Nashville Predators · #49 · Left wing

Reid Schaefer

Age 23 · Shoots left · 6′5″ · 226 lb · Born Edmonton, Alberta, CAN

Drafted 2022, #32 overall by Edmonton

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Games12026-27 · missed 2 Small sample
Goals0T-4th on NSH
Assists0T-11th on NSH
Points0T-12th on NSH
P / GP0.00
Shots10.0% shooting
TOI / GP11:3517th on NSH

2025-262025-26: 47 games, 6-2-8, 0.17 points per game Season detail →

Reid Schaefer has 0 points in 1 game of 2026-27, after 8 points in 47 games last season.

This season

2026-27 regular season · 1 game Small sample
2026-27 · The season

0 points in 1 game for the 21st-placed Nashville

Where he ranks among NHL forwards with 2+ games.

Percentiles need 2 games in 2026-27; Reid Schaefer has 1.

Points0T-12th on NSH
Points per game0.00
Goals0T-232nd in NHL
Assists0T-11th on NSH
Shooting %0.0%Below avg (11.6%)
Ice time11:3517th on NSH
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Ice time and special teams

A depth forward who plays mostly at even strength

Even-strength, power-play and shorthanded minutes, and how much of Nashville's power play went through him.

Ice time by strength

Even strength11:35
Power play0:00
Shorthanded0:00
Total11:35

13.0 shifts a game, averaging 53 seconds each.

Special teams

PP goals0T-3rd on NSH
PP assists0T-6th on NSH
PP points0T-8th on NSH · T-142nd NHL
SH goals0
PP points / 600.00

Power-play involvement

Goals on the PP3Nashville total
Involved in0goals or assists
Share0.0%of every NSH PPG
PP TOI share0.0%of NSH PP time

Team power-play goals from the season team report; involvement is his power-play points.


Shot locations

Most attempts from the wing

Every attempt, attacking right, from the games with a stored shot map.

GoalOn goalMissedBlocked

By zone

Crease0 att · 0 G
Slot0 att · 0 G
Wing3 att · 0 G
Point0 att · 0 G
Neutral zone0 att · 0 G

3 attempts across the 1 game with a stored shot map. Small sample

Expected goals (ixG)0.0552nd
Goals0
Goals vs expected−0.0
Unblocked attempts3
xG per attempt.014
ixG per 600.21

2026-27 · 1 game. Rank among all skaters by ixG. Small sample: early-season xG moves a lot from night to night.

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 leaders

2026-27 · Skating and shot power

Top speed 21.64 mph, hardest shot 60.54 mph

How fast he skated, how far, how hard he shot and where on the ice his shifts were spent, against the average NHL forward.

Tracking percentiles need 2 games in 2026-27; Reid Schaefer has 1.

Top speed, mph21.64Forward average 21.23
Hardest shot, mph60.54Forward average 74.7
Distance skated1.9 mi1.86 mi in his longest game
Offensive-zone starts27.3%36.4% defensive · 36.4% neutral

Where his shifts were spent

30.8%All situations54.8%
30.8%Even strength54.8%
OffensiveNeutralDefensive

Share of his time on ice in each zone.

Fastest moments

  1. 21.64vsMIN1 Oct · 1st 02:29
  2. 20.29vsMIN1 Oct · 2nd 13:54
  3. 20.21vsMIN1 Oct · 2nd 17:21
  4. 20.10vsMIN1 Oct · 2nd 10:11
  5. 19.49vsMIN1 Oct · 2nd 03:05
  6. 19.28vsMIN1 Oct · 1st 17:40
  7. 19.18vsMIN1 Oct · 3rd 13:42
  8. 19.03vsMIN1 Oct · 2nd 02:27

His fastest bursts in mph.

22+ mph0 · avg 0.3
20-22 mph4 · avg 4.6
18-20 mph7 · avg 20

Bursts per speed band, against the forward average.

Hardest shots

  1. 60.54vsMIN1 Oct · 2nd 10:12
  2. 50.64vsMIN1 Oct · 1st 02:28
  3. 39.21vsMIN1 Oct · 2nd 02:27

Shot speed in mph, every attempt type.

100+ mph0 · avg 0.0
90-99 mph0 · avg 0.0
80-89 mph0 · avg 0.6
70-79 mph0 · avg 1.6

Shot attempts per speed band.

Distance, last 10 games

  1. 1.86vsMIN1 Oct · 11:35 TOI

Miles per game with his time on ice. Season average 1.86 a game. Small sample: these numbers move a lot in the first weeks of a season.


Physical play, discipline and faceoffs

Physical play, discipline and faceoffs

Possession events, penalties drawn against penalties taken, and faceoffs.

Possession and physical

Takeaways0T-11th on NSH
Giveaways0
TK / GV ratio—
Hits118th on NSH
Blocked shots1T-12th on NSH

Discipline

Penalty minutes0
Minors0
Majors0
Penalties drawn1
Net penalties+1drawn minus taken

Faceoffs

Taken11.0 a game
Won0
Win %0.0%
Offensive zone0 of 1

A part-time centre on the draw.


Game log

Against Montréal, a point in zero of one

Full game log →
DateOpponentResultGAPSOG+/-TOI
28 Mar 2026vsMTLL 1-40001−112:09

Contract

Final season of his deal: a restricted free agent next summer

In 2025-26 he scored 9.0 points per $1M of cap hit, 179th of 370 forwards with 40 or more games and a current contract.

Cap hit$887K0.9% of the $104M ceiling
Term3 yearsYear 3 of 3
Expires2026-27RFA at 23
Cap value$2.7MCap hit × 3 years

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.


With Nashville

One season · 2025-26 to 2025-26
Linemates and opponents

171st in franchise points since 1990-91

Built from goal and assist records: who assists on his goals, whose goals he assists, and his scoring against each opponent.

since 1990-91 · regular season

Points8171st for Nashville
Goals6127th
Assists2205th
Games played48182nd
Team history

Career

Regular season and playoffs
Career · regular season

One season, all with the Predators

Career · regular season

SeasonTeamGPGAPP/GPSH%Points
2025-26NSH476280.1715.4%
Career476280.1715.4%

Season rows reconcile with the official career totals.

Draft

2022Edmonton · round 1From Seattle (WHL)#32

Teammates in the stats

2026-27 · NSH points


Updated after every final · through 6 Oct