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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 2014-15. Pick one to see the two side by side, or choose someone else.

Kyle Brodziak MIN · 20 P in 73 GP Alexander Wennberg CBJ · 20 P in 68 GP Brooks Laich WSH · 20 P in 66 GP Jay Beagle WSH · 20 P in 62 GP Chris Terry CAR · 20 P in 57 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

2014-15 season totals

GP G A P +/- PIM Shots Hits P/GP Shooting % Avg TOI
74 6 14 20 -1 24 104 205 0.27 5.8 14:17

Contract

$800KCap hit2014-15
$40KCap dollars per point20 points in 74 games
-$320KWorth at the going ratewhat teams paid for a season like his
-$1.1MValueworth minus cap hit; below zero is overpaid

His cap hit for the whole season, set against what he did in the regular season. Lower is better value. In a season still being played the cost per point starts high and falls as the games add up. He rated at or below a spare-part player, so there is no cost per goal to show. Value is coloured by where it ranks among the 649 ranked skaters whose contract is known. How value is worked out.

The contract

Who signed him to it, and when, are not on record. When it ends is not known.

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 2014-15 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.

2014-15 analytics

Regular season Playoffs

Rating

-1.4Goals above replacement580th of 665 skaters, 383rd of 432 forwards
-0.2Wins above replacementgoals above replacement divided by six
-4.4Goals above averagethe five parts below added up

Each number is coloured by where it ranks among the 432 ranked forwards: green is in the top fifth and red the bottom fifth, with paler shades in between and amber for the middle. Hover over a tile for its percentile.

Even-strength offence-4.4 3rd percentileEven-strength defence+0.3 50th percentilePower play-1.0 6th percentilePenalty kill+0.3 87th percentilePenalties+0.4 49th percentile

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, and the rank beside it is among forwards. A full season is about two-thirds the player and one-third chance. 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

47.1Corsi for %729 attempts for, 819 against
-2.9CF% relative to teamagainst the team without him
46.3Expected goals for %27.4 expected for, 31.8 against
-5.5xGF% relative to teamagainst the team without him
47.2Fenwick for %unblocked attempts
48.4Goals for %30 for, 32 against
100.2PDO8.0% shooting + 92.3% saves
149Attempts takenhis own shot attempts

Each share is coloured by where it ranks among the 585 skaters who played enough to be ranked: green is in the top fifth and red the bottom fifth, with paler shades in between and amber for the middle. Hover over a tile for its percentile. PDO and attempts taken are left plain, since neither is good or bad on its own.

Who he played with

Forward lineTeamGPTimeCF%xGF%Goals
Lars Eller · Devante Smith-Pelly · Jacob de la RoseMTL15109:2946.249.02-4
Ryan Getzlaf · Rene Bourque · Devante Smith-PellyANA1072:3643.147.74-1
Ryan Getzlaf · Corey Perry · Devante Smith-PellyANA1370:2249.343.74-5
Ryan Kesler · Andrew Cogliano · Devante Smith-PellyANA1249:1233.044.50-1

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.

6Goalsnot counting empty-netters
9.3Expected goalsfrom 149 unblocked attempts
-3.3Goals above expectedgoals minus expected goals
Chances created 0.53 expected goals per 60 minutes23rd
Shot quality 6.3% chance per attempt17th
Finishing -3.3 goals above expected15thOne season of finishing is mostly luck.

Each bar shows the share of forwards he is ahead of, among the 415 who played 300 minutes or more this season.

02468Game 20Game 40Game 60Expected 9.3Goals 6

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. Darker red means more attempts from that spot, and each dot is a goal. "Show every shot" switches to a dot for each attempt, bigger for a better chance. Click a goal for its details.

Game log

Date Opponent Result G A P +/- PIM Shots Hits TOI
Apr 11, 2015 @ TOR W 4-3 (SO) 0 1 1 1 0 1 0 15:18
Apr 9, 2015 vs DET W 4-3 (OT) 0 0 0 0 2 2 2 15:25
Apr 5, 2015 @ FLA W 4-1 1 0 1 2 2 1 3 18:54
Apr 3, 2015 @ NJD L 2-3 (SO) 0 0 0 -1 0 3 4 12:15
Apr 2, 2015 vs WSH L 4-5 (SO) 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 10:28
Mar 26, 2015 @ WPG L 2-5 0 0 0 0 2 1 3 08:57
Mar 24, 2015 @ NSH L 2-3 (OT) 0 0 0 -1 0 1 3 13:50
Mar 21, 2015 vs SJS W 2-0 0 0 0 0 2 1 3 11:33
Mar 19, 2015 vs CAR W 4-0 0 0 0 0 0 1 4 12:58
Mar 17, 2015 @ FLA W 3-2 0 0 0 0 2 0 4 14:59
Mar 16, 2015 @ TBL L 2-4 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 11:26
Mar 14, 2015 @ NYI W 3-1 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 12:29
Mar 12, 2015 vs OTT L 2-5 0 0 0 -2 0 1 5 11:07
Mar 10, 2015 vs TBL L 0-1 (OT) 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 12:02
Mar 7, 2015 @ ARI W 2-0 0 1 1 1 0 5 3 11:21
Mar 5, 2015 @ LAK L 3-4 (SO) 0 0 0 0 0 1 8 15:34
Mar 4, 2015 @ ANA L 1-3 0 0 0 0 0 4 3 12:56
Mar 2, 2015 @ SJS L 0-4 0 0 0 -1 2 1 2 14:05
Feb 28, 2015 vs TOR W 4-0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 13:07
Feb 26, 2015 @ CBJ W 5-2 0 0 0 -1 0 2 4 17:11
Feb 23, 2015 vs DET W 4-3 (SO) 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 07:31
Feb 21, 2015 @ EDM W 2-1 0 0 0 0 0 1 2 10:36
Feb 20, 2015 @ CGY W 6-3 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 18:09
Feb 18, 2015 vs TBL L 1-4 0 0 0 -1 2 1 5 09:03
Feb 15, 2015 vs WSH L 3-5 0 1 1 -1 0 0 1 15:09
Feb 12, 2015 @ CAR W 2-1 0 0 0 0 0 1 3 13:58
Feb 10, 2015 @ FLA L 2-6 0 0 0 -1 0 2 7 14:18
Feb 8, 2015 @ TBL L 3-5 0 0 0 0 2 0 2 15:34
Feb 6, 2015 @ WSH L 2-3 (SO) 0 0 0 0 0 1 3 16:13
Feb 5, 2015 @ NSH W 5-2 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 14:27
Feb 3, 2015 vs CAR W 5-4 (OT) 1 0 1 1 0 1 3 11:39
Jan 30, 2015 vs CHI L 1-4 0 0 0 -2 0 1 3 14:16
Jan 29, 2015 @ SJS L 3-6 0 0 0 0 0 1 6 11:09
Jan 17, 2015 @ LAK W 3-2 (SO) 0 0 0 0 0 3 3 12:46
Jan 16, 2015 vs NJD W 5-1 0 0 0 1 0 4 2 10:28
Jan 14, 2015 vs TOR W 4-0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 10:49
Jan 11, 2015 vs WPG W 5-4 (SO) 0 0 0 -1 0 1 2 13:29
Jan 7, 2015 vs NYR L 1-4 0 0 0 0 0 0 5 14:04
Jan 2, 2015 vs STL W 4-3 0 0 0 -1 2 1 3 10:25
Dec 31, 2014 vs SJS L 0-3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 16:40
Dec 28, 2014 vs VAN W 2-1 (OT) 0 1 1 1 0 2 4 18:49
Dec 27, 2014 @ ARI L 1-2 (SO) 0 1 1 1 0 1 4 16:15
Dec 22, 2014 vs SJS W 3-2 (OT) 0 1 1 1 0 1 5 18:41
Dec 18, 2014 @ MTL W 2-1 0 1 1 2 0 0 3 14:29
Dec 16, 2014 @ TOR L 2-6 0 0 0 0 0 2 1 13:48
Dec 13, 2014 @ WPG W 4-1 0 0 0 0 0 1 3 15:19
Dec 12, 2014 @ EDM W 4-2 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 16:14
Dec 10, 2014 vs EDM W 2-1 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 13:08
Dec 7, 2014 @ WPG W 4-3 (OT) 0 0 0 0 0 2 2 16:11
Dec 5, 2014 @ MIN W 5-4 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 14:22
Dec 3, 2014 vs PHI W 5-4 (SO) 0 0 0 -1 0 0 4 16:34
Dec 1, 2014 vs BOS W 3-2 1 0 1 1 0 2 2 14:46
Nov 29, 2014 @ SJS L 4-6 0 1 1 -1 2 3 1 12:50
Nov 28, 2014 vs CHI L 1-4 0 0 0 0 0 4 5 14:50
Nov 25, 2014 vs CGY W 3-2 0 1 1 -2 2 1 2 12:23
Nov 23, 2014 vs ARI W 2-1 0 0 0 0 0 2 1 12:28
Nov 20, 2014 @ VAN W 4-3 (SO) 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 13:01
Nov 12, 2014 vs LAK W 6-5 (SO) 0 1 1 1 0 2 5 16:47
Nov 9, 2014 vs VAN L 1-2 (SO) 0 0 0 0 0 6 4 19:00
Nov 7, 2014 vs ARI L 2-3 (SO) 0 1 1 -1 2 3 2 19:51
Nov 5, 2014 vs NYI L 2-3 (OT) 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 12:43
Nov 2, 2014 @ COL W 3-2 0 0 0 -1 0 0 2 13:54
Oct 31, 2014 @ DAL W 2-1 (OT) 0 0 0 0 0 3 3 18:17
Oct 30, 2014 @ STL L 0-2 0 0 0 -2 0 1 3 17:02
Oct 28, 2014 @ CHI W 1-0 1 0 1 1 0 4 3 15:49
Oct 26, 2014 vs SJS L 1-4 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 15:37
Oct 24, 2014 vs CBJ W 4-1 1 0 1 1 0 2 6 13:54
Oct 22, 2014 vs BUF W 4-1 0 1 1 3 0 0 1 18:04
Oct 19, 2014 vs STL W 3-0 0 0 0 0 0 3 5 16:45
Oct 17, 2014 vs MIN W 2-1 0 1 1 1 0 4 2 15:53
Oct 14, 2014 @ PHI W 4-3 (SO) 1 0 1 0 0 1 3 17:03
Oct 13, 2014 @ BUF W 5-1 0 0 0 1 0 2 2 16:36
Oct 11, 2014 @ DET W 3-2 0 0 0 0 0 0 6 17:04
Oct 9, 2014 @ PIT L 4-6 0 0 0 -2 0 2 2 11:31