Career profile Last roster: 2025-26 NYI
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Craig Smith

C · USA
+ 9 other teams
Status
Retired this year
Career
2012–2026 (14 yrs)
Age
37 (36 in 2026)
Vitals
6'1" · 203 lb
Drafted
2009 Rd 4 (#106) EDM

Career Regular Season

14 seasons (2012–2026)
Games 942
Goals 97
Assists 142
Points 239
+/- -65
P/GP 0.25
SHT% 7.5
PiM 290

Stats

OTHL Career
Season Team GP G A P P/GP +/- PiM GW PPG SHG S S% Hit
2012-13 EDM 11 0 0 0 0.00 -2 6 0 0 0 9 0.0% 1
2013-14 EDM 15 0 0 0 0.00 -7 0 0 0 0 6 0.0% 3
2014-15 EDM 82 13 16 29 0.35 -2 34 5 2 0 123 10.6% 49
2015-16 EDM 67 10 17 27 0.40 -1 12 1 0 0 107 9.3% 55
2016-17 EDM 82 6 3 9 0.11 -3 28 1 2 0 81 7.4% 51
2017-18 EDM / FLA 83 5 11 16 0.19 -10 16 0 2 0 114 4.4% 47
2018-19 FLA / CGY / SJS 79 10 19 29 0.37 +3 44 1 3 0 152 6.6% 63
2019-20 VGK 82 14 15 29 0.35 -3 12 2 2 0 134 10.4% 78
2020-21 VGK / TBL 84 10 11 21 0.25 +12 36 3 0 0 153 6.5% 66
2021-22 TBL 76 9 21 30 0.39 -18 41 2 1 0 160 5.6% 98
2022-23 LAK 82 7 12 19 0.23 -11 22 1 0 0 113 6.2% 51
2023-24 PHL 56 3 6 9 0.16 -15 2 0 0 0 53 5.7% 33
2024-25 NYI / CLB 61 3 5 8 0.13 -3 13 1 0 0 39 7.7% 23
2025-26 NYI 82 7 6 13 0.16 -5 24 2 0 0 48 14.6% 39
CAREER 14 yrs 942 97 142 239 0.25 -65 290 19 12 0 -- 7.5% 657
OTHL Playoffs
Season Team GP G A P P/GP +/- PiM GW PPG SHG S S% Hit
2013-14 EDM 4 0 0 0 0.00 +1 0 0 0 0 3 0.0% 1
2014-15 EDM 15 2 1 3 0.20 +3 0 1 0 0 18 11.1% 6
2015-16 EDM 12 1 0 1 0.08 -3 6 0 0 0 13 7.7% 7
2016-17 EDM 6 0 1 1 0.17 +1 0 0 0 0 4 0.0% 0
2020-21 TBL 14 3 1 4 0.29 -1 0 1 0 0 32 9.4% 6
CAREER 5 app. 51 6 3 9 0.18 +1 6 2 0 0 -- 8.6% 20
NHL Career Stats
Season Team GP G A P P/GP +/- PiM GW PPG PPP S% TOI
2011-12 NSH 72 14 22 36 0.50 -9 30 1 6 13 8.1% 14:11
2012-13 NSH 44 4 8 12 0.27 -11 20 0 2 7 4.8% 13:51
2013-14 NSH 79 24 28 52 0.66 +16 22 4 7 10 11.2% 16:24
2014-15 NSH 82 23 21 44 0.54 +11 44 4 6 9 9.1% 15:44
2015-16 NSH 82 21 16 37 0.45 +4 40 6 2 5 10.6% 15:11
2016-17 NSH 78 12 17 29 0.37 +7 30 1 2 3 7.7% 13:49
2017-18 NSH 79 25 26 51 0.65 +20 24 2 9 14 10.9% 15:23
2018-19 NSH 76 21 17 38 0.50 +11 20 2 4 8 10.2% 15:08
2019-20 NSH 69 18 13 31 0.45 +18 34 2 4 7 9.8% 13:25
2020-21 BOS 54 13 19 32 0.59 +21 18 4 4 6 9.8% 14:53
2021-22 BOS 74 16 20 36 0.49 +2 28 1 0 4 8.6% 14:25
2022-23 BOS 42 4 6 10 0.24 +4 14 0 0 1 7.8% 10:15
2022-23 WSH 22 5 1 6 0.27 +1 4 2 0 0 9.4% 12:26
2023-24 DAL 75 11 9 20 0.27 +2 33 2 0 0 9.8% 10:13
2024-25 CHI 40 9 7 16 0.40 -7 28 1 2 2 12.2% 11:39
2024-25 DET 19 0 2 2 0.11 -2 6 0 0 0 0.0% 10:40
Career NHL 987 220 232 452 0.46 +88 395 32 48 89 9.5% -

History

Overall, season by season

Above the band is elite. Inside it, above average. Below it, below average.

OV Forwards, average to top 10%

Attributes

Season Age Pos Team CK FG DI SK ST EN DU PH FO PA SC DF PS EX LD OV
2012-13 23 C EDM 55 36 74 76 72 53 64 74 63 69 64 53 62 58 47 62
2013-14 24 C EDM 57 38 76 76 73 62 80 70 58 67 68 59 87 60 55 65
2014-15 25 C EDM 57 37 78 79 73 64 84 74 40 72 76 59 77 62 54 68
2015-16 26 C EDM 58 38 74 77 73 64 89 73 38 68 77 59 76 64 55 67
2016-17 27 RW EDM 75 44 85 81 74 63 99 78 25 65 77 56 60 67 68 69
2017-18 28 RW FLA 77 44 88 81 74 66 97 67 44 67 68 60 25 70 71 66
2018-19 29 RW SJS 71 43 90 81 74 70 96 81 42 76 83 53 57 72 73 71
2019-20 30 LW VGK 75 44 91 79 75 69 95 77 43 67 79 54 55 74 76 69
2020-21 31 LW TBL 73 43 85 79 75 65 90 81 42 65 77 58 54 76 78 69
2021-22 32 LW TBL 77 44 89 79 75 68 91 73 39 77 75 52 55 77 80 69
2022-23 33 LW LAK 78 44 88 79 75 68 90 73 34 72 73 64 54 80 83 69
2023-24 34 LW PHL 71 43 90 79 75 58 86 63 31 60 66 64 54 81 84 65
2024-25 35 C CLB 69 53 86 79 76 56 87 66 31 61 68 70 53 83 86 66
2025-26 36 C NYI 73 43 83 77 74 59 76 64 36 62 68 66 50 85 90 66
Season Age Pos Team CK FG DI SK ST EN DU PH FO PA SC DF PS EX LD OV
2012-13 23 C EDM 55 36 74 76 72 53 64 74 63 69 64 53 62 58 47 62
2013-14 24 C EDM +2 +2 +2 · +1 +9 +16 −4 −5 −2 +4 +6 +25 +2 +8 +3
2014-15 25 C EDM · −1 +2 +3 · +2 +4 +4 −18 +5 +8 · −10 +2 −1 +3
2015-16 26 C EDM +1 +1 −4 −2 · · +5 −1 −2 −4 +1 · −1 +2 +1 −1
2016-17 27 RW EDM +17 +6 +11 +4 +1 −1 +10 +5 −13 −3 · −3 −16 +3 +13 +2
2017-18 28 RW FLA +2 · +3 · · +3 −2 −11 +19 +2 −9 +4 −35 +3 +3 −3
2018-19 29 RW SJS −6 −1 +2 · · +4 −1 +14 −2 +9 +15 −7 +32 +2 +2 +5
2019-20 30 LW VGK +4 +1 +1 −2 +1 −1 −1 −4 +1 −9 −4 +1 −2 +2 +3 −2
2020-21 31 LW TBL −2 −1 −6 · · −4 −5 +4 −1 −2 −2 +4 −1 +2 +2 ·
2021-22 32 LW TBL +4 +1 +4 · · +3 +1 −8 −3 +12 −2 −6 +1 +1 +2 ·
2022-23 33 LW LAK +1 · −1 · · · −1 · −5 −5 −2 +12 −1 +3 +3 ·
2023-24 34 LW PHL −7 −1 +2 · · −10 −4 −10 −3 −12 −7 · · +1 +1 −4
2024-25 35 C CLB −2 +10 −4 · +1 −2 +1 +3 · +1 +2 +6 −1 +2 +2 +1
2025-26 36 C NYI +4 −10 −3 −2 −2 +3 −11 −2 +5 +1 · −4 −3 +2 +4 ·
Starting Team Salary Length Cap % Age Signed as
2012-13 EDM $900,000 3 yr 1.3% 23 ELC Rookie
2015-16 EDM $2,500,000 2 yr 3.5% 26 RFA
2017-18 EDM $3,300,000 2 yr 4.4% 28 RFA
2019-20 VGK $4,000,000 3 yr 4.9% 30 UFA
2022-23 LAK $3,000,000 2 yr 3.6% 33 UFA
2024-25 NYI $1,000,000 2 yr 1.1% 35 UFA
2017-18
Mar 9 2018
2017-18
to PANTHERS
to OILERS
2018-19
Dec 31 2018
2018-19
to FLAMES
  • Craig Smith 71
to PANTHERS
Jan 27 2019
2018-19
to SHARKS
2020-21
Apr 17 2021
2020-21
to LIGHTNING
to GOLDEN KNIGHTS
2023-24
Aug 11 2023
2023-24
to FLYERS
to KINGS
2025-26
Aug 15 2025
2025-26
to SABRES
to BLUE JACKETS
Oct 13 2025
2025-26
to ISLANDERS
  • Craig Smith 66
to SABRES
  • $100,000

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