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Spencer Smallman

Position	Right Wing	Current Team	Washington Capitals
Shoots	Right	Current Contract	2 years
Height	6'1"	Expires	2026-27
Weight (lbs)	198	Expiry Age (Jun 30)	30
Age	29 (Sep 9, 1996)	Expiry Status	UFA
Drafted	2015, Round 5, Overall 138 (CAR)

News/Contracts/Statistics
Transaction History

Date	Team	Transaction
Apr 1, 2025	Washington Capitals	Signed 2 years @ $775K AAV starting in 2025-26
Oct 11, 2024	Washington Capitals	Assigned to AHL
Oct 11, 2024	Washington Capitals	Cleared Waivers
Oct 10, 2024	Washington Capitals	Placed on Waivers
Jul 2, 2024	Washington Capitals	Signed 1 year @ $775K AAV starting in 2024-25
Jul 13, 2022	Colorado Avalanche	Signed 2 years @ $762K AAV starting in 2022-23
Jul 23, 2021	Carolina Hurricanes	Signed 1 year @ $750K AAV starting in 2021-22
Oct 13, 2020	Carolina Hurricanes	Signed 1 year @ $735K AAV starting in 2020-21
Mar 31, 2017	Carolina Hurricanes	Signed to an entry level contract.

Status History Coming Soon

5v5 Individual Stats

Season	Team(s)	GP	TOI	G/60	A/60	Pts/60	xG/60	GAE/60	Sh%	xSh%	Sh%AE	%SA Rush	%SA Reb.

5v5 On Ice Stats

Season	Team(s)	GP	TOI	SAF/60	GF/60	xGF/60	SAA/60	GA/60	xGA/60	GF%	xGF%	xGF Rel	xGA Rel	xGF% Rel

NHL Edge Stats

		Skating				Shooting					Zone Time
Season	GP	Top Speed	Bursts>20/mi	Avg. Speed	ES Avg. Speed	Top Speed	Avg. Speed	%Long Range	%Mid Range	%High Danger	ES DZ%	ES NZ%	ES OZ%
2021-22	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
2022-23	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
2023-24	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
2024-25	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

Legend

Percentile 0-25

Percentile 25-50

Percentile 50-75

Percentile 75-100

Forwards are compared with forwards and Defensemen are are compared with Defensemen.

Glossary

Type	Statistic	Definition
Individual	G/60	Goals Against per 60 minutes.
Individual	A/60	Assists per 60 minutes.
Individual	Pts/60	Points per 60 minutes.
Individual	xG/60	Expected Goals per 60 minutes.
Individual	GAE/60	Goals Above Expected (G/60 - xG/60).
Individual	Sh%	Shooting Percentage.
Individual	xSh%	Expected Shooting Percentage.
Individual	Sh%AE	Shooting percentage above expected (Sh% - xSh%).
Individual	%SA Rush	Percentage of shot attempts determined to be on the rush.
Individual	%SA Reb.	Percentage of shot attempts determined to be from rebounds.
On Ice	SAF/60	Shot Attempts For per 60 minutes.
On Ice	GF/60	Goals For per 60 minutes.
On Ice	xGF/60	Expected Goals For per 60 minutes.
On Ice	SAA/60	Shot Attempts Against per 60 minutes (lower is better).
On Ice	GA/60	Goals Against per 60 minutes (lower is better).
On Ice	xGA/60	Expected Goals Against per 60 minutes (lower is better).
On Ice	GF%	Goals For Percentage = Goals For / (Goals For + Goals Against)
On Ice	xGF%	Expected Goals For Percentage = Expected Goals For / (Expected Goals For + Expected Goals Against)
On Ice	xGF Rel	xGF/60 when On Ice - xGF/60 when not On Ice.
On Ice	xGA Rel	xGA/60 when On Ice - xGA/60 when not On Ice (lower is better).
On Ice	xGF% Rel	xGF% when On Ice - xGF% when not On Ice.

Individual and On-Ice stats from Puckalytics.com (starting in 2015-16). NHL Edge Stats from edge.nhl.com (starting in 2021-22). Edge statistic definitions can be found at the Edge Stats Glossary.

News and Opinions

Capitals players who must be put on waivers if they do not make NHL roster out of training camp at Russian Machine Never Breaks (Tue Sep 23, 2025)
Washington Capitals split up players into three groups for first day of training camp at Russian Machine Never Breaks (Thu Sep 18, 2025)

Current Contract

Standard Contract (UFA) ( ) (0 ratings)

Season	Age*	Cap Hit	AAV	Perf. Bonus	Sign. Bonus	Salary	Compensation	Minors Salary	Status
2025-26	29	$775,000	$775,000	-	-	$775,000	$775,000	$370,000	UFA
2026-27	30	$775,000	$775,000	-	-	$775,000	$775,000	$390,000	UFA
Total				-	-	$1,550,000	$1,550,000	$760,000

Signed: Apr 1, 2025

Team: Washington Capitals

GM: Chris Patrick

Exp. Status: UFA

Cap %: 0.81

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Standard Contract (UFA) ( ) (0 ratings)

Season	Age*	Clause	Cap Hit	AAV	Perf. Bonus	Sign. Bonus	Salary	Compensation	Minors Salary	Status
2024-25	28		$775,000	$775,000	-	-	$775,000	$775,000	$350,000	UFA
Total					-	-	$775,000	$775,000	$350,000

Signed: July 2, 2024

Team: Washington Capitals

GM: Brian MacLellan

Exp. Status: UFA

Cap %: 0.88

Standard Contract (UFA) ( ) (0 ratings)

Season	Age*	Cap Hit	AAV	Perf. Bonus	Sign. Bonus	Salary	Compensation	Minors Salary	Status
2022-23	26	$762,500	$762,500	-	-	$750,000	$750,000	$350,000	UFA-Grp6
2023-24	27	$762,500	$762,500	-	-	$775,000	$775,000	$400,000	RFA-arb
Total				-	-	$1,525,000	$1,525,000	$750,000

Signed: July 13, 2022

Team: Colorado Avalanche

GM: Chris MacFarland

Exp. Status: UFA

Cap %: 0.92

Note: Guaranteed minimum salary in 2022-23 is $400,000.

Standard Contract (RFA) ( ) (0 ratings)

Season	Age*	Clause	Cap Hit	AAV	Perf. Bonus	Sign. Bonus	Salary	Compensation	Minors Salary	Status
2021-22	25		$750,000	$750,000	-	-	$750,000	$750,000	$75,000	RFA-arb
Total					-	-	$750,000	$750,000	$75,000

Signed: July 23, 2021

Team: Carolina Hurricanes

GM: Don Waddell

Exp. Status: UFA-Grp6

Cap %: 0.92

Standard Contract (RFA) ( ) (0 ratings)

Season	Age*	Clause	Cap Hit	AAV	Perf. Bonus	Sign. Bonus	Salary	Compensation	Minors Salary	Status
2020-21	24		$735,000	$735,000	-	-	$735,000	$735,000	$70,000	RFA-arb
Total					-	-	$735,000	$735,000	$70,000

Signed: Oct 13, 2020

Team: Carolina Hurricanes

GM: Don Waddell

Exp. Status: RFA-arb

Cap %: 0.9

Entry Level Contract ( ) (0 ratings)

Season	Age*	Cap Hit	AAV	Perf. Bonus	Sign. Bonus	Salary	Compensation	Minors Salary	Status
2017-18	21	$741,667	$758,333	$25,000	$75,000	$650,000	$725,000	$65,000	ELC
2018-19	22	$741,667	$758,333	$25,000	$75,000	$650,000	$725,000	$70,000	ELC
2019-20	23	$741,667	$758,333	-	$75,000	$700,000	$775,000	$70,000	ELC
Total				$50,000	$225,000	$2,000,000	$2,225,000	$205,000

Signed: Mar 31, 2017

Team: Carolina Hurricanes

GM: Ron Francis

Exp. Status: RFA-arb

Career Statistics

			Regular Season									Playoffs
Season	League	Team	GP	G	A	Pts	+/-	PIM	Shots	Sh%	TOI/G	GP	G	A	Pts	+/-	PIM	Shots	Sh%	TOI/G
2011-12	NBPEI	Fredericton	34	16	25	41		4				10	4	13	17		2
2012-13	QMJHL	Saint John	42	2	4	6	-14	14	24	830.0		4				-8		2	0.0
2013-14	QMJHL	Saint John	66	12	23	35		42	106	1,130.0
2014-15	QMJHL	Saint John	66	23	33	56	+17	73	142	1,620.0		5	1	3	4	-1	4	7	1,430.0
2015-16	QMJHL	Saint John	59	19	28	47	+8	59				17	3	16	19	+5	12
2016-17	M-Cup	Saint John Sea Dogs	4	2	2	4	+2	2
2016-17	QMJHL	Saint John Sea Dogs	60	30	49	79	+27	35				18	11	11	22	+18	2
2017-18	ECHL	Florida Everblades	14	2	11	13	+9	11				19	3	13	16	+13	10
2018-19	AHL	Charlotte Checkers	12	0	6	6	+2	12
2019-20	AHL	Charlotte Checkers	47	3	10	13	+4	24
2019-20	ECHL	Greenville Swamp Rabbits	3	1	1	2	+2	2
2020-21	AHL	Chicago Wolves	6	0	2	2		2
2020-21	ECHL	Fort Wayne Komets	8	6	6	12	+8	2
2021-22	AHL	Chicago Wolves	65	10	17	27	+27	64				18	2	4	6	-3	12
2022-23	AHL	Colorado Eagles	61	13	13	26	+10	29				5				-4	2
2023-24	AHL	Colorado Eagles	53	12	9	21		53				3	1		1		2
2024-25	AHL	Hershey Bears	62	10	24	34	-5	44				8	2	2	4	-1	9