Alberts Smits
- Position
- Defence
- Age
- 18Dec 2, 2007
- Height
- 6'3"191 cm
- Weight
- 208 lbs94 kg
- Shoots
- Left
- Born
- Valmiera, LVA
- Nationality
- LVA
- Draft
- 2026 · Round 1 · 5th overall · NYR
Alberts Smits, New York Rangers defenceman, stats: this season, career totals, game log, recent trends and advanced metrics, plus players with a similar profile — from the NHL’s official data updated daily.
Trends
Points Per Game Trend
Contract
2026-27 cap $104.0MContract data not yet available.
Career
Born in Valmiera, LVA · Draft: 2026 · Round 1, pick 5 (#5 overall) · NYR · 1 NHL seasons
Regular season
- GP
- 14
- G
- 0
- A
- 0
- PTS
- 0
- +/-
- -4
Advanced stats 2026–27
Longer bar = better league rank (already flipped where lower is better). The tick marks the league median.
Physical
- Hits17#268 of 659
- Hits per game1.00#321 of 659
- Hits per 604.14#302 of 659
- Blocked shots10#282 of 659
- Takeaways2#372 of 659
- Giveaways13#346 of 659
Shooting & expected goals
- Expected goals (individual)0.68#526 of 659
- Expected goals per 600.17#563 of 659
- Goals above expected-0.68#459 of 659
- xG per shot (shot quality)0.062#389 of 659
- High-danger shots2#441 of 659
Possession (on ice)
- Corsi (shot attempt share)45.1%#514 of 659
- Corsi relative to team-5.1%#527 of 659
- Fenwick (unblocked share)43.9%#537 of 659
- PDO at 5v51.010#246 of 659
- Offensive zone starts47.6%#397 of 659
- Time on ice per game14:29#418 of 659
Ranks among 659 skaters with 5+ GP.
Tracking data
NHL EDGE puck and player tracking, 17 tracked games this season · updated Nov 7
Longer bar = better than more of the league’s skaters. The tick marks the middle of the league.
Territory
- Offensive-zone time while on the iceLeague avg 40.6%41.5%Beats 52%
- Offensive-zone time, even strengthLeague avg 41.0%41.7%Beats 43%
- Defensive-zone time (less is better)League avg 40.2%40.0%Beats 54%
Speed
- Top skating speedLeague avg 21.2 mph20.5 mphBeats 21%
- Skating bursts over 20 mphLeague avg 82Beats 22%
- Skating bursts over 22 mphLeague avg 00Beats 0%
- Average shot speedLeague avg 68.3 mph70.6 mphBeats 75%
- Hardest shotLeague avg 86.7 mph92.0 mphBeats 75%
Where the shots come from
Close = crease, low slot and net sides. Mid = high slot and faceoff circles. Long = points and outside the circles.
Schematic rink; area borders are approximate.
- Left corner: 0 shots
- Behind the net: 0 shots
- Right corner: 0 shots
- Left side of the net: 1 shots
- Crease: 1 shots
- Right side of the net: 0 shots
- Low slot: 0 shots
- Left circle: 3 shots
- Right circle: 0 shots
- High slot: 0 shots
- Outside left: 1 shots
- Outside right: 0 shots
- Left point: 1 shots
- Centre point: 0 shots
- Right point: 1 shots
- Neutral zone: 0 shots
- Beyond the red line: 0 shots
- Close-range shotsLeague avg 11Beats 76%
- Mid-range shotsLeague avg 33Beats 67%
- Long-range shotsLeague avg 82More than 23%
Source: NHL EDGE (api-web.nhle.com).
Faceoffs · 2026–27
Faceoff leaders →No faceoffs taken this season.
Game LogLast 10 games
Career Stats
| Season | Team | GP | G | A | PTS | +/- |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026-27 | NYR | 14 | 0 | 0 | 0 | -4 |
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