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Greg Smith

Position: D
Shoots: Left
Height: 6-0    Weight: 195 lbs.
Born: July 8, 1955 in Ponoka, Alberta

Drafted by the California Golden Seals in the 4th round (57th overall) of the 1975 NHL Amateur Draft.

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NHL Standard

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Season Age Tm Lg GP G A PTS GC +/- PIM EV PP SH GW S S% TOI ATOI
1975-76 20 CGS NHL 1 0 1 1 0 -1 2 0 0 0 0 1 0.0
1976-77 21 CLE NHL 74 9 17 26 10 -31 65 5 4 0 2 128 7.0
1977-78 22 CLE NHL 80 7 30 37 12 -26 92 5 2 0 0 148 4.7
1978-79 23 MNS NHL 80 5 27 32 10 -21 147 4 1 0 1 193 2.6
1979-80 24 MNS NHL 55 5 13 18 6 -1 103 3 1 1 1 91 5.5
1980-81 25 MNS NHL 74 5 21 26 9 7 126 4 1 0 1 99 5.1
1981-82 26 DET NHL 69 10 22 32 12 -22 79 8 2 0 1 154 6.5
1982-83 27 DET NHL 73 4 26 30 9 7 79 4 0 0 0 92 4.3
1983-84 28 DET NHL 75 3 20 23 7 6 108 3 0 0 1 63 4.8
1984-85 29 DET NHL 73 2 18 20 6 -26 117 2 0 0 0 54 3.7
1985-86 30 TOT NHL 76 5 22 27 9 -11 94 5 0 0 0 59 8.5
1985-86 30 DET NHL 62 5 19 24 8 -14 84 5 0 0 0 53 9.4
1985-86 30 WSH NHL 14 0 3 3 1 3 10 0 0 0 0 6 0.0
1986-87 31 WSH NHL 45 0 9 9 2 -6 31 0 0 0 0 30 0.0
1987-88 32 WSH NHL 54 1 6 7 2 5 67 1 0 0 0 31 3.2
Career NHL 829 56 232 288 95 -120 1110 44 11 1 7 1143 4.9

NHL Miscellaneous

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Per Game Adjusted Plus/Minus Point Shares
Season Age Tm Lg GP G A PTS GC PIM S G A PTS GC TGF PGF TGA PGA +/- OPS DPS PS
1975-76 20 CGS NHL 1 0.00 1.00 1.00 0.28 2.00 1.00 0 1 1 0 1 1 1 0 -1 0.1 0.0 0.1
1976-77 21 CLE NHL 74 0.12 0.23 0.35 0.13 0.88 1.73 8 15 23 8 64 21 86 12 -31 1.3 2.8 4.1
1977-78 22 CLE NHL 80 0.09 0.38 0.46 0.15 1.15 1.85 6 27 33 11 119 24 158 37 -26 1.9 2.6 4.6
1978-79 23 MNS NHL 80 0.06 0.34 0.40 0.13 1.84 2.41 4 23 27 8 99 14 127 21 -21 1.2 3.8 5.0
1979-80 24 MNS NHL 55 0.09 0.24 0.33 0.12 1.87 1.65 4 11 15 5 63 10 62 8 -1 0.7 3.0 3.6
1980-81 25 MNS NHL 74 0.07 0.28 0.35 0.12 1.70 1.34 4 16 20 7 83 8 96 28 7 0.7 5.1 5.8
1981-82 26 DET NHL 69 0.14 0.32 0.46 0.17 1.14 2.23 7 16 23 8 99 10 143 32 -22 1.5 2.9 4.4
1982-83 27 DET NHL 73 0.05 0.36 0.41 0.13 1.08 1.26 3 21 24 7 100 4 123 34 7 1.0 4.1 5.1
1983-84 28 DET NHL 75 0.04 0.27 0.31 0.10 1.44 0.84 2 16 18 5 83 2 100 25 6 0.3 4.2 4.5
1984-85 29 DET NHL 73 0.03 0.25 0.27 0.08 1.60 0.74 2 14 16 5 61 4 115 32 -26 0.1 1.7 1.8
1985-86 30 TOT NHL 76 0.07 0.29 0.36 0.12 1.24 0.78 4 17 21 7 68 9 113 43 -11 0.7 3.2 3.9
1985-86 30 DET NHL 62 0.08 0.31 0.39 0.13 1.35 0.85 4 15 19 6 55 8 100 39 -14 0.8 2.3 3.0
1985-86 30 WSH NHL 14 0.00 0.21 0.21 0.06 0.71 0.43 0 2 2 1 13 1 13 4 3 -0.1 1.0 0.9
1986-87 31 WSH NHL 45 0.00 0.20 0.20 0.05 0.69 0.67 0 8 8 2 32 3 43 8 -6 -0.2 2.1 1.9
1987-88 32 WSH NHL 54 0.02 0.11 0.13 0.04 1.24 0.57 1 5 6 2 36 1 42 12 5 -0.5 3.6 3.1
Career NHL 829 0.07 0.28 0.35 0.11 1.34 1.38 45 190 235 76 908 111 1209 292 -120 8.6 39.2 47.7

NHL Playoffs

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Season Age Tm Lg GP G A PTS GC +/- PIM EV PP SH GW S S% TOI ATOI
1979-80 24 MNS NHL 12 0 1 1 9 0 0 0 0
1980-81 25 MNS NHL 19 1 5 6 39 0 0 1 0
1983-84 28 DET NHL 4 1 0 1 -2 8 1 0 0 0 9 11.1
1984-85 29 DET NHL 3 0 0 0 0 7 0 0 0 0 2 0.0
1985-86 30 WSH NHL 9 2 1 3 4 9 1 0 1 0 8 25.0
1986-87 31 WSH NHL 7 0 0 0 1 11 0 0 0 0 2 0.0
1987-88 32 WSH NHL 9 0 0 0 -1 23 0 0 0 0 5 0.0
Career NHL 63 4 7 11 2 106 2 0 2 0 26 11.5

Other Standard

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Season Age Team Lg GP G A PTS GC +/- PIM EV PP SH GW S S% TOI ATOI
1973-74 18 Colorado College WCHA 31 7 13 20 80
1974-75 19 Colorado College WCHA 36 10 24 34 75
1975-76 20 Colorado College WCHA 34 18 19 37 123
1975-76 20 Salt Lake Golden Eagles CHL 5 0 2 2 2
1976-77 21 Canada WEC-A 10 1 1 2 4
1978-79 23 Canada WEC-A 5 0 0 0 12
Career 1 Season CHL 5 0 2 2 2
Career 3 Seasons WCHA 101 35 56 91 278
Career 2 Seasons WEC-A 15 1 1 2 16

Other Playoffs

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Season Age Team Lg GP G A PTS GC +/- PIM EV PP SH GW S S% TOI ATOI
1975-76 20 Salt Lake Golden Eagles CHL 5 1 2 3 4
Career 1 Season CHL 5 1 2 3 4

Similarity Scores

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Thru 13 Years Adjusted Point Shares (Best to Worst)
Player 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13
Greg Smith 5.8 5.1 5.0 4.6 4.5 4.4 4.1 3.9 3.6 3.1 1.9 1.8 0.1
Bob Rouse 94.5 5.2 4.5 4.3 4.1 4.0 3.8 3.8 3.2 3.0 3.0 2.2 1.4 0.0
Jason Smith 94.1 5.7 5.1 4.8 4.8 4.0 4.0 4.0 3.3 3.3 2.9 1.8 1.3 -0.1
Bret Hedican 93.8 5.2 5.0 4.9 4.7 4.3 3.8 3.7 3.1 2.8 2.5 2.3 2.1 0.3
Curt Giles 93.4 5.7 5.2 5.1 4.8 4.8 4.4 4.0 4.0 3.8 3.7 1.6 1.4 0.4
Ruslan Salei 93.4 5.4 4.9 4.7 4.5 4.1 4.1 4.0 3.9 3.8 3.3 1.2 0.8 0.3
Randy Moller 93.1 6.3 5.1 4.8 4.6 4.5 4.0 3.8 3.6 3.5 2.7 2.1 1.7 0.7
Lee Fogolin 92.7 5.7 5.0 5.0 4.8 4.6 4.2 3.6 3.2 3.1 2.9 2.7 1.7 0.9
Sylvain Lefebvre 92.4 5.8 5.2 5.0 4.8 4.7 4.6 4.4 3.7 3.4 2.8 2.4 2.3 0.5
Warren Godfrey 92.2 5.0 4.7 4.7 4.4 4.3 4.2 4.2 4.1 3.9 3.7 1.4 0.6 0.1
Leo Boivin 92.2 5.1 5.0 4.8 4.8 4.7 4.6 4.3 4.1 3.7 2.8 2.1 1.8 0.2
Career Adjusted Point Shares (Best to Worst)
Player 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16
Greg Smith 5.8 5.1 5.0 4.6 4.5 4.4 4.1 3.9 3.6 3.1 1.9 1.8 0.1
Ruslan Salei 93.7 5.4 4.9 4.7 4.5 4.1 4.1 4.0 3.9 3.8 3.3 2.1 1.2 0.8 0.3
Randy Moller 93.1 6.3 5.1 4.8 4.6 4.5 4.0 3.8 3.6 3.5 2.7 2.1 1.7 0.7
Lee Fogolin 92.7 5.7 5.0 5.0 4.8 4.6 4.2 3.6 3.2 3.1 2.9 2.7 1.7 0.9
Curt Giles 92.6 5.7 5.2 5.1 4.8 4.8 4.4 4.0 4.0 3.8 3.7 2.0 1.6 1.4 0.4
Sylvain Lefebvre 92.3 5.8 5.2 5.0 4.8 4.7 4.6 4.4 3.7 3.4 2.8 2.4 2.3 0.5 0.1
Jason Smith 92.2 5.7 5.1 4.8 4.8 4.0 4.0 4.0 3.3 3.3 2.9 2.1 1.8 1.4 1.3 -0.1
Warren Godfrey 92.0 5.0 4.7 4.7 4.4 4.3 4.2 4.2 4.1 3.9 3.7 1.6 1.4 1.0 0.6 0.1 0.0
Don Awrey 91.6 5.2 5.0 4.9 4.7 4.5 4.3 4.1 4.0 3.7 2.8 2.6 1.7 1.4 1.0 0.6 0.3
Steve Konroyd 91.4 5.6 5.5 4.3 4.2 3.9 3.9 3.9 3.8 2.9 2.9 2.7 1.9 0.4 0.1 0.0
Gilles Marotte 90.6 6.5 6.2 5.4 5.0 5.0 4.7 4.6 4.1 3.7 3.1 2.6 1.8

Appearances on Leaderboards, Awards, and Honors

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Games Played

1977-78 NHL 80 (3)
1978-79 NHL 80 (1)

Total Goals On-Ice Against

1977-78 NHL 158 (2)
1978-79 NHL 127 (10)
1981-82 NHL 143 (8)
Career NHL 1209 (100)

Power Play Goals On-Ice Against

1977-78 NHL 37 (7)

Transactions

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March, 1975: Signed as a free agent by California, March, 1975.

August 26, 1976: Transferred to Cleveland after California franchise relocated, August 26, 1976.

June 15, 1978: Protected by Minnesota prior to Cleveland-Minnesota Dispersal Draft, June 15, 1978.

August 21, 1981: Traded to Detroit by Minnesota with the rights to Don Murdoch and Minnesota's 1st round choice (Murray Craven) in 1982 Entry Draft for Detroit's 1st round choice (Brian Bellows) in 1982 Entry Draft, August 21, 1981.

March 10, 1986: Traded to Washington by Detroit with John Barrett for Darren Veitch, March 10, 1986.

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