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Center•#2MIXEDPPI 79Will Smith is a 21-year-old center for the San Jose Sharks. Selected 4th overall by SJS in the 2023 NHL Draft. Born in Boston, USA. At 21, Will is among the younger players in the league.
This season, the right-shooting forward has 6 goals and 4 assists for 10 points in 16 games. He averages 0.63 points per game on 19:09 of ice time.
2026-27 · Regular season
2026-27 projection
Projected September 28, 2026 — 80% range on points. All 2026-27 player projections
80% range: 39–85 pts
MIXED — 43rd percentile at C, 55% hit rate (69 GP, 2025-26)
2026-27 · Regular season
Full statistical breakdown for the 2026-27 regular season.
League percentile
Vs. all NHL skaters, 10+ games played. 99 = best, 1 = lowest.
2026-27 pace
Where Will's current rate finishes the 2026-27 season.
End of season forecast, current pace
68
games remaining
Goals
32
Current: 6
Assists
21
Current: 4
Points
53
Current: 10
Moderate production expected. Likely to finish between 42-64 points with consistent deployment.
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Art Ross
Most Points
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Rocket
Most Goals
0.0%
Playmaker
Most Assists
Projections based on current pace extrapolated to the full season with variance modeling.
5v5
What happened while Will was on the ice at 5v5, and who he was sent out against. 2026-27.
5v5 only (situationCode 1551), unblocked attempts, shift-chart attribution. 16 games, 321 unblocked attempts on the ice.
Quality of competition
62.2 vs 57.3 lg
89th percentile
Quality of teammates
60.4 vs 56.8 lg
64th percentile
Deployment
tough-comp
by competition faced
Competition and teammate quality are the average on-ice strength of the players he shared the ice with at 5v5, on the same 0–100 scale as the league averages beside them.
Shot Selection
Where Will takes his shots, and how each zone converts.
Unblocked attempts
67
Goals vs expected
6 vs 5.6 xG
5v5 scoring-chance share
28%
With-or-without-you
Who Will plays with at 5v5, and how the shot-quality share moves when they are apart — a with-or-without-you read.
| Teammate | Together | xGF% with | xGF% apart | Swing |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Macklin CelebriniC | 161 min | 51.4 | — | — |
5v5, real shift-overlap TOI; Corsi incl blocked, xG unblocked. “Apart” is that teammate’s share in the minutes he played without Will, so the swing is a comparison of the same player in two situations rather than against the league. Pairs need 100 minutes together to appear at all, and a swing still carries whoever else was on the ice — it is a strong hint, not an isolated effect.
2026-27
PuckCast Player Intelligence, and the skill radar and on-ice impact behind it.
Skill radar & on-ice impact vs. NHL forwards
84
Offense
19
Defense
Percentile ranks across 6 skill dimensions. Larger shape = more complete player.
Scouting Take
Displays strong offensive ability, elite finishing ability, power play scoring. Areas for improvement: bleeds goals against at evens.
On-ice impact mirrored side by side. Equal bars = balanced. Asymmetry = one-dimensional.
The Gap
65-pt spreadThe 65-point spread between offensive (84th) and defensive (19th) percentiles is extreme for a center. Elite offensive creation but defensive liability.
Percentile ranks across 6 skill dimensions.
Scouting Take
Displays strong offensive ability, elite finishing ability, power play scoring. Areas for improvement: bleeds goals against at evens.
On-ice impact mirrored side by side.
The Gap
65-pt spreadThe 65-point spread between offensive (84th) and defensive (19th) percentiles is extreme for a center. Elite offensive creation but defensive liability.
Career
Season-by-season NHL regular season statistics throughout Will Smith's career.
| Season | Team | GP | G | A | P | +/- | S | S% | PIM | PPG | TOI/G |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 26-272026-27 | SJS | 16 | 6 | 4 | 10 | -10 | 43 | 14.0% | |||
| 25-262025-26 | SJS | 69 | 24 | 35 | 59 | +1 | 166 | 14.5% | |||
| 24-252024-25 | SJS | 74 | 18 | 27 | 45 | -15 | 127 | 14.2% |
Form
Will's last five games played — playoff games included if his team advanced, since the NHL does not separate them here.
| Date | Opp | G | A | P | +/- | S | TOI |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Nov 2 | vs CGY | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 2 | 18:23 |
| Oct 31 | vs OTT | 0 | 0 | 0 | -2 | 3 | 17:10 |
| Oct 29 | vs VAN | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 17:44 |
| Oct 27 | vs BUF | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 2 | 16:20 |
| Oct 24 | @ BOS | 1 | 0 | 1 | -2 | 5 | 20:09 |
Similar centers
Same position, comparable 2026-27 projected rate and 2026-27 shot/power-play rate. Compare Will to another player
Roster
Top teammates by points on the San Jose Sharks this season.
Bars are share of unblocked attempts, where he chooses to shoot, over a full season, which is the stable part. xG/100 compares his shot quality from a zone against the league rate for a forward. GAx is goals above expected there, a single season and noisy, zones marked * are flagged small-sample by the generator and are shown muted rather than hidden.
| Career | — | 159 | 48 | 66 | 114 | -24 | 336 | 14.3% |
Mason Marchment
LW · 6 pts
