DefenseRetired·Stay-at-Home Defenseman

Denis Smith

Born May 13, 1977 · Windsor, CAN

Draft 1995 · NYI round 2 #41

PTS

Career

1G 1A 2P

Bio

Position: Defense
Height: 6'2"
Weight: 205 lb
Shoots: L
Number: #6

Drafted 1995 by NYI · Round 2, #41 overall

54OVR

Fringe

Stay-at-Home Defenseman

Production4

Points per game vs. elite D ceiling

Playmaking0

Assists per game vs. elite D

Deployment0

Average ice time per game

Power Play0

Power play points per game

Skating0

Skating speed and stamina

Shot Gen.0

Shots on goal per game

Right now

Last 5 games · GS = Luszczyszyn game score

Last game

+0.08

Apr 6 vs STL · 0G 0A 1S

Hot / Cold

Steady

Next game

vs VGK

Thu, May 21, 12:00 AM

Recent games

GS = Luszczyszyn game score · 5-game avg 0.05

Click date for box score · opponent for team

Date	Opp	S	+/-	GS
2003-04-06	STL	1	0	0.08
2003-03-07	TBL	0	1	0.15
2003-03-05	FLA	0	0	0.00
2003-03-01	PIT	0	0	0.00
2003-02-17	CHI	0	0	0.00

Career arc

13 NHL seasons · P/GP per year (≥10 GP)

62% off career peak

Career peak: 1.06 · 1996–97 (—)
This season: 0.40 · —
Seasons: 13

Season projections

34 GP played · paced to 82 GP

Proj. Goals

at 82 GP

Proj. Assists

at 82 GP

Proj. Points

at 82 GP

Proj. Shots

at 82 GP

Proj. PPG

at 82 GP

Proj. PPP

at 82 GP

Points/Game

0.03

current rate

Goals/Game

0.03

current rate

TOI/Game

—

avg ice time

Shooting %

14.3%

current season

Points/game trend (last 5 seasons)

0.32

2000–01

0.27

2001–02

0.21

2001–02

0.03

2002–03

0.40

2003–04

Bio

Position: Defense
Height: 6'2"
Weight: 205 lb
Shoots: L
Number: #6

Drafted 1995 by NYI · Round 2, #41 overall

54OVR

Fringe

Stay-at-Home Defenseman

Production4

Points per game vs. elite D ceiling

Playmaking0

Assists per game vs. elite D

Deployment0

Average ice time per game

Power Play0

Power play points per game

Skating0

Skating speed and stamina

Shot Gen.0

Shots on goal per game

Season projections

34 GP played · paced to 82 GP

Proj. Goals

at 82 GP

Proj. Assists

at 82 GP

Proj. Points

at 82 GP

Proj. Shots

at 82 GP

Proj. PPG

at 82 GP

Proj. PPP

at 82 GP

Points/Game

0.03

current rate

Goals/Game

0.03

current rate

TOI/Game

—

avg ice time

Shooting %

14.3%

current season

Points/game trend (last 5 seasons)

0.32

2000–01

0.27

2001–02

0.21

2001–02

0.03

2002–03

0.40

2003–04

Recent games

GS = Luszczyszyn game score · 5-game avg 0.05

Click date for box score · opponent for team

Date	Opp	S	+/-	GS
2003-04-06	STL	1	0	0.08
2003-03-07	TBL	0	1	0.15
2003-03-05	FLA	0	0	0.00
2003-03-01	PIT	0	0	0.00
2003-02-17	CHI	0	0	0.00

Tendencies

Full profile

Archetype

Bottom-six contributor

Source: NHL API (volume only)

Sample: 34 GP · confidence 41%

Limited view. Scores below are volume-only production indices, not population percentiles. Connect a warehouse with on-ice 5v5 data to see true possession, chance-creation, and zone-deployment percentiles.

Goal-scoring index0.03 · 5 index
Volume-only: goals per game from NHL API. Not adjusted for ice time, deployment, or quality of competition.
Playmaking index0.00 · 0 index
Volume-only: assists per game from NHL API. Not on-ice; doesn't separate primary vs secondary.
Point-production index0.03 · 2 index
Volume-only: points per game from NHL API. Treat as a star-power proxy, not a process measure.

Career totals (regular season)

Games: 45
Goals: 1
Assists: 1
Points: 2
+/-: -4
PIM: 67
Shots: 13

Season history

NHL regular season · click team for franchise profile

Season	Team	GP	G	A	PTS	+/-
2003–04	Hershey	35	7	7	14	-1
2002–03	Colorado Avalanche	34	1	0	1	2
2002–03	Hershey	2	0	0	0	-3
2001–02	St. John's	59	6	10	16	-5
2001–02	Hershey	14	0	3	3	7
2000–01	St. John's	59	7	12	19	4
1999–00	Toronto Maple Leafs	3	0	0	0	-1
1999–00	St. John's	74	6	22	28	0
1998–99	St. John's	79	7	28	35	6
1997–98	St. John's	65	4	11	15
1996–97	Toronto Maple Leafs	8	0	1	1	-5
1996–97	Windsor	63	15	52	67
1995–96	Windsor	64	14	45	59
1995–96	St. John's	1	0	0	0
1994–95	Windsor	61	4	13	17
1993–94	Wndsr. Bulldogs	51	8	34	42
1992–93	Belle River	40	5	18	23
1992–93	Wndsr. Bulldogs	1	0	0	0