Craig Smith

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Craig Smith was a right wing. Born September 5, 1989 in Madison, Wisconsin, the United States, he stood 6'1", weighed 203 lbs and shot right. He was drafted in 2009 (round 4, 98th overall) by the Nashville Predators. In 987 NHL regular-season games he had 220 goals and 232 assists for 452 points.

NHL regular-season career

Games

987

Goals

220

Assists

232

Points

452

NHL playoff career

Games

83

Goals

9

Assists

14

Points

23

NHL career scoring rates

Goals / game

0.22

Assists / game

0.24

Points / game

0.46

Shots / game

2.35

Regular-season career totals divided by games played. Missing values stay blank.

NHL season record highs

Highest supplied regular-season team records. Split-team seasons are kept separate; these are not combined season totals. Ties show one recorded season.

Goals

25

2017–18 · Nashville Predators

Assists

28

2013–14 · Nashville Predators

Points

52

2013–14 · Nashville Predators

Shots

252

2014–15 · Nashville Predators

Teams & leagues through the years

Every team and league recorded in this player's supplied season history, including junior, minor-league and international appearances. Multiple teams in a season are listed together; transfer dates and their order are not supplied.

1. 2024–25

   • Chicago BlackhawksNHL
   • Detroit Red WingsNHL

2. 2023–24

   • Dallas StarsNHL

3. 2022–23

   • Boston BruinsNHL
   • Washington CapitalsNHL

4. 2021–22

   • Boston BruinsNHL

5. 2020–21

   • Boston BruinsNHL

6. 2019–20

   • Nashville PredatorsNHL

7. 2018–19

   • Nashville PredatorsNHL

8. 2017–18

   • Nashville PredatorsNHL

9. 2016–17

   • Nashville PredatorsNHL

10. 2015–16

    • Nashville PredatorsNHL

11. 2014–15

    • Nashville PredatorsNHL

12. 2013–14

    • Nashville PredatorsNHL
    • USAWC-A

13. 2012–13

    • MilwaukeeAHL
    • KalPaFinland
    • Nashville PredatorsNHL
    • USAWC-A

14. 2011–12

    • Nashville PredatorsNHL
    • USAWC-A

15. 2010–11

    • USAWC-A
    • U. of WisconsinWCHA

16. 2009–10

    • U. Of WisconsinWCHA

17. 2008–09

    • WaterlooUSHL

18. 2007–08

    • WaterlooUSHL

19. 2006–07

    • WaterlooUSHL

20. 2005–06

    • Madison LancersHigh-WI

21. 2004–05

    • Madison LancersHigh-WI

Coverage follows NHL's published player record. Earlier youth teams, loans, transfers and seasons absent from that source may be missing. A missing season does not imply the player was inactive.

Season-by-season history

All seasons and leagues supplied by the NHL player feed. NHL, junior and minor-league rows stay separate; this is not a guarantee of every game in a player's career.

Scroll across the table for all columns. Open “All stats” on any season for its complete supplied record.

Season	League	Team	Type	GP	G	A	PTS	PIM	+/−	Shots	PPG	PPP	SHG	SHP	GWG	OTG
2024–25	NHL	Chicago Blackhawks	Regular	40	9	7	16	28	-7	74	2	2	0	0	1	0	All stats Assists 7 Avg Toi 11:39 Faceoff Winning Pctg 0.35 Game Winning Goals 1 Games Played 40 Goals 9 Ot Goals 0 Pim 28 Plus Minus -7 Points 16 Power Play Goals 2 Power Play Points 2 Shooting Pctg 0.1216 Shorthanded Goals 0 Shorthanded Points 0 Shots 74
2024–25	NHL	Detroit Red Wings	Regular	19	0	2	2	6	-2	16	0	0	0	0	0	0	All stats Assists 2 Avg Toi 10:40 Faceoff Winning Pctg 0.3333 Game Winning Goals 0 Games Played 19 Goals 0 Ot Goals 0 Pim 6 Plus Minus -2 Points 2 Power Play Goals 0 Power Play Points 0 Shooting Pctg 0 Shorthanded Goals 0 Shorthanded Points 0 Shots 16
2023–24	NHL	Dallas Stars	Regular	75	11	9	20	33	2	112	0	0	0	0	2	0	All stats Assists 9 Avg Toi 10:13 Faceoff Winning Pctg 0.25 Game Winning Goals 2 Games Played 75 Goals 11 Ot Goals 0 Pim 33 Plus Minus 2 Points 20 Power Play Goals 0 Power Play Points 0 Shooting Pctg 0.0982 Shorthanded Goals 0 Shorthanded Points 0 Shots 112
2023–24	NHL	Dallas Stars	Playoffs	14	0	2	2	2	-2	14	0	0	0	0	0	0	All stats Assists 2 Avg Toi 11:14 Faceoff Winning Pctg 0.4444 Game Winning Goals 0 Games Played 14 Goals 0 Ot Goals 0 Pim 2 Plus Minus -2 Points 2 Power Play Goals 0 Power Play Points 0 Shooting Pctg 0 Shorthanded Goals 0 Shorthanded Points 0 Shots 14
2022–23	NHL	Boston Bruins	Regular	42	4	6	10	14	4	51	0	1	0	0	0	0	All stats Assists 6 Avg Toi 10:15 Faceoff Winning Pctg 0.1667 Game Winning Goals 0 Games Played 42 Goals 4 Ot Goals 0 Pim 14 Plus Minus 4 Points 10 Power Play Goals 0 Power Play Points 1 Shooting Pctg 0.0784 Shorthanded Goals 0 Shorthanded Points 0 Shots 51
2022–23	NHL	Washington Capitals	Regular	22	5	1	6	4	1	53	0	0	0	0	2	0	All stats Assists 1 Avg Toi 12:26 Faceoff Winning Pctg 0.3333 Game Winning Goals 2 Games Played 22 Goals 5 Ot Goals 0 Pim 4 Plus Minus 1 Points 6 Power Play Goals 0 Power Play Points 0 Shooting Pctg 0.0943 Shorthanded Goals 0 Shorthanded Points 0 Shots 53
2021–22	NHL	Boston Bruins	Regular	74	16	20	36	28	2	187	0	4	0	0	1	0	All stats Assists 20 Avg Toi 14:25 Faceoff Winning Pctg 0.3333 Game Winning Goals 1 Games Played 74 Goals 16 Ot Goals 0 Pim 28 Plus Minus 2 Points 36 Power Play Goals 0 Power Play Points 4 Shooting Pctg 0.086 Shorthanded Goals 0 Shorthanded Points 0 Shots 187
2021–22	NHL	Boston Bruins	Playoffs	7	0	0	0	2	-5	13	0	0	0	0	0	0	All stats Assists 0 Avg Toi 11:51 Faceoff Winning Pctg 0 Game Winning Goals 0 Games Played 7 Goals 0 Ot Goals 0 Pim 2 Plus Minus -5 Points 0 Power Play Goals 0 Power Play Points 0 Shooting Pctg 0 Shorthanded Goals 0 Shorthanded Points 0 Shots 13
2020–21	NHL	Boston Bruins	Regular	54	13	19	32	18	21	132	4	6	0	0	4	1	All stats Assists 19 Avg Toi 14:53 Faceoff Winning Pctg 0.4348 Game Winning Goals 4 Games Played 54 Goals 13 Ot Goals 1 Pim 18 Plus Minus 21 Points 32 Power Play Goals 4 Power Play Points 6 Shooting Pctg 0.098 Shorthanded Goals 0 Shorthanded Points 0 Shots 132
2020–21	NHL	Boston Bruins	Playoffs	10	2	3	5	4	0	21	0	0	0	0	1	1	All stats Assists 3 Avg Toi 16:13 Faceoff Winning Pctg 0.4444 Game Winning Goals 1 Games Played 10 Goals 2 Ot Goals 1 Pim 4 Plus Minus 0 Points 5 Power Play Goals 0 Power Play Points 0 Shooting Pctg 0.095 Shorthanded Goals 0 Shorthanded Points 0 Shots 21
2019–20	NHL	Nashville Predators	Regular	69	18	13	31	34	18	184	4	7	0	0	2	0	All stats Assists 13 Avg Toi 13:25 Faceoff Winning Pctg 0.4828 Game Winning Goals 2 Games Played 69 Goals 18 Ot Goals 0 Pim 34 Plus Minus 18 Points 31 Power Play Goals 4 Power Play Points 7 Shooting Pctg 0.098 Shorthanded Goals 0 Shorthanded Points 0 Shots 184
2019–20	NHL	Nashville Predators	Playoffs	4	0	0	0	2	-4	13	0	0	0	0	0	0	All stats Assists 0 Avg Toi 12:49 Faceoff Winning Pctg 0 Game Winning Goals 0 Games Played 4 Goals 0 Ot Goals 0 Pim 2 Plus Minus -4 Points 0 Power Play Goals 0 Power Play Points 0 Shooting Pctg 0 Shorthanded Goals 0 Shorthanded Points 0 Shots 13
2018–19	NHL	Nashville Predators	Regular	76	21	17	38	20	11	205	4	8	0	0	2	0	All stats Assists 17 Avg Toi 15:08 Faceoff Winning Pctg 0.4815 Game Winning Goals 2 Games Played 76 Goals 21 Ot Goals 0 Pim 20 Plus Minus 11 Points 38 Power Play Goals 4 Power Play Points 8 Shooting Pctg 0.1024 Shorthanded Goals 0 Shorthanded Points 0 Shots 205
2018–19	NHL	Nashville Predators	Playoffs	6	1	0	1	2	0	16	0	0	0	0	1	1	All stats Assists 0 Avg Toi 14:06 Faceoff Winning Pctg 0 Game Winning Goals 1 Games Played 6 Goals 1 Ot Goals 1 Pim 2 Plus Minus 0 Points 1 Power Play Goals 0 Power Play Points 0 Shooting Pctg 0.0625 Shorthanded Goals 0 Shorthanded Points 0 Shots 16
2017–18	NHL	Nashville Predators	Regular	79	25	26	51	24	20	229	9	14	0	0	2	0	All stats Assists 26 Avg Toi 15:23 Faceoff Winning Pctg 0.4255 Game Winning Goals 2 Games Played 79 Goals 25 Ot Goals 0 Pim 24 Plus Minus 20 Points 51 Power Play Goals 9 Power Play Points 14 Shooting Pctg 0.1092 Shorthanded Goals 0 Shorthanded Points 0 Shots 229
2017–18	NHL	Nashville Predators	Playoffs	13	2	2	4	2	-3	32	1	1	0	0	1	0	All stats Assists 2 Avg Toi 15:43 Faceoff Winning Pctg 0.5 Game Winning Goals 1 Games Played 13 Goals 2 Ot Goals 0 Pim 2 Plus Minus -3 Points 4 Power Play Goals 1 Power Play Points 1 Shooting Pctg 0.0625 Shorthanded Goals 0 Shorthanded Points 0 Shots 32
2016–17	NHL	Nashville Predators	Regular	78	12	17	29	30	7	155	2	3	0	0	1	0	All stats Assists 17 Avg Toi 13:49 Faceoff Winning Pctg 0.4595 Game Winning Goals 1 Games Played 78 Goals 12 Ot Goals 0 Pim 30 Plus Minus 7 Points 29 Power Play Goals 2 Power Play Points 3 Shooting Pctg 0.0774 Shorthanded Goals 0 Shorthanded Points 0 Shots 155
2016–17	NHL	Nashville Predators	Playoffs	10	1	2	3	2	2	21	0	0	0	0	0	0	All stats Assists 2 Avg Toi 12:50 Faceoff Winning Pctg 0 Game Winning Goals 0 Games Played 10 Goals 1 Ot Goals 0 Pim 2 Plus Minus 2 Points 3 Power Play Goals 0 Power Play Points 0 Shooting Pctg 0.0476 Shorthanded Goals 0 Shorthanded Points 0 Shots 21
2015–16	NHL	Nashville Predators	Regular	82	21	16	37	40	4	199	2	5	0	0	6	0	All stats Assists 16 Avg Toi 15:11 Faceoff Winning Pctg 0.3304 Game Winning Goals 6 Games Played 82 Goals 21 Ot Goals 0 Pim 40 Plus Minus 4 Points 37 Power Play Goals 2 Power Play Points 5 Shooting Pctg 0.1055 Shorthanded Goals 0 Shorthanded Points 0 Shots 199
2015–16	NHL	Nashville Predators	Playoffs	11	1	1	2	4	1	31	0	0	0	0	0	0	All stats Assists 1 Avg Toi 15:17 Faceoff Winning Pctg 0.2941 Game Winning Goals 0 Games Played 11 Goals 1 Ot Goals 0 Pim 4 Plus Minus 1 Points 2 Power Play Goals 0 Power Play Points 0 Shooting Pctg 0.0323 Shorthanded Goals 0 Shorthanded Points 0 Shots 31
2014–15	NHL	Nashville Predators	Regular	82	23	21	44	44	11	252	6	9	0	0	4	1	All stats Assists 21 Avg Toi 15:44 Faceoff Winning Pctg 0.4 Game Winning Goals 4 Games Played 82 Goals 23 Ot Goals 1 Pim 44 Plus Minus 11 Points 44 Power Play Goals 6 Power Play Points 9 Shooting Pctg 0.0913 Shorthanded Goals 0 Shorthanded Points 0 Shots 252
2014–15	NHL	Nashville Predators	Playoffs	6	2	3	5	0	2	33	0	1	0	0	1	0	All stats Assists 3 Avg Toi 20:34 Faceoff Winning Pctg 0.3571 Game Winning Goals 1 Games Played 6 Goals 2 Ot Goals 0 Pim 0 Plus Minus 2 Points 5 Power Play Goals 0 Power Play Points 1 Shooting Pctg 0.0606 Shorthanded Goals 0 Shorthanded Points 0 Shots 33
2013–14	NHL	Nashville Predators	Regular	79	24	28	52	22	16	215	7	10	0	0	4	1	All stats Assists 28 Avg Toi 16:24 Faceoff Winning Pctg 0.1579 Game Winning Goals 4 Games Played 79 Goals 24 Ot Goals 1 Pim 22 Plus Minus 16 Points 52 Power Play Goals 7 Power Play Points 10 Shooting Pctg 0.1116 Shorthanded Goals 0 Shorthanded Points 0 Shots 215
2013–14	WC-A	USA	Regular	7	3	4	7	10	1	33	2	—	0	—	0	—	All stats Assists 4 Game Winning Goals 0 Games Played 7 Goals 3 Pim 10 Plus Minus 1 Points 7 Power Play Goals 2 Shorthanded Goals 0 Shots 33
2012–13	AHL	Milwaukee	Regular	4	1	4	5	0	1	18	1	—	0	—	1	—	All stats Assists 4 Game Winning Goals 1 Games Played 4 Goals 1 Pim 0 Plus Minus 1 Points 5 Power Play Goals 1 Shooting Pctg 5.56 Shorthanded Goals 0 Shots 18
2012–13	Finland	KalPa	Regular	8	4	4	8	20	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	All stats Assists 4 Games Played 8 Goals 4 Pim 20 Points 8
2012–13	NHL	Nashville Predators	Regular	44	4	8	12	20	-11	83	2	7	0	0	0	0	All stats Assists 8 Avg Toi 13:51 Faceoff Winning Pctg 0.395 Game Winning Goals 0 Games Played 44 Goals 4 Ot Goals 0 Pim 20 Plus Minus -11 Points 12 Power Play Goals 2 Power Play Points 7 Shooting Pctg 0.0482 Shorthanded Goals 0 Shorthanded Points 0 Shots 83
2012–13	WC-A	USA	Regular	10	4	10	14	18	5	—	1	—	0	—	1	—	All stats Assists 10 Game Winning Goals 1 Games Played 10 Goals 4 Pim 18 Plus Minus 5 Points 14 Power Play Goals 1 Shorthanded Goals 0
2011–12	NHL	Nashville Predators	Regular	72	14	22	36	30	-9	172	6	13	0	0	1	0	All stats Assists 22 Avg Toi 14:11 Faceoff Winning Pctg 0.4402 Game Winning Goals 1 Games Played 72 Goals 14 Ot Goals 0 Pim 30 Plus Minus -9 Points 36 Power Play Goals 6 Power Play Points 13 Shooting Pctg 0.0814 Shorthanded Goals 0 Shorthanded Points 0 Shots 172
2011–12	WC-A	USA	Regular	4	0	2	2	2	1	—	0	—	0	—	0	—	All stats Assists 2 Game Winning Goals 0 Games Played 4 Goals 0 Pim 2 Plus Minus 1 Points 2 Power Play Goals 0 Shorthanded Goals 0
2011–12	NHL	Nashville Predators	Playoffs	2	0	1	1	0	-1	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	All stats Assists 1 Avg Toi 8:25 Faceoff Winning Pctg 0 Game Winning Goals 0 Games Played 2 Goals 0 Ot Goals 0 Pim 0 Plus Minus -1 Points 1 Power Play Goals 0 Power Play Points 0 Shooting Pctg 0 Shorthanded Goals 0 Shorthanded Points 0 Shots 3
2010–11	WC-A	USA	Regular	7	3	3	6	4	2	—	2	—	0	—	0	—	All stats Assists 3 Game Winning Goals 0 Games Played 7 Goals 3 Pim 4 Plus Minus 2 Points 6 Power Play Goals 2 Shorthanded Goals 0
2010–11	WCHA	U. of Wisconsin	Regular	41	19	24	43	87	—	—	8	—	1	—	5	—	All stats Assists 24 Game Winning Goals 5 Games Played 41 Goals 19 Pim 87 Points 43 Power Play Goals 8 Shorthanded Goals 1
2009–10	WCHA	U. Of Wisconsin	Regular	41	8	25	33	72	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	All stats Assists 25 Games Played 41 Goals 8 Pim 72 Points 33
2008–09	USHL	Waterloo	Regular	54	28	48	76	108	32	—	11	—	0	—	4	—	All stats Assists 48 Game Winning Goals 4 Games Played 54 Goals 28 Pim 108 Plus Minus 32 Points 76 Power Play Goals 11 Shorthanded Goals 0
2008–09	USHL	Waterloo	Playoffs	3	1	3	4	26	1	—	0	—	0	—	0	—	All stats Assists 3 Faceoff Winning Pctg 0 Game Winning Goals 0 Games Played 3 Goals 1 Pim 26 Plus Minus 1 Points 4 Power Play Goals 0 Shorthanded Goals 0
2007–08	USHL	Waterloo	Regular	58	13	10	23	90	-3	—	2	—	0	—	3	—	All stats Assists 10 Game Winning Goals 3 Games Played 58 Goals 13 Pim 90 Plus Minus -3 Points 23 Power Play Goals 2 Shorthanded Goals 0
2007–08	USHL	Waterloo	Playoffs	11	2	3	5	8	1	—	0	—	0	—	1	—	All stats Assists 3 Faceoff Winning Pctg 0 Game Winning Goals 1 Games Played 11 Goals 2 Pim 8 Plus Minus 1 Points 5 Power Play Goals 0 Shorthanded Goals 0
2006–07	USHL	Waterloo	Regular	45	8	10	18	28	6	—	2	—	0	—	2	—	All stats Assists 10 Faceoff Winning Pctg 0 Game Winning Goals 2 Games Played 45 Goals 8 Pim 28 Plus Minus 6 Points 18 Power Play Goals 2 Shorthanded Goals 0
2006–07	USHL	Waterloo	Playoffs	4	0	1	1	8	1	—	0	—	0	—	0	—	All stats Assists 1 Faceoff Winning Pctg 0 Game Winning Goals 0 Games Played 4 Goals 0 Pim 8 Plus Minus 1 Points 1 Power Play Goals 0 Shorthanded Goals 0
2005–06	High-WI	Madison Lancers	Regular	20	35	26	61	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	All stats Assists 26 Faceoff Winning Pctg 0 Games Played 20 Goals 35 Points 61
2004–05	High-WI	Madison Lancers	Regular	20	16	24	40	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	All stats Assists 24 Faceoff Winning Pctg 0 Games Played 20 Goals 16 Points 40

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Profile updated Oct 11, 6:25 pm EDT. Missing stats are shown as –.

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