Nate Schmidt
Age 35 · Shoots left · 6′0″ · 197 lb · Born St. Cloud, Minnesota, USA
Undrafted
2025-262025-26: 82 games, 5-17-22, 0.27 points per game Season detail →
Nate Schmidt has 1 point in 4 games of 2026-27, after 22 points in 82 games last season.
This season
2026-27 regular season · 4 games Small sample1 point in 4 games for the 2nd-placed Utah
Where he ranks among NHL defencemen with 2+ games, then his scoring rate through the season in ten-game blocks.
Points per game · rolling blocks
Dashed line: season average (0.3). Dark blocks sit at or above it.
Where he ranks
See all: Where he ranks →A top-pair defenceman who kills penalties
Even-strength, power-play and shorthanded minutes, and how much of Utah's power play went through him.
Special teams
Power-play involvement
Team power-play goals from the season team report; involvement is his power-play points.
No goals yet: his one point is an assist
How the 0 goals and 1 assist were scored: when, at what strength, in what game state, and per 60 minutes.
Most attempts from the wing
Every attempt, attacking right, from the games with a stored shot map.
By zone
15 attempts across the 4 games with a stored shot map. Small sample
Expected goals
See all: Expected goals →2026-27 · 4 games. Rank among all skaters by ixG. Small sample: early-season xG moves a lot from night to night.
2025-26 · 82 games. Rank among all skaters by ixG.
Every unblocked attempt he took, weighed by its chance of scoring from that spot, shot type and strength. Above zero is finishing better than the chances.
xG leaders20+ mph bursts in the 64th percentile of defencemen: 2
How fast he skated, how far, how hard he shot and where on the ice his shifts were spent, against the average NHL defenceman.
Where his shifts were spent
Share of his time on ice in each zone.
Fastest moments
- 20.29@
NYR4 Oct · 2nd 13:12 - 20.17vs
CHI1 Oct · 1st 02:13 - 19.86vsCHI1 Oct · 2nd 06:27
- 19.01@
CBJ3 Oct · 2nd 08:58 - 18.68vsCHI1 Oct · 1st 12:36
- 18.23vsCHI1 Oct · 1st 04:20
- 18.21@CBJ3 Oct · 1st 01:11
- 18.11@NYR4 Oct · 3rd 11:09
His fastest bursts in mph.
Bursts per speed band, against the defenceman average.
Hardest shots
- 78.70vsCHI1 Oct · 2nd 08:10
- 74.18@NYR4 Oct · 3rd 04:43
- 69.26@NYR4 Oct · 3rd 09:51
- 66.82@NYR4 Oct · 1st 03:11
- 66.01@NYR4 Oct · 2nd 06:47
- 63.61@CBJ3 Oct · 1st 07:17
- 61.68@NYR4 Oct · 3rd 05:09
- 59.29@CBJ3 Oct · 1st 13:44
Shot speed in mph, every attempt type.
Shot attempts per speed band.
Distance, last 10 games
- 3.28@
NJD6 Oct · 23:27 TOI - 3.07@NYR4 Oct · 22:39 TOI
- 3.03@CBJ3 Oct · 21:33 TOI
- 2.74vsCHI1 Oct · 18:56 TOI
Miles per game with his time on ice. Season average 3.03 a game. Small sample: these numbers move a lot in the first weeks of a season.
Physical play, discipline and faceoffs
Possession events, penalties drawn against penalties taken, and faceoffs.
Possession and physical
Against Boston, a point in zero of two
BOSL 1-40000017:19BOSW 3-20002+221:42NJDL 3-50002023:27NYRW 4-20003−222:39CBJL 1-40000+121:33CHIW 6-00110+118:5622 points in 82 games on a team that finished 15th
Where he ranks among NHL defencemen with 40+ games, then his scoring rate through the season in ten-game blocks.
Points per game · rolling blocks
Dashed line: season average (0.3). Dark blocks sit at or above it.
Where he ranks
See all: Where he ranks →A top-four defenceman who kills penalties
Even-strength, power-play and shorthanded minutes, and how much of Utah's power play went through him.
Special teams
Power-play involvement
Team power-play goals from the season team report; involvement is his power-play points.
3 of 5 goals broke a tie
How the 5 goals and 17 assists were scored: when, at what strength, in what game state, and per 60 minutes.
Goals by period
Goals by game state
3 of 5 goals broke a tie; 2 came with Utah trailing.
Most attempts from the point, goals from the point
Every attempt, attacking right, from the games with a stored shot map.
By zone
235 attempts across the 78 games with a stored shot map.
Expected goals
See all: Expected goals →2026-27 · 4 games. Rank among all skaters by ixG. Small sample: early-season xG moves a lot from night to night.
2025-26 · 82 games. Rank among all skaters by ixG.
Every unblocked attempt he took, weighed by its chance of scoring from that spot, shot type and strength. Above zero is finishing better than the chances.
xG leadersHardest shot in the 90th percentile of defencemen: 98.85 mph
How fast he skated, how far, how hard he shot and where on the ice his shifts were spent, against the average NHL defenceman.
Where his shifts were spent
Share of his time on ice in each zone.
Fastest moments
Bursts per speed band, against the defenceman average.
Hardest shots
Shot attempts per speed band.
Physical play, discipline and faceoffs
Possession events, penalties drawn against penalties taken, and faceoffs.
Possession and physical
Points come in bunches, not every night (18 of 82)
How often he scores, how long the streaks run.
Streaks
Against Boston, a point in zero of two
BOSL 1-40000017:19BOSW 3-20002+221:42
STLL 3-50002016:25
WPGW 5-30111+318:16
CGYL 1-40001−119:53
CARL 1-40000−215:40
NSHW 4-10000+118:09
EDMW 6-5 OT0000−117:13
VANW 7-40111+118:45
SEAW 6-20000−119:50
LAKW 6-20002+220:44
WSHL 4-70001−216:46NJDL 3-50002023:27NYRW 4-20003−222:39CBJL 1-40000+121:33CHIW 6-00110+118:56Better at home
Home and road
By opponent
By month
$3.5M a season through 2027-28
In 2025-26 he scored 6.3 points per $1M of cap hit, 78th of 191 defencemen with 40 or more games and a current contract.
Cap hit is the average annual charge against the salary cap, not a yearly salary; cap value is cap hit times the years of the deal, not a reported total. As of 2 Oct 2026.
Career
Regular season and playoffsThirteen seasons, with 6 clubs
Career · regular season
Season rows reconcile with the official career totals.
Updated after every final · through 6 Oct