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Center•#8MIXEDPPI 96Nick Schmaltz is a 30-year-old center for the Utah Mammoth. Selected 20th overall by CHI in the 2014 NHL Draft. Born in Madison, USA.
This season, the right-shooting forward has 7 goals and 9 assists for 16 points in 15 games. He averages 1.07 points per game on 17:51 of ice time.
2026-27 · Regular season
2026-27 projection
Projected September 28, 2026 — 80% range on points. All 2026-27 player projections
80% range: 39–84 pts
MIXED — 50th percentile at C, 56% hit rate (82 GP, 2025-26)
2026-27 · Regular season
Full statistical breakdown for the 2026-27 regular season.
League percentile
Vs. all NHL skaters, 10+ games played. 99 = best, 1 = lowest.
2026-27 pace
Where Nick's current rate finishes the 2026-27 season.
End of season forecast, current pace
68
games remaining
Goals
39
Current: 7
Assists
50
Current: 9
Points
89
Current: 16
Strong production expected. Most likely outcome is 71-107 points, establishing this player as a top-line contributor.
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Art Ross
Most Points
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Rocket
Most Goals
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Playmaker
Most Assists
Projections based on current pace extrapolated to the full season with variance modeling.
5v5
What happened while Nick was on the ice at 5v5, and who he was sent out against. 2026-27.
5v5 only (situationCode 1551), unblocked attempts, shift-chart attribution. 15 games, 263 unblocked attempts on the ice.
Quality of competition
60.2 vs 57.3 lg
75th percentile
Quality of teammates
70.7 vs 56.8 lg
92th percentile
Deployment
neutral
by competition faced
Competition and teammate quality are the average on-ice strength of the players he shared the ice with at 5v5, on the same 0–100 scale as the league averages beside them.
Shot Selection
Where Nick takes his shots, and how each zone converts.
Unblocked attempts
49
Goals vs expected
7 vs 5.3 xG
5v5 scoring-chance share
21%
With-or-without-you
Who Nick plays with at 5v5, and how the shot-quality share moves when they are apart — a with-or-without-you read.
| Teammate | Together | xGF% with | xGF% apart | Swing |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Clayton KellerR | 159 min | 51.1 | — | — |
5v5, real shift-overlap TOI; Corsi incl blocked, xG unblocked. “Apart” is that teammate’s share in the minutes he played without Nick, so the swing is a comparison of the same player in two situations rather than against the league. Pairs need 100 minutes together to appear at all, and a swing still carries whoever else was on the ice — it is a strong hint, not an isolated effect.
2026-27
PuckCast Player Intelligence, and the skill radar and on-ice impact behind it.
Skill radar & on-ice impact vs. NHL forwards
87
Offense
17
Defense
Percentile ranks across 6 skill dimensions. Larger shape = more complete player.
Scouting Take
Displays elite offensive production, elite finishing ability, exceptional playmaking, power play scoring. Areas for improvement: bleeds goals against at evens.
On-ice impact mirrored side by side. Equal bars = balanced. Asymmetry = one-dimensional.
The Gap
70-pt spreadThe 70-point spread between offensive (87th) and defensive (17th) percentiles is extreme for a center. Elite offensive creation but defensive liability.
Percentile ranks across 6 skill dimensions.
Scouting Take
Displays elite offensive production, elite finishing ability, exceptional playmaking, power play scoring. Areas for improvement: bleeds goals against at evens.
On-ice impact mirrored side by side.
The Gap
70-pt spreadThe 70-point spread between offensive (87th) and defensive (17th) percentiles is extreme for a center. Elite offensive creation but defensive liability.
Career
Season-by-season NHL regular season statistics throughout Nick Schmaltz's career.
| Season | Team | GP | G | A | P | +/- | S | S% | PIM | PPG | TOI/G |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 26-272026-27 | UTA | 15 | 7 | 9 | 16 | -9 | 41 | 17.1% | |||
| 25-262025-26 | UTA | 82 | 33 | 41 | 74 | +17 | 206 | 16.0% | |||
| 24-252024-25 | UTA | 82 | 20 | 43 | 63 | -15 | 186 | 10.8% |
Form
Nick's last five games played — playoff games included if his team advanced, since the NHL does not separate them here.
| Date | Opp | G | A | P | +/- | S | TOI |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Nov 1 | @ PHI | 0 | 2 | 2 | -3 | 3 | 18:26 |
| Oct 29 | @ PIT | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 15:23 |
| Oct 27 | vs MIN | 0 | 1 | 1 | +1 | 3 | 18:27 |
| Oct 24 | vs TBL | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 0 | 14:58 |
| Oct 22 | @ SEA | 0 | 0 | 0 | -2 | 1 | 17:49 |
Similar centers
Same position, comparable 2026-27 projected rate and 2026-27 shot/power-play rate. Compare Nick to another player
Roster
Top teammates by points on the Utah Mammoth this season.
Bars are share of unblocked attempts, where he chooses to shoot, over a full season, which is the stable part. xG/100 compares his shot quality from a zone against the league rate for a forward. GAx is goals above expected there, a single season and noisy, zones marked * are flagged small-sample by the generator and are shown muted rather than hidden.
| 23-242023-24 | ARI | 79 | 22 | 39 | 61 | -16 | 158 | 13.9% |
| 22-232022-23 | ARI | 63 | 22 | 36 | 58 | +4 | 132 | 16.7% |
| 21-222021-22 | ARI | 63 | 23 | 36 | 59 | +1 | 123 | 18.7% |
| 20-212020-21 | ARI | 52 | 10 | 22 | 32 | -1 | 105 | 9.5% |
| 19-202019-20 | ARI | 70 | 11 | 34 | 45 | +3 | 95 | 11.6% |
| 18-192018-19 | ARI | 17 | 5 | 9 | 14 | -8 | 29 | 17.2% |
| 18-192018-19 | CHI | 23 | 2 | 9 | 11 | -4 | 33 | 6.1% |
| 17-182017-18 | CHI | 78 | 21 | 31 | 52 | +1 | 118 | 17.8% |
| 16-172016-17 | CHI | 61 | 6 | 22 | 28 | +10 | 66 | 9.1% |
| Career | — | 685 | 182 | 331 | 513 | -17 | 1292 | 14.1% |
Anders Lee
LW · 6 pts
