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Ben Smith

#18 · Right wing · Toronto Maple Leafs

Born Jul 11, 1988 in Winston-Salem, North Carolina, USA · 5'11", 203 lb · Shoots right · Drafted 169th overall in 2008 by CHI (round 6)

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Stanley Cup NHL Champion 2012-13

Compare with a similar player

The forwards closest to him in points in 2010-11. Pick one to see the two side by side, or choose someone else.

Greg Nemisz CGY · 1 P in 6 GP Tim Kennedy FLA · 1 P in 6 GP Brett Sutter CAR · 1 P in 5 GP Colton Gillies MIN · 1 P in 7 GP Corey Locke OTT · 1 P in 5 GP

Career

Regular season games only. Pick a season to see its game log below. Cap hit is what he counted against the salary cap that season, where it is known.

010202010-11: 1 points110-112011-12: 2 points211-122012-13: 1 points112-132013-14: 26 points2613-142014-15: 14 points1414-152015-16: 6 points615-162016-17: 4 points416-17

Points by season. The darker bar is the season shown below.

Season Team GP G A P +/- PIM Shots Hits P/GP Cap hit
2010-11 CHI 6 1 0 1 1 0 6 7 0.17
2011-12 CHI 13 2 0 2 -5 0 18 6 0.15
2012-13 CHI 1 1 0 1 1 0 1 1 1.00 $563K
2013-14 CHI 75 14 12 26 3 2 90 40 0.35 $562K
2014-15 CHI 61 5 4 9 -1 2 77 49 0.15 $1.5M
2014-15 SJS 19 2 3 5 3 0 15 23 0.26
2015-16 SJS 6 0 0 0 -1 0 1 5 0.00 $1.5M
2015-16 TOR 16 2 4 6 3 0 16 13 0.38
2016-17 COL 4 0 0 0 -2 0 1 1 0.00 $675K
2016-17 TOR 36 2 2 4 -5 4 29 28 0.11
7 seasons Career 237 29 25 54 -3 8 254 173 0.23

Playoffs

Playoff games only. Pick a season to see that year's bracket.

Season Team GP G A P +/- PIM Shots Hits P/GP
2010-11 CHI 7 3 0 3 -1 0 6 11 0.43
2012-13 CHI 1 0 0 0 -1 0 1 0 0.00
2013-14 CHI 19 4 2 6 5 2 27 21 0.32
3 seasons Playoffs 27 7 2 9 3 2 34 32 0.33

2010-11 season totals

GP G A P +/- PIM Shots Hits P/GP Shooting % Avg TOI
6 1 0 1 1 0 6 7 0.17 16.7 13:47

Contract

Contracts he has signed

Signed Signed by Kind Seasons Years In all Cap hit
2016-17 to 2016-17 $675K
2015-16 to 2015-16 $1.5M
2014-15 to 2014-15 $1.5M
2013-14 to 2013-14 $562K
2012-13 to 2013-14 $563K

Every contract on record for him, newest first, with the team that signed him to it and the day it was signed. The one covering 2010-11 is marked. An extension is signed while the contract before it is still running, often a year ahead. A row with no team or date is a contract known only by its cap hit, most often one signed since October 2024.

2010-11 analytics

Regular season Playoffs

Rating

+0.2Goals above replacementsix goals are worth about one win
+0.0Wins above replacementgoals above replacement divided by six
0.0Goals above averagethe five parts below added up
Even-strength offence-0.6Even-strength defence+0.6Power play0.0Penalty kill+0.0Penalties+0.0

The goals he added to his team's goal difference, compared with a spare-part player given the same ice time. Each part is measured against the league, so zero is an average skater. A full season is about two-thirds the player and one-third chance. He has played fewer than 20 games, too few to be ranked. Before 2023-24 the NHL timed events less exactly, and differently from rink to rink, so expected goals for this season are rougher than for recent ones.

-2024682010-112011-122012-132013-142014-152015-162016-17Goals above replacementGoals above replacement, by season

On the ice

What happened at five-on-five while he was on the ice. What these numbers mean

44.4Corsi for %55 attempts for, 69 against
-12.4CF% relative to teamagainst the team without him
54.1Expected goals for %2.7 expected for, 2.3 against
+1.9xGF% relative to teamagainst the team without him
51.6Fenwick for %unblocked attempts
75.0Goals for %3 for, 1 against
104.9PDO7.7% shooting + 97.2% saves
6Attempts takenhis own shot attempts

These are left plain: he has not been on the ice enough to be ranked. That takes at least 200 shot attempts with him out there, about six or seven games, and a quarter of what the busiest skater has. Over a game or two these numbers are mostly chance.

Who he played with

Forward lineGPTimeCF%xGF%Goals
Michael Frolik · Patrick Kane · Ben Smith330:2845.560.02-0
Jonathan Toews · Patrick Kane · Ben Smith48:0037.578.81-0
Fernando Pisani · Dave Bolland · Ben Smith17:0650.065.80-0
Fernando Pisani · Jake Dowell · Ben Smith35:0766.717.30-0

The lines he spent the most time in at five-on-five, with the team's share of the shot attempts and expected goals, and the goals for and against, while they were out. The two shares are coloured as above, against the league's lines that played a fair amount together. Hover over one for its percentile.

Chances and finishing

Expected goals adds up how likely each of his shots was to go in, judged by where it came from, what kind of shot it was and whether it was a rebound. All situations, leaving out shots at an empty net. Before 2023-24 the NHL timed events less exactly, and differently from rink to rink, so expected goals for this season are rougher than for recent ones.

1Goalsnot counting empty-netters
0.5Expected goalsfrom 6 unblocked attempts
+0.5Goals above expectedgoals minus expected goals
Chances created 0.33 expected goals per 60 minutes1st
Shot quality 7.6% chance per attempt58th
Finishing +0.5 goals above expected58thOne season of finishing is mostly luck.

Each bar shows the share of forwards he is ahead of, among the 406 who played 300 minutes or more this season.

00.20.40.60.81Goals 1Expected 0.5

His goals and his expected goals as the season went on. When the goals line pulls away above, he is scoring more than his chances were worth; below, less.

Where he shot from

Every attempt he took this season, in all situations, attacking the net on the right. There is a dot for each attempt, bigger for a better chance. "Show as heat map" shades the ice by where the attempts came from. Click a goal for its details.

Game log

Date Opponent Result G A P +/- PIM Shots Hits TOI
Apr 10, 2011 vs DET L 3-4 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 16:53
Apr 8, 2011 @ DET W 4-2 1 0 1 2 0 3 1 14:49
Apr 6, 2011 vs STL W 4-3 (OT) 0 0 0 0 0 2 1 13:25
Nov 1, 2010 @ NYR L 2-3 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 09:49
Oct 30, 2010 @ MIN W 3-1 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 12:48
Oct 29, 2010 vs EDM L 4-7 0 0 0 -2 0 0 0 14:57