GRIT & GF
Reilly Smith

Vegas Golden Knights, Right wing

Reilly Smith

  • Steady
  • Depth
Points, 2025–26
26
16 G, 10 A in 69 GP
Individual xG
11.2
16 goals from it
Ice time per game
13:41
95 shots on goal
xGF% at 5v5
49.5
share of chances while he's on

Reilly Smith has 16 goals and 10 assists (26 points) in 69 games for the Vegas Golden Knights in 2025–26, with 95 shots on goal and 13:41 of ice time a game. His Grit & GF rating for 2025–26 is 7.7 out of 100.

GRIT & GF

2025-26

7.7050100
Rated above 1% of forwards
Goals above average
−6.2
Wins
−1.03
Physicality1thGF18thIntimidation7thChemistry33thClutch70th

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 0.4% of 531 rated players

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Clutch

+0.38 SD · 70th 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.0.0470th pct
  • Close-and-late ice timeminutesThe sample behind the clutch number.18864th pct

Percentiles are against 531 rated forwards in 2025-26, on 916 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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Game notes

Written the morning after from the night's stats, for games where he did something worth a sentence.

  1. vs SEA

    Wednesday, April 15

    Big night

    Reilly Smith had three points, two goals and one assist. He has 16 goals this season. He played 13:10 and had five shots on goal. The Golden Knights beat the Kraken 4-1.

  2. vs CBJ

    Thursday, January 8

    Two goals

    Reilly Smith had two goals. He has 8 goals this season. He played 14:21 and had two shots on goal. The Golden Knights beat the Blue Jackets 5-3.

  3. at SJS

    Thursday, October 9

    Overtime winner

    Reilly Smith won it in overtime. That was his first goal of the season. He played 13:21 and had three shots on goal. It finished 4-3 for the Golden Knights in overtime.

Player card

Percentile among 476 forwards with enough games this season. 50 is the median.

Scoring

  • Ice time per game13:41
    41
  • Points per 601.65
    44
  • Goals per 601.02
    74
  • Individual xG per 600.71
    34
  • Shots per 606.0
    48

5-on-5 play

  • xG for per 60, on ice2.43
    47
  • xG against per 60, on ice2.48
    54
  • xGF%49.5%
    51

Physical

  • Hits per 601.6
    17
  • Blocks per 600.9
    2
  • Penalty minutes per 600.3
    98

Who he plays with

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

LinematesGamesTOIShot attemptsxGGoalsxG share
Mitch Marner, Pavel Dorofeyev31164:24156–1317.2–6.87–452%
Brandon Saad, Brett Howden1363:4862–712.6–2.63–150%
Tomas Hertl, Keegan Kolesar3654:1162–492.1–2.10–350%
Tomas Hertl, Colton Sissons1354:0060–382.8–1.42–366%
Brandon Saad, William Karlsson744:4048–511.7–2.00–245%
Brett Howden, Braeden Bowman1141:4832–362.1–1.63–656%
William Karlsson, Alexander Holtz539:1841–391.5–1.11–157%
Tomas Hertl, Pavel Dorofeyev4238:3734–401.3–1.41–248%

Where he shoots from

His unblocked shots this season, attacking right. 16 goals from 135 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
0.000.200.400.60
03-0306-14

By season

SeasonGPGAPSOGixGTOI/GPHitsBlkxGF% 5v5
2025–26691610269511.213:41251449.5
2024–257913274012913.815:26484751.1
2023–247613274015220.016:08553452.9

Last 20 games

DateTOIGASOGixGHitsBlkPIM
2026-06-149:210000.00300
2026-05-019:260010.11000
2026-04-2914:550120.25002
2026-04-2717:380010.11100
2026-04-2413:560100.16300
2026-04-2110:390010.13000
2026-04-1911:250050.14110
2026-04-1513:102150.48010
2026-04-1314:131030.40000
2026-04-0411:030020.00000
2026-04-0213:400010.00000
2026-03-3013:101050.52000
2026-03-289:240010.19000
2026-03-2613:420000.00100
2026-03-2412:540020.18000
2026-03-2214:481020.26100
2026-03-1011:320000.00000
2026-03-0611:310020.09000
2026-03-049:121010.19000
2026-03-0319:040120.25200