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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 2015-16. Pick one to see the two side by side, or choose someone else.

Mikhail Grabovski NYI · 25 P in 58 GP Brett Connolly BOS · 25 P in 71 GP Tomas Fleischmann CHI · 25 P in 76 GP Riley Sheahan DET · 25 P in 81 GP Mark Letestu EDM · 25 P in 82 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

2015-16 season totals

GP G A P +/- PIM Shots Hits P/GP Shooting % Avg TOI
64 14 11 25 -3 30 94 105 0.39 14.9 12:18

Contract

$800KCap hit2015-16
$32KCap dollars per point25 points in 64 games
$403KCap dollars per goal above replacement2.0 goals above replacement
$1.8MWorth at the going ratewhat teams paid for a season like his
+$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. Value is coloured by where it ranks among the 668 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 2015-16 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.

2015-16 analytics

Rating

+2.0Goals above replacement367th of 675 skaters, 252nd of 445 forwards
+0.3Wins above replacementgoals above replacement divided by six
-0.2Goals above averagethe five parts below added up

Each number is coloured by where it ranks among the 445 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-0.3 48th percentileEven-strength defence-0.4 36th percentilePower play-0.4 21st percentilePenalty kill0.0 41st percentilePenalties+0.9 72nd 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

47.3Corsi for %543 attempts for, 604 against
-3.4CF% relative to teamagainst the team without him
46.8Expected goals for %21.5 expected for, 24.4 against
-3.3xGF% relative to teamagainst the team without him
47.1Fenwick for %unblocked attempts
50.0Goals for %28 for, 28 against
100.6PDO8.9% shooting + 91.7% saves
134Attempts takenhis own shot attempts

Each share is coloured by where it ranks among the 561 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
Torrey Mitchell · Devante Smith-Pelly · Brian FlynnMTL27182:4347.152.04-4
Tyler Kennedy · Adam Henrique · Devante Smith-PellyNJD1077:1352.054.64-4
Adam Henrique · Devante Smith-Pelly · Joseph BlandisiNJD1058:0839.437.22-1
Lars Eller · Devante Smith-Pelly · Alex GalchenyukMTL1143:5053.352.31-1

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.

14Goalsnot counting empty-netters
9.0Expected goalsfrom 125 unblocked attempts
+5.0Goals above expectedgoals minus expected goals
Chances created 0.69 expected goals per 60 minutes51st
Shot quality 7.2% chance per attempt43rd
Finishing +5.0 goals above expected90thOne season of finishing is mostly luck.

Each bar shows the share of forwards he is ahead of, among the 412 who played 300 minutes or more this season.

0510Game 20Game 40Game 60Goals 14Expected 9.0

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 9, 2016 vs TOR W 5-1 1 0 1 1 2 2 0 13:32
Apr 7, 2016 vs TBL L 2-4 0 0 0 -1 0 0 2 14:11
Apr 5, 2016 vs BUF L 1-3 0 0 0 -1 0 1 1 14:26
Apr 2, 2016 @ TBL L 1-3 0 0 0 -2 2 1 0 13:24
Mar 31, 2016 @ FLA L 2-3 0 1 1 0 0 3 3 14:08
Mar 29, 2016 vs BOS W 2-1 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 15:48
Mar 27, 2016 @ CAR L 2-3 0 0 0 -1 4 2 2 14:04
Mar 25, 2016 vs WSH L 0-1 (OT) 0 0 0 -1 0 1 1 18:40
Mar 24, 2016 @ PIT W 3-0 0 1 1 1 0 3 3 16:54
Mar 20, 2016 vs CBJ W 2-1 1 0 1 1 0 4 2 17:23
Mar 19, 2016 @ CBJ L 3-6 0 0 0 -1 0 2 0 16:12
Mar 17, 2016 vs MIN W 7-4 2 1 3 3 0 4 0 16:47
Mar 14, 2016 @ ANA L 1-7 1 0 1 1 0 3 1 15:54
Mar 12, 2016 @ LAK W 2-1 (OT) 0 1 1 1 0 2 1 13:08
Mar 10, 2016 @ SJS W 3-0 1 0 1 1 0 1 0 17:57
Mar 6, 2016 vs PIT L 1-6 0 0 0 -4 0 0 1 14:19
Mar 4, 2016 @ DAL L 2-4 1 0 1 0 0 1 1 15:27
Mar 3, 2016 @ NSH W 5-4 (OT) 1 1 2 1 0 3 2 18:10
Feb 27, 2016 vs TOR W 4-1 1 0 1 1 0 2 3 10:17
Feb 24, 2016 @ WSH W 4-3 0 0 0 0 0 2 1 10:08
Feb 22, 2016 vs NSH L 1-2 (SO) 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 09:42
Feb 19, 2016 vs PHI W 3-2 (SO) 0 0 0 0 0 1 2 09:08
Feb 17, 2016 @ COL L 2-3 0 0 0 0 0 2 1 10:56
Feb 12, 2016 @ BUF L 4-6 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 08:23
Feb 9, 2016 vs TBL W 4-2 1 0 1 1 2 4 5 13:51
Feb 7, 2016 vs CAR W 2-1 (SO) 0 0 0 -1 0 2 2 09:03
Feb 6, 2016 vs EDM W 5-1 0 0 0 0 4 0 3 09:40
Feb 3, 2016 vs BUF L 2-4 0 0 0 0 0 0 5 10:14
Feb 2, 2016 @ PHI L 2-4 0 1 1 0 0 3 4 10:53
Jan 26, 2016 vs CBJ L 2-5 1 0 1 1 0 3 3 12:42
Jan 25, 2016 @ CBJ L 2-5 0 0 0 -1 0 2 0 10:07
Jan 23, 2016 @ TOR W 3-2 (SO) 0 0 0 -1 0 0 3 07:56
Jan 19, 2016 vs BOS L 1-4 0 0 0 0 0 1 4 08:54
Jan 9, 2016 vs PIT L 1-3 0 0 0 0 0 2 2 09:52
Jan 6, 2016 vs NJD W 2-1 0 0 0 0 2 2 2 10:00
Jan 5, 2016 @ PHI L 3-4 0 0 0 -1 0 1 1 10:37
Dec 26, 2015 @ WSH L 1-3 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 08:37
Dec 22, 2015 @ MIN L 1-2 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 11:59
Dec 3, 2015 vs WSH L 2-3 0 0 0 -2 0 1 1 05:56
Dec 1, 2015 vs CBJ W 2-1 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 09:08
Nov 28, 2015 vs NJD L 2-3 (OT) 0 0 0 -2 0 1 6 16:10
Nov 27, 2015 @ NJD W 3-2 (SO) 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 11:46
Nov 25, 2015 @ NYR W 5-1 2 0 2 2 0 2 1 15:06
Nov 20, 2015 @ NYI W 5-3 0 1 1 2 2 0 1 10:51
Nov 19, 2015 vs ARI L 2-3 0 0 0 -1 0 1 0 10:08
Nov 16, 2015 vs VAN W 4-3 (OT) 0 0 0 1 0 0 4 11:50
Nov 14, 2015 vs COL L 1-6 0 0 0 -2 0 0 2 10:07
Nov 11, 2015 @ PIT L 3-4 (SO) 0 0 0 -1 0 1 3 11:34
Nov 7, 2015 vs BOS W 4-2 0 1 1 0 0 2 1 13:22
Nov 5, 2015 vs NYI W 4-1 0 0 0 -1 0 3 4 13:25
Nov 3, 2015 vs OTT L 1-2 (OT) 0 0 0 0 0 1 2 12:35
Nov 1, 2015 vs WPG W 5-1 0 0 0 0 0 2 1 12:47
Oct 30, 2015 @ CGY W 6-2 1 0 1 1 0 2 1 13:44
Oct 29, 2015 @ EDM L 3-4 0 1 1 0 0 1 1 09:19
Oct 27, 2015 @ VAN L 1-5 0 1 1 0 0 2 0 11:35
Oct 24, 2015 vs TOR W 5-3 0 0 0 -1 2 1 1 10:05
Oct 23, 2015 @ BUF W 7-2 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 13:38
Oct 20, 2015 vs STL W 3-0 0 1 1 1 0 3 1 11:39
Oct 17, 2015 vs DET W 4-1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 12:01
Oct 15, 2015 vs NYR W 3-0 0 0 0 0 0 1 2 12:55
Oct 13, 2015 @ PIT W 3-2 0 0 0 0 2 1 2 12:15
Oct 11, 2015 @ OTT W 3-1 0 0 0 1 4 1 1 09:49
Oct 10, 2015 @ BOS W 4-2 0 0 0 0 0 1 2 11:35
Oct 7, 2015 @ TOR W 3-1 0 0 0 0 2 1 2 10:00