Utah Mammoth · #26 · Defence

Dmitri Simashev

Age 21 · Shoots left · 6′4″ · 198 lb · Born Kostroma, RUS

Drafted 2023, #6 overall by ARI

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Games42026-27 Small sample
Goals0T-12th on UTA
Assists1T-7th on UTA
Points1T-11th on UTA
P / GP0.25T-348th in the NHL
Shots20.0% shooting
TOI / GP16:0510th on UTA

2025-262025-26: 28 games, 0-1-1, 0.04 points per game Season detail →

Dmitri Simashev has 1 point in 4 games of 2026-27, after 1 point in 28 games last season.

This season

2026-27 regular season · 4 games Small sample
2026-27 · The season

1 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.

Percentile among NHL defencemen

Hits894th
Assists / 600.9365th
Points / GP0.2550th
PP points042nd
Goals / 600.0039th
Shooting %0.0%38th
Ice time16:0523rd
Penalty differential−123rd
Shots / GP0.5023rd
Takeaways021st
Blocked shots218th

Bars show the percentile against 198 defencemen with 2+ games in 2026-27; the thin line marks the league median.

Points per game · rolling blocks

0.30.31–4

Dashed line: season average (0.3). Dark blocks sit at or above it.

Points1T-11th on UTA
Points per game0.25T-348th in NHL
Goals0T-232nd in NHL
Assists1T-7th on UTA
Shooting %0.0%Below avg (11.6%)
Ice time16:0510th on UTA
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Ice time and special teams

A third-pair defenceman who plays mostly at even strength

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

Ice time by strength

Even strength14:58
Power play0:00
Shorthanded1:07
Total16:05

24.3 shifts a game, averaging 40 seconds each.

Special teams

PP goals0T-5th on UTA
PP assists0T-6th on UTA
PP points0T-7th on UTA · T-142nd NHL
SH goals0
PP points / 600.00

Power-play involvement

Goals on the PP8Utah total
Involved in0goals or assists
Share0.0%of every UTA PPG
PP TOI share0.0%of UTA PP time

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


Scoring detail

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.

Goal detail

Game-winning goals0T-4th on UTA
Overtime goals0T-1st on UTA
First goal of the game0
Empty-net goals0
Even-strength goals0
Power-play goals0

Assists

Primary0 · 0%
Secondary1 · 100%

Primary assists are the stronger playmaking signal.

Rates per 60

Points / 600.93
Goals / 600.00
Shots / 601.9
ES points / 601.001 ES points
PP points / 600.000 PP 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
Wing6 att · 0 G
Point4 att · 0 G
Neutral zone0 att · 0 G

10 attempts across the 3 games with a stored shot map. Small sample

Expected goals (ixG)0.2395th
Goals0
Goals vs expected−0.2
Unblocked attempts8
xG per attempt.027
ixG per 600.20

2026-27 · 4 games. 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

Hardest shot in the 66th percentile of defencemen: 85.87 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.

Tracking percentile among NHL defencemen

Average shot, mph73.379th
Hardest shot, mph85.8766th
20+ mph bursts264th
Distance skated, mi8.957th
Offensive-zone time41.4%54th
Defensive-zone time40.4%50th
22+ mph bursts048th
90+ mph shots042nd
Top speed, mph20.1431st
Distance / 60, mi8.2624th

Bars show the percentile against 198 defencemen with 2+ games in 2026-27; the thin line marks the median. Higher is better on every row: less defensive-zone time ranks higher.

Top speed, mph20.14Defenceman average 20.52
Hardest shot, mph85.87Defenceman average 81.3
Distance skated8.9 mi2.65 mi in his longest game
Offensive-zone starts28.2%33.3% defensive · 38.5% neutral

Where his shifts were spent

42.8%All situations39.1%
43.6%Even strength38.0%
34.4%Shorthanded51.4%
OffensiveNeutralDefensive

Share of his time on ice in each zone.

Fastest moments

  1. 20.14@CBJ3 Oct · 2nd 08:29
  2. 20.03@NYR4 Oct · 1st 13:46
  3. 19.82@CBJ3 Oct · 3rd 12:19
  4. 19.80@CBJ3 Oct · 3rd 10:09
  5. 19.42@CBJ3 Oct · 3rd 17:36
  6. 19.40@NYR4 Oct · 1st 07:24
  7. 18.99@NYR4 Oct · 3rd 07:07
  8. 18.72@NYR4 Oct · 3rd 07:01

His fastest bursts in mph.

22+ mph0 · avg 0.1
20-22 mph2 · avg 1.9
18-20 mph14 · avg 12

Bursts per speed band, against the defenceman average.

Hardest shots

  1. 85.87vsCHI1 Oct · 3rd 15:39
  2. 85.79vsCHI1 Oct · 2nd 12:34
  3. 78.00vsCHI1 Oct · 2nd 09:37
  4. 77.38@CBJ3 Oct · 3rd 05:40
  5. 72.45@CBJ3 Oct · 1st 06:05
  6. 72.22@CBJ3 Oct · 2nd 11:10
  7. 52.01@CBJ3 Oct · 3rd 17:30

Shot speed in mph, every attempt type.

100+ mph0 · avg 0.0
90-99 mph0 · avg 0.2
80-89 mph2 · avg 1.2
70-79 mph5 · avg 2.8

Shot attempts per speed band.

Distance, last 10 games

  1. 2.65@NJD6 Oct · 18:22 TOI
  2. 1.64@NYR4 Oct · 12:45 TOI
  3. 2.36@CBJ3 Oct · 16:40 TOI
  4. 2.21vsCHI1 Oct · 16:34 TOI

Miles per game with his time on ice. Season average 2.21 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-14th on UTA
Giveaways4
TK / GV ratio0.00
Hits8T-7th on UTA
Blocked shots2T-11th on UTA

Discipline

Penalty minutes2
Minors1
Majors0
Penalties drawn0
Net penalties−1drawn minus taken

Game log

Against Boston, a point in zero of one

Full game log →
DateOpponentResultGAPSOG+/-TOI
19 Oct 2025vsBOSW 3-20001−115:06

Contract

$973K a season through 2027-28

Cap hit$973K0.9% of the $104M ceiling
Term3 yearsYear 2 of 3
Expires2027-28RFA at 23
Cap value$2.9MCap 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.


Career

Regular season and playoffs
Career · regular season

One season, all with the Mammoth

Career · regular season

SeasonTeamGPGAPP/GPSH%Points
2025-26UTA280110.040.0%
Career280110.040.0%

Season rows reconcile with the official career totals.

Draft

2023ARI · round 1From Yaroslavl Jr. (RUSSIA-JR.)#6

Teammates in the stats

2026-27 · UTA points


Updated after every final · through 6 Oct