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Nick Schmaltz

Nick Schmaltz

UTA·FJersey number #8
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Latest captured market
Apr 9 · 9:00 PM ET

Projected · remaining schedule

82 team games · 375 game sample
PTS
69.1
SOG
191.0
G
27.3
A
41.8
PPP
20.2
HIT
23.7
BLK
49.6
PIM
22.0

Each figure is this player's recency-weighted per-game rate over 375 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 finishing edge probably won’t repeat

below expectedabove expected
● what happened○ what is projected
2025-26
+2.51
per 100 attempts, vs position
= +5.1 goals over 292
Carries forward
18%
of that rate
measured, 5 seasons
2026-27
+0.46
per 100 attempts, projected
+1.3 goals at the same volume
How this is measured, and what it doesn’t say →

Among forwards · 973 ranked

Production

Style & role

Percentile against 973 forwards, 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 375 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 · 375 games incl. playoffs
PTS
0.85
G
0.33
A
0.51
SOG
2.33
PPP
0.25
HIT
0.28
BLK
0.60
PIM
0.27

Season totals

regular season
SeasonGPGAPP/GPSOGTOI
2025-26823341740.9020619:43
2024-25822043630.7718618:35
2023-24792239610.7715819:11
2022-23632236580.9213219:43
2021-22632336590.9412318:15

Playoffs

postseason only
SeasonGPGAPP/GPSOGTOI
2025-2661340.671223:08

Last 10 · game log

cleared the Apr 9 lineSOG 6/10G 2/10PPP 1/10
DateOppSOGGAPPPHITBLKPIMTOI
May 1vs VGKPO000040020:37
Apr 29@ VGKPO401022230:46
Apr 27vs VGKPO211011027:46
Apr 24vs VGKPO001022019:26
Apr 21@ VGKPO300002021:19
Apr 19@ VGKPO300000018:56
Apr 16vs STL100001018:15
Apr 14vs WPG820212021:21
Apr 12@ CGY300001020:49
Apr 11vs CAR300011222:03

One threshold, applied to all 10: each figure counts how many of the 10 games above would have cleared the Apr 9 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
2025-2627.933plus 5.1 goals above expected81292
2024-2527.120minus 7.1 goals above expected80264
2023-2421.121minus 0.1 goals above expected75245
2022-2318.222plus 3.8 goals above expected61195
2021-2216.523plus 6.5 goals above expected54163

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 hot 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
2025-2620 goals, 32 assists, 52 points11 goals, 9 assists, 20 points2 goals, 0 assists, 2 points
2024-2511 goals, 27 assists, 38 points9 goals, 16 assists, 25 points0 goals, 0 assists, 0 points
2023-2410 goals, 28 assists, 38 points10 goals, 11 assists, 21 points1 goal, 0 assists, 1 point
2022-2316 goals, 29 assists, 45 points6 goals, 6 assists, 12 points0 goals, 1 assist, 1 point
2021-2219 goals, 32 assists, 51 points4 goals, 4 assists, 8 points0 goals, 0 assists, 0 points

Shot locations

292 attempts · 33 goals · 2025-26
Missed the net (86)Shot on goal (173)Goal (33)

Markets · Apr 9

modeled projections
G
Anytime goal
Line
0.5
Proj
0.4
P(over)
34%
A
Assists
No line posted.
PPP
Power-play points
Line
0.5
Proj
0.3
P(over)
24%
SOG
Shots on goal
Line
2.5
Proj
2.9
P(over)
54%
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.