Nick Schmaltz Matchups NHL Stats & Career Totals

He owns this goalie, and the numbers are not close

Schmaltz has scored 3 times on Colten Ellis this season, more than on any other goaltender.

3 goals on 6 attempts, 50.0%

This goalie has his number and he cannot solve him

Tristan Jarry has turned him away every time: 11 attempts, no goals.

0.0% conversion

Almost everything he puts on this goalie goes in

His deadliest matchup is Arturs Silovs: 25.0% of his attempts against him go in.

2 goals on 8 attempts

One team seems to bring the best out of him

He has 3 goals against the Sabres this season.

7 attempts against them

No goalie has seen more of him than this one

No goalie has seen more of him than Tristan Jarry: 11 attempts, 0 goals.

0.0% conversion

He wins the draw against this centre almost every time

He wins 81.8% of his draws against Tommy Novak.

9 of 11 faceoffs

This centre beats him on the draw almost every time

Leon Draisaitl beats him on the draw: he wins only 33.3% of them.

4 of 12 faceoffs

He gets under this opponent's skin and draws the penalty

He has drawn 2 penalties on Teddy Blueger.

penalties drawn, from play-by-play

When he shoots, it tends to be on target

78.6% of his unblocked attempts actually hit the net.

33 of 42 unblocked, 7th of 137 forwards

He gets almost nothing from long range

22.9% of his attempts are fired from beyond 45 feet.

11 long-range attempts, 129th of 137 forwards

Defenders get in front of a huge share of his shots

12.5% of everything he shoots gets blocked before it arrives.

6 of 48 attempts, 9th of 137 forwards

There is one shot he goes to more than any other

31.2% of his attempts are the wrist shot.

15 attempts, 3 goals

He works one side of the ice far more than the other

41.7% of his attempts come from the middle lane.

9 left, 20 middle, 19 right

He barely shoots the puck across a whole season

Schmaltz has taken 48 shot attempts this season.

25 on goal, 9 missed, 6 blocked, 85th of 137 forwards

He shoots from about where everyone else shoots from

His average attempt comes from 27.1 feet.

48 located attempts, 77th of 137 forwards

He gets to the middle of the ice about as often as most

47.9% of his attempts come from inside 25 feet.

23 of 48 attempts, 76th of 137 forwards

He takes an ordinary share of his shots from close range

47.9% of what he shoots comes from the slot.

23 attempts from inside the home plate, 75th of 137 forwards

The chances he gets in tight almost always go in

From inside 25 feet he buries 26.1% of his attempts.

6 goals on 23 close attempts, 1st of 137 forwards

He scores more than the chances he gets should produce

Schmaltz has 8 goals off 2.9 expected: 5.1 more than the chances alone say.

4th of 137 forwards

A remarkable share of his shots end up in the net

He converts 24.2% of the shots he puts on goal.

8 goals on 33 shots, 9th of 137 forwards

There is a range from which his goals almost always come

His goals average 16.6 feet out, and the longest went in from 47.

8 goals located by coordinate

The scoreboard moves the wrong way when he plays

He is -4 on the season.

629th in the league

How he gets his points says what kind of player he is

46.2% of his points come on the power play, so his even-strength production is thinner than the totals suggest.

6 of 13 points with the man advantage

A lot of his goals arrive when the game is on the line

Schmaltz has 3 game winners this season.

7 goals in total

His coach leans on him more than almost anyone

Schmaltz plays 18:16 a night, 85th among forwards.

183 minutes across 10 games

This is the group the power play actually runs through

His power-play unit is Cooley, Guenther, Keller and Sergachev: 8 goals in 34 minutes.

13.96 goals an hour, 5.0 expected

Clayton Keller is the teammate who sets him up more than anyone

Clayton Keller has assisted on 7 of his 10 goals, 70.0% of them.

4 primary, 3 secondary

Most of his assists are second touches, not the key pass

25.0% of his assists are primary, the pass that actually made the goal.

3 primary of 12 assists

Clayton Keller is the teammate he sets up more than anyone

He has helped on 8 of Clayton Keller's goals, 66.7% of his own assists.

2 primary, 6 secondary

One teammate is responsible for most of his goals

6 different teammates have assisted on his 10 goals.

Keller (7), Cooley (6), Guenther (2), Sergachev (2)

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