Florida Panthers · #40 · Goalie

Akira Schmid

Age 26 · Catches left · 6′5″ · 190 lb · Born Bern, CHE

Drafted 2018, #136 overall by New Jersey

Next game · Sat 10 Octvs Minnesota · 6:00 PM ET.897 save % in the last 2 vs MINGame preview →
Games12026-27 · 1 start Small sample
Record0-0-1Wins: 2nd on FLA
Save %.875T-39th of 55
GAA3.8041st of 55
Shutouts0
Saves2832 shots faced
Quality starts00.0% of starts

2025-262025-26: 34 games, 16-10-6, .893 save %, 2.59 GAA Season detail →

Akira Schmid has a .875 save percentage over 1 game of 2026-27, after .893 in 34 games last season.

This season

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

A .875 save percentage over 1 game

Where he ranks among NHL goalies with 1+ games, then his save percentage through the season in ten-game blocks.

Percentile among NHL goalies

Shots faced / 6030.472nd
Even-strength save %.90547th
Shutouts043rd
Save %.87529th
Goals against avg3.8026th
Starts120th
Quality start %0.0%17th
Wins017th

Bars show the percentile against 55 goalies with 1+ games in 2026-27; the thin line marks the league median.

Save % · ten-game blocks

.875.8751–4

Dashed line: season average (.875). Dark blocks sit at or above it.

Wins02nd on FLA
Save %.875T-39th of 55
Goals against avg3.8041st of 55
Starts12nd on FLA
Shutouts02nd on FLA
Stats hub

Workload and save % by strength

Four points of save percentage above the league at even strength

1 start in 2026-27: save percentage split by strength, how often he finished what he started, and the goal support in front of him.

Save % by strength

Even strength.90521 shots · lg .901
Opponent power play.8758 shots · lg .844
His team on the PP.6673 shots · lg .869

League figures pool every goalie with the same minimum games (55 goalies).

Workload

Starts12nd on FLA
Relief appearances0
Complete games1100.0% of games
Shots faced / 6030.4
Minutes63

Goal support

Goals for / 602.85
Goals against / 603.80
Regulation wins0
Regulation losses1
Quality starts00.0% of starts

Expected goals

3.5 goals below expected in 2025-26

How many goals the shots he faced should have produced, against how many went in.

GSAx−1.039th of 55 goalies
Expected goals against3.04 allowed
Save %.875Expected .906
GSAx per game−1.001 game

2026-27. Goals saved above expected = the expected goals of every unblocked shot he faced (empty net excluded) minus the goals he allowed. Small sample: early-season xG moves a lot from night to night.

Goals saved above expected for every goalie →


2026-27 · Save % by zone

A .800 save percentage from the slot

Every shot on goal he faced, split into the same five zones as our shot maps. The map shows where the goals against came from.

Goal against
Crease.667
Slot.800
Wing1.000
Point.857
Neutral zone1.000

Not enough shots yet to rank in 2026-27. Bars start at .750. Small sample: these numbers move a lot in the first weeks of a season.

Save % by zone, every goalie
5v5 save %.94117 shots at 5v5
Slot + crease save %.76913 shots
Games above .9000%0 of 1 game
Shots on goal faced324 goals against

Game log

Against Minnesota, 0 wins in 2

Full game log →
DateOpponentResultSAGASV%TOI
6 Mar 2026vsMINL 2-4244.83358:25
29 Dec 2025vsMINL 2-51501.00033:04

Prediction markets

0.5% for the Vezina Trophy

Season ladders and award futures he is priced for, as the venues' average midpoint.

Vezina TrophyBest goaltender0.5%—1¢Not listedNot listed

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Contract

$2M a season through 2027-28

In 2025-26 he saved −1.77 goals above expected per $1M of cap hit, 45th of 59 goalies with 20 or more games and a current contract.

Cap hit$2M1.9% of the $104M ceiling
Term2 yearsYear 1 of 2
Expires2027-28UFA at 28
Cap value$4MCap hit × 2 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 1 Oct 2026.


With Florida

Franchise record

35th in franchise wins since 1990-91

since 1990-91 · regular season

Wins035th for Florida
Shutouts024th
Games played1478th
Team history

Career

Regular season and playoffs
Career · regular season

Five seasons, with 2 clubs

Career · regular season

SeasonTeamGPWLOTLGAASV%SO
2021-22NJD60404.83.8330
2022-23NJD189522.13.9221
2023-24NJD195913.15.8950
2024-25VGK52011.26.9440
2025-26VGK34161062.59.8932
Career823228102.66.8983

Season rows reconcile with the official career totals.

Draft

2018New Jersey · round 5#136
Games10
Record4-4
Save %.924
Shutouts2
Career page

Updated after every final · through 6 Oct