Smith notched a goal and an assist in Sunday's 5-2 loss to the Panthers, but still finished the night with a minus-2 rating.

EDGE Analysis

While it's encouraging that Smith was involved in both of Detroit's scores on Sunday, the defense got shellacked to the tune of five goals and Smith was on the ice for four of them. Smtih's first points of the season mean nothing to the Red Wings if he can't help prevent goals, so he'll need to step it up if he wants to maintain his ice time with the return of Niklas Kronwall looming.