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Steve Smith

Position: D
Shoots: Left
Height: 6-4    Weight: 215 lbs.
Born: April 30, 1963 in Glasgow, United Kingdom

Drafted by the Edmonton Oilers in the 6th round (111th overall) of the 1981 NHL Entry Draft.

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Fan Ratings

Fine Details ▪ Last Updated Feb 12, 2012, 9:54AM
All-Time NHL Skater Rank: #377. Ulf Dahlen… #377. Bryan Smolinski… #379. STEVE SMITH… #380. Terry Harper… #381. Alexei Zhitnik… #381. Charlie Huddy… 

NHL Standard

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Season Age Tm Lg GP G A PTS GC +/- PIM EV PP SH GW S S% TOI ATOI
1984-85 21 EDM NHL 2 0 0 0 0 -2 2 0 0 0 0 3 0.0
1985-86 22 EDM NHL 55 4 20 24 8 30 166 3 1 0 1 74 5.4
1986-87 23 EDM NHL 62 7 15 22 8 11 165 5 2 0 1 71 9.9
1987-88 24 EDM NHL 79 12 43 55 18 40 286 7 5 0 1 116 10.3
1988-89 25 EDM NHL 35 3 19 22 7 5 97 3 0 0 0 47 6.4
1989-90 26 EDM NHL 75 7 34 41 13 6 171 4 3 0 1 125 5.6
1990-91 27 EDM NHL 77 13 41 54 18 14 193 9 4 0 2 114 11.4
1991-92 28 CHI NHL 76 9 21 30 11 23 304 6 3 0 1 153 5.9
1992-93 29 CHI NHL 78 10 47 57 18 12 214 2 7 1 2 212 4.7
1993-94 30 CHI NHL 57 5 22 27 9 -5 174 4 1 0 1 89 5.6
1994-95 31 CHI NHL 48 1 12 13 4 6 128 1 0 0 0 43 2.3
1995-96 32 CHI NHL 37 0 9 9 2 12 71 0 0 0 0 17 0.0
1996-97 33 CHI NHL 21 0 0 0 0 4 29 0 0 0 0 7 0.0
1998-99 35 CGY NHL 69 1 14 15 4 3 80 1 0 0 0 42 2.4 1556 22:33
1999-00 36 CGY NHL 20 0 4 4 1 -13 42 0 0 0 0 10 0.0 422 21:07
2000-01 37 CGY NHL 13 0 2 2 1 -2 17 0 0 0 0 3 0.0 247 18:60
Career NHL 804 72 303 375 121 144 2139 45 26 1 10 1126 6.4 2225 21:49

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
1984-85 21 EDM NHL 2 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 1.00 1.50 0 0 0 0 1 0 3 0 -2 0.0 0.0 -0.1
1985-86 22 EDM NHL 55 0.07 0.36 0.44 0.14 3.02 1.35 3 16 19 6 71 8 40 7 30 0.8 2.9 3.7
1986-87 23 EDM NHL 62 0.11 0.24 0.35 0.13 2.66 1.15 6 13 19 7 71 8 66 14 11 0.9 2.5 3.4
1987-88 24 EDM NHL 79 0.15 0.54 0.70 0.23 3.62 1.47 10 36 46 15 140 37 97 34 40 3.2 5.0 8.2
1988-89 25 EDM NHL 35 0.09 0.54 0.63 0.19 2.77 1.34 2 16 18 5 52 17 44 14 5 1.1 1.8 2.9
1989-90 26 EDM NHL 75 0.09 0.45 0.55 0.17 2.28 1.67 6 28 34 11 125 52 86 19 6 2.0 3.8 5.8
1990-91 27 EDM NHL 77 0.17 0.53 0.70 0.24 2.51 1.48 12 36 48 16 121 38 101 32 14 3.6 4.3 7.9
1991-92 28 CHI NHL 76 0.12 0.28 0.39 0.14 4.00 2.01 8 18 26 9 122 40 89 30 23 1.5 6.1 7.6
1992-93 29 CHI NHL 78 0.13 0.60 0.73 0.23 2.74 2.72 8 38 46 15 142 66 108 44 12 3.3 5.8 9.1
1993-94 30 CHI NHL 57 0.09 0.39 0.47 0.15 3.05 1.56 5 20 25 8 71 21 76 21 -5 1.5 2.8 4.3
1994-95 31 CHI NHL 48 0.02 0.25 0.27 0.08 2.67 0.90 2 21 23 7 47 9 50 18 6 0.3 3.3 3.5
1995-96 32 CHI NHL 37 0.00 0.24 0.24 0.07 1.92 0.46 0 9 9 2 39 4 40 17 12 0.1 2.6 2.6
1996-97 33 CHI NHL 21 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 1.38 0.33 0 0 0 0 15 0 17 6 4 -0.4 1.4 1.0
1998-99 35 CGY NHL 69 0.01 0.20 0.22 0.06 1.16 0.61 1 16 17 5 55 3 82 33 3 0.1 2.8 2.9
1999-00 36 CGY NHL 20 0.00 0.20 0.20 0.05 2.10 0.50 0 4 4 1 11 0 32 8 -13 0.0 -0.1 -0.2
2000-01 37 CGY NHL 13 0.00 0.15 0.15 0.04 1.31 0.23 0 2 2 1 6 0 10 2 -2 -0.1 0.4 0.4
Career NHL 804 0.09 0.38 0.47 0.15 2.66 1.40 63 273 336 109 1089 303 941 299 144 17.8 45.3 63.1

NHL Playoffs

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Season Age Tm Lg GP G A PTS GC +/- PIM EV PP SH GW S S% TOI ATOI
1985-86 22 EDM NHL 6 0 1 1 4 14 0 0 0 0 5 0.0
1986-87 23 EDM NHL SC 15 1 3 4 9 45 1 0 0 0 19 5.3
1987-88 24 EDM NHL SC 19 1 11 12 16 55 0 1 0 0 26 3.8
1988-89 25 EDM NHL 7 2 2 4 3 20 2 0 0 1 6 33.3
1989-90 26 EDM NHL SC 22 5 10 15 15 37 4 0 1 1 35 14.3
1990-91 27 EDM NHL 18 1 2 3 -8 45 0 1 0 0 30 3.3
1991-92 28 CHI NHL 18 1 11 12 12 16 0 1 0 0 37 2.7
1992-93 29 CHI NHL 4 0 0 0 -2 10 0 0 0 0 9 0.0
1994-95 31 CHI NHL 16 0 1 1 2 26 0 0 0 0 11 0.0
1995-96 32 CHI NHL 6 0 0 0 -2 16 0 0 0 0 3 0.0
1996-97 33 CHI NHL 3 0 0 0 0 4 0 0 0 0 3 0.0
Career NHL 3 134 11 41 52 49 288 7 3 1 2 184 6.0

Other Standard

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Season Age Team Lg GP G A PTS GC +/- PIM EV PP SH GW S S% TOI ATOI
1979-80 16 Fergus Green Machine ON-Jr.D 23 10 14 24 40
1980-81 17 London Knights OMJHL 62 4 12 16 141
1981-82 18 London Knights OHL 58 10 36 46 207
1982-83 19 London Knights OHL 50 6 35 41 133
1982-83 19 Moncton Alpines AHL 2 0 0 0 0
1983-84 20 Brantford Alexanders OHL 7 1 1 2 0
1983-84 20 Moncton Alpines AHL 64 1 8 9 176
1984-85 21 Nova Scotia Oilers AHL 68 2 28 30 161
1985-86 22 Nova Scotia Oilers AHL 4 0 2 2 11
1991-92 28 Canada Can-Cup 8 0 1 1 30
Career 4 Seasons AHL 138 3 38 41 348
Career 1 Season Can-Cup 8 0 1 1 30
Career 3 Seasons OHL 115 17 72 89 340
Career 1 Season OMJHL 62 4 12 16 141
Career 1 Season ON-Jr.D 23 10 14 24 40

Other Playoffs

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Season Age Team Lg GP G A PTS GC +/- PIM EV PP SH GW S S% TOI ATOI
1981-82 18 London Knights OHL 4 1 2 3 13
1982-83 19 London Knights OHL 3 1 0 1 10
1984-85 21 Nova Scotia Oilers AHL 5 0 3 3 40
Career 1 Season AHL 5 0 3 3 40
Career 2 Seasons OHL 7 2 2 4 23

Similarity Scores

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Thru 16 Years Adjusted Point Shares (Best to Worst)
Player 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16
Steve Smith 9.1 8.2 7.9 7.6 5.8 4.3 3.7 3.5 3.4 2.9 2.9 2.6 1.0 0.4 -0.1 -0.2
Rod Seiling 89.4 9.0 8.7 8.2 7.3 6.1 6.1 5.9 5.7 4.3 4.0 3.7 2.6 1.6 0.9 0.1 0.1
Mike O'Connell 89.0 9.8 9.2 7.8 7.5 6.4 6.4 5.1 4.3 4.3 3.9 2.3 2.3 0.5
Al Iafrate 88.8 10.2 9.5 7.4 6.9 5.9 4.9 4.7 3.8 3.8 3.2 2.5 1.7
Andre Dupont 88.6 8.4 7.8 7.4 6.9 5.3 4.8 4.7 4.1 3.6 3.4 2.9 2.5 0.7
Jim Neilson 88.1 8.9 8.4 8.3 7.5 6.1 4.9 4.7 4.3 3.9 3.6 3.4 2.9 2.7 2.3 2.3 1.5
Mike McEwen 87.5 8.2 8.0 7.4 6.7 6.0 5.4 3.8 3.3 3.2 3.2 2.9 0.6
Doug Crossman 86.8 8.1 7.9 6.8 6.6 6.0 5.7 5.5 5.2 4.7 4.3 2.6 2.4 1.7 0.1
Jerry Korab 86.6 9.9 8.9 7.9 7.7 7.1 7.1 5.8 4.7 4.2 3.7 3.3 3.0 2.8 1.9 1.3
Ott Heller 86.5 6.6 5.5 5.5 5.4 4.4 4.3 4.3 3.5 3.4 3.3 2.4 2.2 2.0 1.8 1.7
Oleg Tverdovsky 86.4 9.2 9.0 8.5 6.9 6.0 4.9 3.8 3.3 3.2 1.7 -0.1
Career Adjusted Point Shares (Best to Worst)
Player 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17
Steve Smith 9.1 8.2 7.9 7.6 5.8 4.3 3.7 3.5 3.4 2.9 2.9 2.6 1.0 0.4 -0.1 -0.2
Mike O'Connell 89.0 9.8 9.2 7.8 7.5 6.4 6.4 5.1 4.3 4.3 3.9 2.3 2.3 0.5
Al Iafrate 88.8 10.2 9.5 7.4 6.9 5.9 4.9 4.7 3.8 3.8 3.2 2.5 1.7
Andre Dupont 88.6 8.4 7.8 7.4 6.9 5.3 4.8 4.7 4.1 3.6 3.4 2.9 2.5 0.7
Rod Seiling 88.6 9.0 8.7 8.2 7.3 6.1 6.1 5.9 5.7 4.3 4.0 3.7 2.6 1.6 1.5 0.9 0.1 0.1
Jim Neilson 88.1 8.9 8.4 8.3 7.5 6.1 4.9 4.7 4.3 3.9 3.6 3.4 2.9 2.7 2.3 2.3 1.5
Mike McEwen 87.5 8.2 8.0 7.4 6.7 6.0 5.4 3.8 3.3 3.2 3.2 2.9 0.6
Doug Crossman 86.8 8.1 7.9 6.8 6.6 6.0 5.7 5.5 5.2 4.7 4.3 2.6 2.4 1.7 0.1
Jerry Korab 86.6 9.9 8.9 7.9 7.7 7.1 7.1 5.8 4.7 4.2 3.7 3.3 3.0 2.8 1.9 1.3
Ott Heller 86.5 6.6 5.5 5.5 5.4 4.4 4.3 4.3 3.5 3.4 3.3 2.4 2.2 2.0 1.8 1.7
Oleg Tverdovsky 86.4 9.2 9.0 8.5 6.9 6.0 4.9 3.8 3.3 3.2 1.7 -0.1

Appearances on Leaderboards, Awards, and Honors

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All-Star Games

1991 NHL

Championships

(Minimum 1 playoff game)

1987 Edmonton Oilers (NHL)
1988 Edmonton Oilers (NHL)
1990 Edmonton Oilers (NHL)

Games Played

1994-95 NHL 48 (5)

Plus/Minus

1987-88 NHL 40 (4)

Penalties in Minutes

1987-88 NHL 286 (10)
1991-92 NHL 304 (8)
Career NHL 2139 (42)

Power Play Goals On-Ice Against

1998-99 NHL 33 (10)

Defensive Point Shares

1987-88 NHL 5.0 (9)
1991-92 NHL 6.1 (2)
1992-93 NHL 5.8 (7)
  

Transactions

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October 2, 1991: Traded to Chicago by Edmonton for Dave Manson and Chicago's 3rd round choice (Kirk Maltby) in 1992 Entry Draft, October 2, 1991.

August 17, 1998: Signed as a free agent by Calgary, August 17, 1998.

January 12, 2000: Missed majority of 1999-2000 due to neck injury vs. Los Angeles, January 12, 2000.

December 7, 2000: Officially announced his retirement, December 7, 2000.

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