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Nate Schmidt

Nate Schmidt

UTA·DJersey number #88
Latest captured market
Apr 2 · 10:00 PM ET

Projected · remaining schedule

82 team games · 410 game sample
PTS
22.7
SOG
88.3
G
5.3
A
17.4
PPP
3.1
HIT
80.7
BLK
90.4
PIM
22.6

Each figure is this player's recency-weighted per-game rate over 410 real games × their team's 82 scheduled games. Availability is not projected — injuries, scratches and trades are not modelled anywhere in this project, so the team's schedule is the multiplier, not a forecast of how many games this player will dress for. League board.

What carries into 2026-27

a forecast, not a result

Most of this cold run probably won’t repeat

below expectedabove expected
● what happened○ what is projected
2025-26
−0.21
per 100 attempts, vs position
= +0.0 goals over 145
Carries forward
18%
of that rate
measured, 5 seasons
2026-27
−0.04
per 100 attempts, projected
−0.1 goals at the same volume
How this is measured, and what it doesn’t say →

Among defencemen · 508 ranked

Production

Style & role

Percentile against 508 defencemen, 2025-26. Shrunk rate is the per-game rate the rank was computed from, pulled toward the league mean by sample size so a short career does not read as an elite one — so it sits closer to average than the rate actually recorded. This skater’s sample is 410 games. Further right means more, not better: hits, blocks and penalty minutes describe a role, not quality.

Observed rates

per game · recency-weighted, not shrunk · 410 games incl. playoffs
PTS
0.28
G
0.06
A
0.21
SOG
1.07
PPP
0.04
HIT
0.98
BLK
1.10
PIM
0.27

Season totals

regular season
SeasonGPGAPP/GPSOGTOI
2025-2682517220.278619:42
2024-2580514190.247016:32
2023-2463212140.227516:49
2022-2371712190.2710118:28
2021-2277428320.4211720:13

Playoffs

postseason only
SeasonGPGAPP/GPSOGTOI
2025-2660110.17821:39
2024-252339120.522616:16
2023-2431010.33415:13
2022-2350220.401021:24

Last 10 · game log

cleared the Apr 2 lineG 0/10PPP 0/10
DateOppSOGGAPPPHITBLKPIMTOI
May 1vs VGKPO100000018:33
Apr 29@ VGKPO000020026:36
Apr 27vs VGKPO200002027:29
Apr 24vs VGKPO200014218:18
Apr 21@ VGKPO100011018:08
Apr 19@ VGKPO201013020:50
Apr 16vs STL200000016:25
Apr 14vs WPG101001018:16
Apr 12@ CGY100010019:53
Apr 11vs CAR000002015:40

One threshold, applied to all 10: each figure counts how many of the 10 games above would have cleared the Apr 2 posted line. It is not a record against 10 separate lines — this player was priced once, and games after that date are measured against the same number.

Finishing — goals above expected

open play, regular season
SeasonxGGGAxGPAtt
2025-265.05plus 0.0 goals above expected65145
2024-253.75plus 1.3 goals above expected60122
2023-243.42minus 1.4 goals above expected50112
2022-236.47plus 0.6 goals above expected58157
2021-226.64minus 2.6 goals above expected67172

How the 2026-27 projection is made

a forecast, not a result

Finishing persists year over year, but only partly. That share is measured over five seasons of skaters clearing the same 100-attempt floor, and what does not carry regresses toward the rate for the player's position.

Shot volume is not projected, so the goal figure assumes the same number of attempts. A persistent gap means the skater reliably scores above what this model expects — which may be finishing skill or may be shots the model under-rates, and the measurement cannot separate the two. Running cold is a statement about the season just played, not about talent.

This projection is written to a prediction log on the night it is produced, so it can be scored against what actually happens rather than restated later.

Production by strength

G-A-P, regular season
SeasonEven strengthPower playShorthanded
2025-265 goals, 17 assists, 22 points0 goals, 0 assists, 0 points0 goals, 0 assists, 0 points
2024-255 goals, 10 assists, 15 points0 goals, 4 assists, 4 points0 goals, 0 assists, 0 points
2023-241 goal, 9 assists, 10 points1 goal, 3 assists, 4 points0 goals, 0 assists, 0 points
2022-234 goals, 10 assists, 14 points3 goals, 2 assists, 5 points0 goals, 0 assists, 0 points
2021-223 goals, 17 assists, 20 points1 goal, 10 assists, 11 points0 goals, 1 assist, 1 point

Shot locations

145 attempts · 5 goals · 2025-26
Missed the net (59)Shot on goal (81)Goal (5)

Markets · Apr 2

modeled projections
G
Anytime goal
Line
0.5
Proj
0.1
P(over)
5%
A
Assists
No line posted.
PPP
Power-play points
Line
0.5
Proj
0.0
P(over)
4%
HITS
Hits
No line posted.
BLK
Blocked shots
No line posted.
PIM
Penalty minutes
No line posted.

Per-game rates are recency-weighted over this player's game log. Expected goals come from the xG model over open-play unblocked attempts; totals are not directly comparable across seasons. Every market — anytime goals, assists, power-play points, SOG, hits, blocks and PIMs — is a modeled projection. Every number on this page was worked out overnight and is only read here, never recalculated while you wait.