neutral GV/601.23 (17)

Defensive TK/600.14 (2)

Defensive GV/601.37 (19)

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

Method Leaders

Per 100 draws: −0.133
Season: −0.07G
: 32.1%53 draws

Wins by zone: OZ 10-13 · NZ 5-18 · DZ 2-5

Method Leaders

Per 60: 0.79
Attempts: 11
: 0.052

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

Method Leaders

Season: +1.63G
Per 60: +0.104
Drawn / taken: 10 / 2minors

Method Leaders

: 48.5%
: 49.3%
: 48.6%
Transition CF/60: 3.7
Turnovers won/60: 20.1
Turnovers lost/60: 22.7

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

Method Leaders

More of his shots than the league
Fewer

95 shots on goal, 16 goals, all situations
Area	His share	League	G
Low Slot	31%	23%	6
R Circle	7%	12%	0
R Point	1%	6%	0
L Point	2%	5%	0
Outside R	1%	4%	0
Center Point	12%	9%	1
R Net Side	5%	3%	4

Role changes

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

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Moved down to L4 from L2Feb 8, 2025 alerts →
Moved up to PP1 from PP2Feb 22, 2024 alerts →
Moved up to L1 from L2Nov 9, 2023 alerts →
Moved up to L1 from L2Nov 7, 2023 alerts →
Dropped off PP1Mar 3, 2023 alerts →
Dropped off PP1Jan 12, 2023 alerts →
Moved up to PP1 from PP2Dec 19, 2022 alerts →
Moved up to L1 from L2Nov 1, 2022 alerts →

How his goals happened

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

Method

Goal anatomy
Game	Play	Entry	Passes	Shot mph	Notes
Apr 15, 2026 vs SEA	Rebound	—	0	34.1	rebound
Apr 15, 2026 vs SEA	Rush	pass	1*	36.8	one-timer
Apr 13, 2026 vs WPG	Deflection	—	2	57.4	deflection
Mar 30, 2026 vs VAN	Dump and chase	dump	3*	26.7	one-timer
Mar 22, 2026 @ DAL	Forecheck turnover	—	0	22.9	—
Mar 4, 2026 @ DET	Odd-man rush	loose	0	38.4	3-on-1, one-timer
Feb 25, 2026 @ LAK	Rush	carry	0	21.4	—
Jan 29, 2026 vs DAL	Odd-man rush	carry	1*	56.6	2-on-1
Jan 8, 2026 vs CBJ	Odd-man rush	carry	5	71.9	5-on-3
Jan 8, 2026 vs CBJ	Deflection	—	5*	43.9	deflection
Jan 6, 2026 @ WPG	Cycle	—	4*	28.5	—
Dec 23, 2025 vs SJS	Off the faceoff	—	0	49.6	one-timer
Dec 20, 2025 @ CGY	Odd-man rush	carry	1	31.2	1-on-0
Nov 16, 2025 @ MIN	Point shot	—	3	61.0	—
Nov 13, 2025 vs NYI	Rebound	—	0	53.5	rebound
Oct 9, 2025 @ SJS	Rush	loose	0	21.2	—
May 10, 2025 @ EDM	Rebound	dump	0	35.1	rebound
May 10, 2025 @ EDM	Rush	carry	3	30.1	—
Apr 24, 2025 @ MIN	Odd-man rush	carry	1	19.0	2-on-1
Apr 5, 2025 @ CGY	Rush	pass	1	12.8	—
Apr 5, 2025 @ CGY	Deflection	—	2	25.5	deflection
Mar 29, 2025 @ NSH	Rebound	—	2	7.5	rebound
Jan 23, 2025 vs PHI	Forecheck turnover	—	0	1.6	—
Jan 16, 2025 @ UTA	Rush	pass	1	65.6	—
Jan 5, 2025 @ CHI	Odd-man rush	pass	1	30.9	2-on-0
Dec 20, 2024 @ DAL	Odd-man rush	carry	0	56.3	1-on-0
Dec 11, 2024 @ BUF	Cycle	carry	2	6.4	—
Dec 8, 2024 vs SEA	Rebound	carry	1	28.4	rebound
Dec 6, 2024 vs PIT	Odd-man rush	carry	0	55.5	2-on-1
Nov 9, 2024 @ DET	Forecheck turnover	—	0	27.8	one-timer
Oct 22, 2024 @ MTL	Rush	loose	0	61.6	—
Oct 14, 2024 vs DET	Off the faceoff	—	0	54.5	—
Apr 15, 2024 vs NSH	Forecheck turnover	—	0	60.2	—
Mar 17, 2024 vs DET	Deflection	—	0	10.5	—
Mar 5, 2024 vs CBJ	Forecheck turnover	—	1	45.6	one-timer
Feb 15, 2024 @ CHI	Odd-man rush	carry	0	40.6	2-on-1
Feb 9, 2024 @ MIN	Odd-man rush	carry	0	66.3	3-on-2, one-timer
Dec 18, 2023 vs MIN	Rush	carry	0	26.0	—
Dec 8, 2023 @ FLA	Rush	pass	0	18.7	—
Nov 4, 2023 @ SJS	Rebound	carry	0	16.9	rebound

* 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

Teammate	Pos	GP		Share	CF% together	GF% together	CF% Smith apart	CF% mate apart
Kaedan Korczak	D	74	318:45	35%	50.7%	43% (9-12)	51.8% 576:58	51.7% 799:39
Noah Hanifin	D	65	287:51	31%	56.0%	43% (12-16)	49.5% 502:04	53.2% 953:32
Jeremy Lauzon	D	65	254:26	28%	46.9%	30% (7-16)	54.4% 532:36	50.9% 725:01
Shea Theodore	D	65	243:28	27%	53.9%	50% (7-7)	50.3% 537:10	53.4% 971:04
Mitch Marner	C	28	232:19	25%	53.5%	50% (8-8)	50.9% 119:43	53.6% 161:26
Pavel Dorofeyev	LW	28	227:25	25%	53.0%	69% (11-5)	46.6% 128:06	56.2% 151:43
Brayden McNabb	D	58	214:41	23%	53.4%	43% (6-8)	52.2% 472:33	51.2% 803:53
Zach Whitecloud	D	43	187:42	20%	43.8%	31% (5-11)	50.7% 329:20	53.7% 518:10
Ben Hutton	D	47	186:30	20%	48.0%	41% (7-10)	48.2% 382:26	49.7% 490:04
Brett Howden	C	24	181:52	20%	48.2%	44% (8-10)	53.0% 101:22	55.0% 117:42
Tomas Hertl	C	27	151:57	17%	56.7%	17% (2-10)	48.1% 170:18	53.3% 166:45
Brandon Saad	LW	19	144:26	16%	49.2%	56% (5-4)	47.0% 80:40	54.6% 90:32
Keegan Kolesar	RW	33	139:57	15%	51.6%	27% (3-8)	52.4% 258:25	51.8% 224:22
William Karlsson	C	14	133:34	15%	50.9%	29% (2-5)	41.7% 27:09	53.6% 30:44

Game log

76 games in 2025-26, newest first

Season

Date	Opp	Result	G	A	P	+/-		PIM	HIT	BLK			EV	PP	PK
Jun 14PO	vs CAR	L 0-3	0	0	0	0	0	0	3	0	—	9:21	9:15	—	—
May 1PO	@ UTA	W 5-1	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	—	9:26	9:17	—	—
Apr 29PO	vs UTA	W 5-4	0	1	1	+1	2	2	0	0	0%	14:55	13:58	0:08	0:01
Apr 27PO	@ UTA	W 5-4	0	0	0	-2	1	0	1	0	—	17:38	17:38	—	—
Apr 24PO	@ UTA	L 2-4	0	1	1	0	0	0	3	0	—	13:56	13:21	—	—
Apr 21PO	vs UTA	L 2-3	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	—	10:39	9:27	—	—
Apr 19PO	vs UTA	W 4-2	0	0	0	-2	5	0	1	1	—	11:25	11:25	—	—
Apr 15	vs SEA	W 4-1	2	1	3	+2	5	0	0	1	—	13:10	12:52	—	—
Apr 13	vs WPG	W 6-2	1	0	1	0	3	0	0	0	—	14:13	10:43	3:30	—
Apr 4	@ EDM	W 5-1	0	0	0	+1	2	0	0	0	—	11:03	11:03	—	—
Apr 2	vs CGY	W 6-3	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	—	13:40	13:40	—	—
Mar 30	vs VAN	W 4-2	1	0	1	+2	5	0	0	0	—	13:10	12:55	—	—
Mar 28	vs WSH	OTL 4-5	0	0	0	-2	1	0	0	0	—	9:24	9:24	—	—
Mar 26	vs EDM	OTL 3-4	0	0	0	-1	0	0	1	0	—	13:42	12:52	—	0:32
Mar 24	@ WPG	L 1-4	0	0	0	-2	2	0	0	0	—	12:54	10:45	—	1:13
Mar 22	@ DAL	W 3-2	1	0	1	+1	2	0	1	0	—	14:48	13:33	—	1:04
Mar 10	@ DAL	L 1-2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	—	11:32	10:41	—	0:51
Mar 6	vs MIN	L 2-4	0	0	0	-1	2	0	0	0	—	11:31	11:31	—	—
Mar 4	@ DET	W 4-3	1	0	1	0	1	0	0	0	—	9:12	8:47	—	0:25
Mar 3	@ BUF	L 2-3	0	1	1	+1	2	0	2	0	—	19:04	17:10	0:51	1:03

Season splits by strength

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

Strength	GP		TOI/GP						SA	GF	GA	GF%
All situations	69	944:09	13:41	872	896	49.3%	49.1%	421	399	35	49	42%	38.6	46.1	50%
Even strength	69	843:04	12:13	801	778	50.7%	50.8%	386	340	30	39	43%	33.5	36.2	52%
5v5	69	832:33	12:04	794	768	50.8%	50.8%	381	336	29	39	43%	33.1	35.1	52%
Power play	34	28:47	0:51	46	8	85.2%	80.5%	23	6	2	2	50%	2.6	0.6	94%
Penalty kill	51	62:35	1:14	11	94	10.5%	12.0%	8	44	1	7	13%	1.3	6.9	4%
4v4	13	6:05	0:28	4	4	50.0%	66.7%	2	1	0	0	—	0.1	0.1	50%
3v3 (OT)	5	4:26	0:53	3	6	33.3%	33.3%	3	3	1	0	100%	0.3	1.0	0%
5v4	34	28:47	0:51	46	8	85.2%	80.5%	23	6	2	2	50%	2.6	0.6	94%
4v5	51	62:35	1:14	11	94	10.5%	12.0%	8	44	1	7	13%	1.3	6.9	4%
6v5, own net empty	11	4:06	0:22	12	3	80.0%	81.8%	4	1	2	1	67%	0.7	1.3	—
5v6, opponent net empty	11	5:28	0:30	2	10	16.7%	11.1%	0	5	0	0	—	0.4	0.8	—

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
2025-26Playoffs	VGK	7	0	2	2	-3	2	10	0.0%	8	1	12:29
2025-26	VGK	69	16	10	26	-9	4	95	16.8%	25	13	13:41
2024-25Playoffs	VGK	11	3	1	4	+1	4	17	17.6%	20	7	15:36
2024-25	VGK, NYR	79	13	27	40	+10	24	129	10.1%	48	41	15:26
2023-24	PIT	76	13	27	40	+3	18	152	8.6%	55	28	16:08
2022-23Playoffs	VGK	22	4	10	14	+9	14	51	7.8%	32	17	16:46
2022-23	VGK	78	26	30	56	+11	16	180	14.4%	69	32	16:58
2021-22	VGK	56	16	22	38	+4	8	150	10.7%	55	23	17:47
2020-21Playoffs	VGK	19	3	7	10	+7	4	41	7.3%	20	6	17:40
2020-21	VGK	53	14	11	25	+10	18	124	11.3%	46	20	17:52
2019-20	VGK	71	27	27	54	+17	20	169	16.0%	55	30	17:55
2018-19Playoffs	VGK	7	1	5	6	+1	0	26	3.8%	14	3	19:12
2018-19	VGK	74	19	34	53	+13	14	178	10.7%	39	33	18:16
2017-18Playoffs	VGK	20	5	17	22	+5	10	46	10.9%	43	11	20:23
2017-18	VGK	67	22	38	60	+31	24	162	13.6%	40	24	17:55

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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.

Right now

Deployment timeline

NHL EDGE tracking

Shot map

Luck

Player analytics

Fantasy box score

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

Transition, turnovers & faceoffs

Usage

Special teams & discipline

Luck & trend

NHL EDGE tracking

Beyond the box score

Turnover LedgerTurnover Ledger (TO±)Takeaways credited and giveaways charged at the league xG value of the zone where possession changed, per 60.Glossary →

Draw EquityDraw Equity (DrEq)Faceoff results in goals: each win or loss scored against a coin flip and weighted by the zone. 100 extra offensive- or defensive-zone wins are worth about 1.9 goals.Σ (win − 0.5) × V(zone)Glossary →

Transition attemptsTransition attempt (TRN)An attempt within 10 s of a turnover, recovery, hit-forced recovery or faceoff win in the neutral or defensive zone, in the same play.Glossary →

Penalty ValuePenalty Value (PenV)Minor penalties drawn minus taken, times the net xG of a power play (about 0.20 per two-minute minor).(minors drawn − minors taken) × 0.20Glossary →

On-ice sequence resultsSequence xG (sxG)xG adjusted for flurries: a rebound only counts for the chance that the earlier shots in the same play did not already score.sxG_i = xG_i × Π (1 − xG_j) over earlier same-team shots in the playGlossary →

Shot DietShot diet (ixG/att)Average xG per individual unblocked attempt: how dangerous a player's typical shot is. One of the most stable traits we measure (split-half r 0.68).Shot diet = ixG / iFFGlossary →

Role changes

How his goals happened

Linemates

Game log

Season splits by strength

Career by season

Reilly Smith news