Billy Smith

5'10" · 185 lbsBorn December 12, 19501972–1989Draft: 1970 · Rd 5, Pick 59 · LAKNHL.com ↗

NHL Stats

Career Snapshot

Sport-specific career totals from the active profile tables, with VAL shown whenever the sport has a value file.

NHL profile

Peak 3Y VAL

20.1

1982, 1983, 1984 avg

Career VAL

179.3

Value Above League

Games

679

Wins

305

Playoff VAL

73.9

postseason

Career Shape

Compiler

34% in peak 3y

Career arc · VAL by season

17 seasons · peak 21.8 in 1983

All-time standings

Career boards only, within NHL

Cross-sport prominence: 98.9th percentile among NHL careers — a within-sport percentile, because career value is not comparable across sports.

Franchise face

Etched into the franchise monument

#2 · New York Islanders200.8 legacy · 100% attributed career shareVAL × verified franchise tenure, with bounded honors evidence

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On the boards· Appears on 3 boards

Boards that rank NHL careers

NHL Age Milestones — Youngest to 100 Goals, 500 Points, 50 Goals and 100 Points NHL Breakout Seasons — Biggest Career-High Leaps NHL Career Arc Types NHL Career Dominance — top-25 in multiple all-time categories NHL Clutch Delta — Who Rises in the Stanley Cup Playoffs NHL Compilers vs Comets — Career Shape NHL Consistency Index — Mr. Reliable vs Boom-Bust

Similar careers

Players whose careers had the same shape — total value, peak, best three-season stretch, length and when the value came — measured with VAL against their own leagues.

Where this data comes from

Rosters, bio, draft details, and season/career totals come directly from the NHL's own official public API.

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Methodology · Trust Center

Season	Age	Team	GP	GS	W	L	OTL	SV	GA	GAA	SV%	SO	VAL
1972	20–21	Los Angeles Kings	5	5	1	3	—	155	23	4.60	.871	0	—
1973	21–22	New York Islanders	37	33	7	24	—	1,060	147	4.16	.878	0	0
1974	22–23	New York Islanders	46	43	9	23	—	1,166	134	3.08	.897	0	4.5
1975	23–24	New York Islanders	58	57	21	18	—	1,481	156	2.78	.905	3	15.9
1976	24–25	New York Islanders	39	39	19	10	—	969	98	2.62	.908	3	12
1977	25–26	New York Islanders	36	36	21	8	—	945	87	2.50	.916	2	15
1978	26–27	New York Islanders	38	37	20	8	—	944	95	2.65	.909	2	12.5
1979	27–28	New York Islanders	39	39	25	8	—	966	108	2.87	.899	1	11.1
1980	28–29	New York Islanders	38	36	15	14	—	918	104	2.96	.898	2	9.6
1981	29–30	New York Islanders	41	39	22	10	—	1,100	129	3.28	.895	2	15.3
1982	30–31	New York Islanders	46	44	32	9	—	1,170	133	2.97	.898	0	20.4
1983	31–32	New York Islanders	41	39	18	14	—	1,079	112	2.87	.906	1	21.8
1984	32–33	New York Islanders	42	38	23	13	—	1,123	130	3.43	.896	2	18
1985	33–34	New York Islanders	37	34	18	14	—	966	133	3.83	.879	0	6
1986	34–35	New York Islanders	41	40	20	14	—	1,059	143	3.73	.881	1	8
1987	35–36	New York Islanders	40	36	14	18	—	872	132	3.53	.869	1	0
1988	36–37	New York Islanders	38	34	17	14	—	948	113	3.22	.893	2	9.2
1989	37–38	New York Islanders	17	13	3	11	—	308	54	4.44	.851	0	0