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Devante Smith-Pelly

#25 · Right wing · Washington Capitals

Born Jun 14, 1992 in Scarborough, Ontario, CAN · 6'0", 223 lb · Shoots right · Drafted 42nd overall in 2010 by ANA (round 2)

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Stanley Cup NHL Champion 2017-18

Compare with a similar player

The forwards closest to him in points in 2013-14. Pick one to see the two side by side, or choose someone else.

Matt Halischuk WPG · 10 P in 46 GP Troy Bodie TOR · 10 P in 47 GP B.J. Crombeen TBL · 10 P in 55 GP Ryan Carter NJD · 10 P in 62 GP Jordan Nolan LAK · 10 P in 64 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.

05101520252011-12: 13 points1311-122012-13: 0 points012-132013-14: 10 points1013-142014-15: 20 points2014-152015-16: 25 points2515-162016-17: 9 points916-172017-18: 16 points1617-182018-19: 8 points818-19

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

Season Team GP G A P +/- PIM Shots Hits P/GP Cap hit
2011-12 ANA 49 7 6 13 -7 16 66 104 0.27
2012-13 ANA 7 0 0 0 -4 0 5 14 0.00
2013-14 ANA 19 2 8 10 5 2 23 50 0.53
2014-15 ANA 54 5 12 17 1 12 76 147 0.31 $800K
2014-15 MTL 20 1 2 3 -2 12 28 58 0.15
2015-16 MTL 46 6 6 12 -2 22 60 85 0.26 $800K
2015-16 NJD 18 8 5 13 -1 8 34 20 0.72
2016-17 NJD 53 4 5 9 -19 12 76 94 0.17 $1.3M
2017-18 WSH 75 7 9 16 -6 38 103 151 0.21 $650K
2018-19 WSH 54 4 4 8 -6 15 60 78 0.15 $1M
8 seasons Career 395 44 57 101 -41 137 531 801 0.26

Playoffs

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

Season Team GP G A P +/- PIM Shots Hits P/GP
2013-14 ANA 12 5 0 5 -1 24 26 53 0.42
2014-15 MTL 12 1 2 3 -1 2 22 46 0.25
2017-18 WSH 24 7 1 8 -2 12 29 78 0.33
2018-19 WSH 3 0 0 0 0 0 2 15 0.00
4 seasons Playoffs 51 13 3 16 -4 38 79 192 0.31

2013-14 season totals

GP G A P +/- PIM Shots Hits P/GP Shooting % Avg TOI
19 2 8 10 5 2 23 50 0.53 8.7 12:39

Contract

Contracts he has signed

Signed Signed by Kind Seasons Years In all Cap hit
2018-19 to 2018-19 $1M
2017-18 to 2017-18 $650K
2016-17 to 2016-17 $1.3M
2014-15 to 2015-16 $800K

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 2013-14 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.

2013-14 analytics

Regular season Playoffs

Rating

+0.5Goals above replacementsix goals are worth about one win
+0.1Wins above replacementgoals above replacement divided by six
-0.1Goals above averagethe five parts below added up
Even-strength offence-0.3Even-strength defence-0.1Power play-0.2Penalty kill+0.0Penalties+0.4

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.

-2-101232011-122012-132013-142014-152015-162016-172017-182018-19Goals 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

42.6Corsi for %164 attempts for, 221 against
-9.1CF% relative to teamagainst the team without him
47.1Expected goals for %7.3 expected for, 8.2 against
-5.1xGF% relative to teamagainst the team without him
44.6Fenwick for %unblocked attempts
62.5Goals for %10 for, 6 against
105.6PDO10.9% shooting + 94.7% saves
39Attempts 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
Daniel Winnik · Andrew Cogliano · Devante Smith-Pelly647:4042.342.51-1
Teemu Selanne · Mathieu Perreault · Devante Smith-Pelly333:1846.264.11-0
Daniel Winnik · Nick Bonino · Devante Smith-Pelly416:5952.039.81-0
Mathieu Perreault · Devante Smith-Pelly · Emerson Etem516:4138.761.92-0

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.

2Goalsnot counting empty-netters
2.5Expected goalsfrom 37 unblocked attempts
-0.5Goals above expectedgoals minus expected goals
Chances created 0.61 expected goals per 60 minutes35th
Shot quality 6.6% chance per attempt27th
Finishing -0.5 goals above expected49thOne season of finishing is mostly luck.

Each bar shows the share of forwards he is ahead of, among the 403 who played 300 minutes or more this season.

00.511.52Expected 2.5Goals 2

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 13, 2014 vs COL W 3-2 (OT) 0 1 1 0 0 4 3 14:26
Apr 12, 2014 @ LAK W 4-3 (SO) 1 0 1 1 0 1 1 11:17
Apr 6, 2014 @ EDM L 2-4 0 0 0 -1 0 1 2 10:28
Nov 23, 2013 @ PHX W 4-2 0 0 0 -1 2 2 3 11:17
Nov 20, 2013 vs NJD L 3-4 (OT) 0 0 0 -1 0 1 2 13:31
Nov 18, 2013 @ PIT L 1-3 0 0 0 -1 0 0 2 12:21
Nov 15, 2013 @ CAR L 2-3 (SO) 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 14:25
Nov 14, 2013 @ TBL L 1-5 0 0 0 0 0 1 3 11:59
Nov 12, 2013 @ FLA L 2-3 0 1 1 0 0 2 2 11:11
Nov 10, 2013 vs VAN W 3-1 0 1 1 1 0 0 3 16:41
Nov 8, 2013 vs BUF W 6-2 0 0 0 0 0 4 2 16:49
Nov 6, 2013 vs PHX W 5-2 0 1 1 1 0 0 4 13:05
Nov 4, 2013 @ NYR W 2-1 0 0 0 0 0 1 5 10:55
Nov 2, 2013 @ BUF W 6-3 0 1 1 2 0 3 6 17:06
Oct 31, 2013 @ BOS L 2-3 (SO) 1 1 2 2 0 1 1 14:53
Oct 29, 2013 @ PHI W 3-2 0 0 0 0 0 1 3 09:50
Oct 27, 2013 @ CBJ W 4-3 0 1 1 1 0 0 1 12:06
Oct 25, 2013 @ OTT W 2-1 0 0 0 0 0 0 4 08:50
Oct 24, 2013 @ MTL L 1-4 0 1 1 1 0 0 2 09:03