GRIT & GF
Brendan Smith

Columbus Blue Jackets, Defence

Brendan Smith

  • Edgy
  • Physical
Points, 2025–26
2
0 G, 2 A in 15 GP
Individual xG
0.4
0 goals from it
Ice time per game
11:05
10 shots on goal
xGF% at 5v5
43.9
share of chances while he's on

Brendan Smith has 0 goals and 2 assists (2 points) in 15 games for the Columbus Blue Jackets in 2025–26, with 10 shots on goal and 11:05 of ice time a game. His Grit & GF rating for 2025–26 is 7.6 out of 100, provisional until he has 15 to 20 games.

15 games in. The methodology requires 15 to 20 games to be accurate, so this season's rating still leans on the league average for his position and will move.

GRIT & GF

2025-26

7.6050100
Rated above 23% of defencemen
Goals above average
−0.6
Wins
−0.09
Physicality29thGF21thIntimidation46thChemistry37thClutch73th

Where the rating comes from

Weight × score in standard deviations. They sum to −0.83, which the normal curve turns into the rating.

Your weights

Under these weights he ranks above 22.4% of 281 rated players

The default weights are our call. Set your own; they get rescaled to add up to 100%.

Clutch

+0.50 SD · 73th percentile · weight 0%

His team's expected-goal differential with him on the ice in the third period or overtime of a one-goal game, against his own usual rate. Not counted in the rating since grit-0.5: it didn't repeat from season to season, so it was mostly luck.

  • Close-and-late liftxGD per 60Heavily shrunk: close-and-late minutes are scarce.0.0773th pct
  • Close-and-late ice timeminutesThe sample behind the clutch number.3211th pct

Percentiles are against 281 rated defencemen in 2025-26, on 154 minutes of his 5-on-5 time. Hits, blocks and takeaways count toward the rating and are worth zero goals until a study shows otherwise. Model grit-0.5.

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Percentile among 239 defencemen with enough games this season. He hasn't played enough yet to be ranked, so treat these as early. 50 is the median.

Scoring

  • Ice time per game11:05
    1
  • Points per 600.72
    32
  • Goals per 600.00
    6
  • Individual xG per 600.14
    28
  • Shots per 603.6
    51

5-on-5 play

  • xG for per 60, on ice2.16
    13
  • xG against per 60, on ice2.76
    21
  • xGF%43.9%
    10

Physical

  • Hits per 604.3
    73
  • Blocks per 604.0
    46
  • Penalty minutes per 604.0
    7

Who he plays with

His most-used defence partners at 5-on-5 this season, with what happened while they were out together.

PartnerGamesTOIShot attemptsxGGoalsxG share
Dante Fabbro15109:4181–1083.8–5.13–643%
Jake Christiansen322:5321–190.5–1.10–032%
Damon Severson116:537–80.4–0.51–046%
Ivan Provorov125:143–70.1–0.31–036%
Zach Werenski114:377–30.2–0.10–064%
Denton Mateychuk113:297–20.4–0.00–0100%

Where he shoots from

His unblocked shots this season, attacking right. 0 goals from 10 attempts.

GoalShot or miss

Last 20 games

Columns are his individual expected goals, the quality of his own chances. Dots are goals he scored.

ixGGoal
0.000.100.200.30
03-1412-29

By season

SeasonGPGAPSOGixGTOI/GPHitsBlkxGF% 5v5
2025–2615022100.411:05121143.9
2024–2532156271.513:13412346.6
2023–246351015603.716:0611710347.9

Last 20 games

DateTOIGASOGixGHitsBlkPIM
2025-12-2912:360000.00020
2025-12-2812:150000.00020
2025-12-2211:590000.00110
2025-12-2010:070020.22000
2025-12-1810:240000.00010
2025-12-1610:180000.00030
2025-12-1311:120010.05202
2025-12-1110:280000.00000
2025-12-0911:350000.00100
2025-12-079:240020.01100
2025-12-0611:090110.03200
2025-12-048:480000.00202
2025-12-0111:060000.00117
2025-11-2813:540120.05110
2025-11-2610:550020.05100
2025-04-1615:310000.08212
2025-04-1416:460110.00110
2025-04-1216:551030.00200
2025-03-2911:030000.00010
2025-03-1415:170010.13110