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Nate Schmidt

Utah Mammoth
Position D
Age 35
Height 6'0"
Weight 197LBS
Shoots L
Birth Place St. Cloud, MN, USA
Born Jul 15, 1991

Key Insights

2026-27
His coach keeps shuffling the players around him

Schmidt has been shuffled through 13 different five-man units and none of them have settled.

units of at least 5 minutes; 30 minutes counts as settled
John Marino is the partner who brings the best out of him
John Marino

Schmidt is at his best beside Marino: 63.9% of the expected goals together against 57.9% apart.

123 minutes together, 121 minutes apart
John Marino is the partner his coach keeps going back to
John Marino

He spends more 5v5 time with Marino than anyone: 123 minutes, worth 63.9% of the expected goals.

5 goals for, 5 against together
His line wastes the chances it works so hard to create

His line is being outscored despite the play: 50.0% of the goals off 61.2% of the expected goals.

11.2 points of goal share below expectation
His line spends the night in the other team's end

At 5v5 the Mammoth generate 61.2% of the expected goals with Schmidt on the ice.

21.8 xGF to 13.8 xGA over 244 minutes, 3rd of 84 defencemen
His results are about what the underlying play deserves

His 5v5 on-ice percentages add to 97.0, running cold and likely to correct.

8.9% shooting and 88.1% goaltending behind him, 68th of 84 defencemen

Lineup and with-you/without-you numbers are built from shift charts, which are loaded per season. Seasons without shift data show no lineups. With-you/without-you totals exclude empty-net play, so a 6-on-5 push does not land in a with-or-without-you number. xG is Digest’s estimated model.

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Player Bio Data
DOB Jul 15, 1991
Birth Place St. Cloud, MN, USA
Height 6'0"
Weight 197 LBS
Shoots/Catches L