Nick Schmaltz
#8 · Center · Utah Mammoth
| GamesGP | GoalsG | AssistsA | PointsP | ShotsSOG | Ice timeTOI | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| This season | 5 | 5 | 2 | 7 | 20 | 18:34 |
| Last season | 82 | 33 | 41 | 74 | 206 | 19:43 |
Role
Where he fits on Utah right now.
- Line
L1 with V. Trocheck and C. Keller · 10:12 a game together
- Power play
PP1 Net-front
- Penalty kill
Second wave 10 of 14 kills · 0:37 a kill
- Ice time
18:34 a game, most among Utah forwards · 12:27 5-on-5 · 4:30 PP · 1:15 PK
- Competition
About average among forwards · home about average, road tougher than 62%
Easier opponents than 66% of forwards · road about average
Where he stands out
What he does better or worse than most players at his position.
Better than most at his position
TakeawaysTop 5
takeaway score 1891.72 takeaways /60better than 99% of forwardsmore than 98% of forwards
FinishingTop 10
+0.7 goals above expected /100 shotsbetter than 98% of forwards
Time in the offensive zone
43.5% of his timemore than 91% of forwards
Power-play chances
2.05 expected goals /60better than 89% of forwards
Behind most at his position
Shot blocking
blocking score 682.14 blocks /60behind 82% of centersfewer than 62% of centers
Hitting
hitting score 290.91 hits /60behind 79% of forwardsfewer than 94% of forwards
Listed only when we can be confident he is above or below average. Numbers from this season and last, through Oct 10. Compared with forwards who have played at least 20 games over the two seasons.
Better than most at his position
Time in the offensive zone
47.0% of his timemore than 94% of forwards
Takeaways
takeaway score 1402.59 takeaways /60better than 92% of forwardsmore than 99% of forwards
Finishing
+0.0 goals above expected /100 shotsbetter than 81% of forwards
Behind most at his position
Nothing yet where we can be confident he is below most forwards.
Listed only when we can be confident he is above or below average. Numbers from this season, through Oct 10. Compared with forwards who have played at least 3 games.
All ratings
Every rating, against other forwards.
This season’s 5 games blended with last season’s 82, and pulled toward the average forward by an amount that depends on how quickly each rating settles.
Shooting volume, creating his own chances, shot blocking, hardest shot and distance skated compare centers with centers, because centers and wingers really differ there. Everything else compares all forwards.
This season’s 5 games only, pulled toward the average forward. Expect wide ranges this early.
Driving play at 5-on-5
- Creating chancesAlong for the rideDrives play
+0.04 expected goals /60average
+0.09 expected goals /60top 32%
- Preventing chancesChances against riseShuts it down
−0.07 expected goals against /60top 34%
+0.04 expected goals against /60bottom 31%
Scoring
- Shooting volumeRarely shootsFires away
13.6 shot attempts /60top 21%
12.3 shot attempts /60top 34%
- Creating his own chancesFew chancesDangerous
0.76 expected goals /60top 32%
0.72 expected goals /60top 42%
- FinishingTop 10Below expectedSniper
+0.7 goals above expected /100 shotstop 2%
+0.0 goals above expected /100 shotstop 19%
- Setting up goalsRarely sets upPlaymaker
0.66 first assists /60top 17%
0.59 first assists /60top 35%
Special teams
- Power-play chancesQuietThreat
2.05 expected goals /60top 11%
1.91 expected goals /60top 27%
- Shorthanded threatPure defensePower kill
0.85 expected goals for /60average
0.97 expected goals for /60top 26%
Physical and puck
- HittingAvoids contactPhysical
hitting score 29bottom 21%0.91 hits /60bottom 6%
hitting score 41bottom 31%1.94 hits /60bottom 21%
- Shot blockingRarely blocksShot blocker
blocking score 68bottom 18%2.14 blocks /60bottom 38%
blocking score 76bottom 27%0.65 blocks /60bottom 1%
- TakeawaysTop 5RarePuck thief
Penalties and faceoffs
- Drawing penaltiesRarelyDraws calls
0.76 penalties drawn /60bottom 43%
0.78 penalties drawn /60average
- Staying out of the boxOften penalizedClean
0.57 penalties taken /60top 35%
0.69 penalties taken /60average
- FaceoffsLoses drawsWins draws
46.6% wonbottom 25%
49.6% wontoo few games
Hitting, shot blocking and takeaways are arena-adjusted scores (100 is the average forward); switch “Hits and takeaways” to Raw in the settings to see the numbers as recorded. How the ratings work.
Shots
Where his shots come from, and how his misses miss.
314 unblocked shots, this season and last, from his point of view. 4 more from outside the zone. Empty nets left out.
23 unblocked shots, this season, from his point of view. Empty nets left out.
How his misses miss
89 missed shots. “Wide left” is from his point of view.
3 missed shots. “Wide left” is from his point of view.
The NHL’s game data records how a shot missed, but not where in the net a goal or save went (glove side, blocker, five-hole). That needs paid camera tracking, so we don’t show it.
Skating and shot
Speed, bursts, shot power and where he spends his shifts, from the NHL’s own tracking (NHL EDGE).
- Top speedSlowerBurner
23.2 mphtop 14%
21.9 mphtop 25%
- Fast burstsRareFrequent
7.6 bursts /60top 26%
5.8 bursts /60top 43%
- Hardest shotSofterCannon
89.3 mphtop 26%
74.6 mphbottom 29%
- Distance skatedShorterCovers ground
9.81 miles /60top 33%
9.93 miles /60top 32%
- Time in the offensive zoneDefendingAttacking
43.5% of his timetop 9%
47.0% of his timetop 6%
Top speed and hardest shot are his best single moments over this season and lastthis season; bursts and distance are per 60 minutes of his ice time. Tracking data: NHL EDGE.