Utah Mammoth · #8 · Centre

Nick Schmaltz

Age 30 · Shoots right · 6′0″ · 184 lb · Born Madison, Wisconsin, USA

Drafted 2014, #20 overall by Chicago

Next game · Thu 8 Octat Boston · 7:00 PM ET2 P in the last 2 vs BOS
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Games42026-27 Small sample
Goals51st on UTA
Assists2T-5th on UTA
Points7T-1st on UTA
P / GP1.75T-14th in the NHL
Shots1729.4% shooting
TOI / GP18:145th on UTA

2025-262025-26: 82 games, 33-41-74, 0.90 points per game Season detail →

Nick Schmaltz has 7 points in 4 games of 2026-27, after 74 points in 82 games last season.

This season

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

7 points in 4 games for the 2nd-placed Utah

Where he ranks among NHL forwards with 2+ games, then his scoring rate through the season in ten-game blocks.

Percentile among NHL forwards

Goals / 604.1199th
Takeaways398th
PP points397th
Shots / GP4.2597th
Points / GP1.7596th
Shooting %29.4%84th
Ice time18:1478th
Assists / 601.6569th
Blocked shots141st
Hits233rd
Penalty differential−118th

Bars show the percentile against 383 forwards with 2+ games in 2026-27; the thin line marks the league median.

Points per game · rolling blocks

1.81.81–4

Dashed line: season average (1.8). Dark blocks sit at or above it.

Points7T-1st on UTA
Points per game1.75T-14th in NHL
Goals51st in NHL
Assists2T-5th on UTA
Shooting %29.4%Above avg (11.6%)
Ice time18:145th on UTA
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Ice time and special teams

A top-six forward who runs the first power play

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

Ice time by strength

Even strength13:22
Power play3:29
Shorthanded1:23
Total18:14

22.5 shifts a game, averaging 49 seconds each.

Special teams

PP goals3T-1st on UTA
PP assists0T-6th on UTA
PP points35th on UTA · T-9th NHL
SH goals0
PP points / 6012.926th on UTA

Power-play involvement

Goals on the PP8Utah total
Involved in3goals or assists
Share37.5%of every UTA PPG
PP TOI share83.6%of UTA PP time

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


Scoring detail

The power play drives the goal total

How the 5 goals and 2 assists were scored: when, at what strength, in what game state, and per 60 minutes.

Goal detail

Game-winning goals1T-1st on UTA
Overtime goals0T-1st on UTA
First goal of the game0
Empty-net goals0
Even-strength goals2
Power-play goals3

Goals by period

1st1
2nd3
3rd1
Overtime0

Goals by game state

Tied1
Leading3
Trailing1

1 of 5 goals broke a tie; 1 came with Utah trailing.

Assists

Primary1 · 50%
Secondary1 · 50%

Primary assists are the stronger playmaking signal.

Rates per 60

Points / 605.76
Goals / 604.11
Shots / 6014.0
ES points / 604.494 ES points
PP points / 6012.923 PP points

Shot locations

Most attempts from the slot, goals from the slot

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

GoalOn goalMissedBlocked

By zone

Crease3 att · 1 G
Slot12 att · 3 G
Wing4 att · 1 G
Point1 att · 0 G
Neutral zone0 att · 0 G

20 attempts across the 4 games with a stored shot map. Small sample

Expected goals (ixG)2.29th
Goals5
Goals vs expected+2.8
Unblocked attempts18
xG per attempt.120
ixG per 601.78

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

Distance per 60 in the 71st percentile of forwards: 9.96 miles

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 percentile among NHL forwards

Offensive-zone time50.8%97th
Defensive-zone time32.4%95th
Distance skated, mi12.194th
20+ mph bursts671st
Distance / 60, mi9.9671st
90+ mph shots048th
22+ mph bursts041st
Hardest shot, mph74.6438th
Top speed, mph20.9335th
Average shot, mph42.611th

Bars show the percentile against 383 forwards 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, mph20.93Forward average 21.23
Hardest shot, mph74.64Forward average 74.7
Distance skated12.1 mi3.29 mi in his longest game
Offensive-zone starts41.3%30.4% defensive · 28.3% neutral

Where his shifts were spent

50.7%All situations32.5%
47.9%Even strength34.7%
63.8%Power play24.2%
55.4%Shorthanded25.1%
OffensiveNeutralDefensive

Share of his time on ice in each zone.

Fastest moments

  1. 20.77vsCHI1 Oct · 1st 00:44
  2. 20.66@NYR4 Oct · 3rd 18:58
  3. 20.42@CBJ3 Oct · 3rd 16:05
  4. 20.20vsCHI1 Oct · 3rd 11:22
  5. 19.75@NYR4 Oct · 1st 03:55
  6. 19.53vsCHI1 Oct · 2nd 09:28
  7. 19.49@CBJ3 Oct · 3rd 02:07
  8. 19.41vsCHI1 Oct · 2nd 01:07

His fastest bursts in mph.

22+ mph0 · avg 0.3
20-22 mph6 · avg 4.6
18-20 mph36 · avg 20

Bursts per speed band, against the forward average.

Hardest shots

  1. 74.64@CBJ3 Oct · 1st 16:31
  2. 73.50@CBJ3 Oct · 1st 01:02
  3. 58.41@CBJ3 Oct · 3rd 02:07
  4. 56.94@CBJ3 Oct · 1st 06:59
  5. 51.16@NYR4 Oct · 2nd 08:04
  6. 48.20@CBJ3 Oct · 3rd 14:13
  7. 40.60vsCHI1 Oct · 2nd 03:40
  8. 33.41@CBJ3 Oct · 3rd 14:03

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 mph2 · avg 1.6

Shot attempts per speed band.

Distance, last 10 games

  1. 3.29@NJD6 Oct · 19:47 TOI
  2. 2.92@NYR4 Oct · 17:18 TOI
  3. 2.83@CBJ3 Oct · 17:39 TOI
  4. 3.06vsCHI1 Oct · 18:12 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

Physical play, discipline and faceoffs

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

Possession and physical

Takeaways31st on UTA
Giveaways4
TK / GV ratio0.75
Hits2T-13th on UTA
Blocked shots1T-13th on UTA

Discipline

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

Faceoffs

Taken184.5 a game
Won7
Win %38.9%
Offensive zone3 of 8

A part-time centre on the draw.


Game log

Against Boston, a point in one of two

Full game log →
DateOpponentResultGAPSOG+/-TOI
16 Dec 2025@BOSL 1-40000021:11
19 Oct 2025vsBOSW 3-20221022:50

Prediction markets

25% for the 40+ goals

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

40+ goals2026-27 regular season25%—34¢Not listedNot listed

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Contract

$8M a season through 2033-34

In 2025-26 he scored 9.3 points per $1M of cap hit, 173rd of 370 forwards with 40 or more games and a current contract.

Cap hit$8M7.7% of the $104M ceiling
Term8 yearsYear 1 of 8
Expires2033-34UFA at 38
Cap value$64MCap hit × 8 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 Utah

Two seasons · 2024-25 to 2025-26
Linemates and opponents

Mikhail Sergachev sets him up more than anyone

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

Who sets him up

Mikhail Sergachev2
Clayton Keller2
Dylan Guenther2
Vincent Trocheck1
John Marino1

Assists on his 5 goals, 2026-27.

Who he sets up

Lawson Crouse1
Vincent Trocheck1

Scorers on his 2 assists.


Career

Regular season and playoffs
Career · regular season

Ten seasons, with 3 clubs

Career · regular season

SeasonTeamGPGAPP/GPSH%Points
2016-17CHI61622280.469.1%
2017-18CHI782131520.6717.8%
2018-19ARI, CHI40718250.6311.3%
2019-20ARI701134450.6411.6%
2020-21ARI521022320.629.5%
2021-22ARI632336590.9418.7%
2022-23ARI632236580.9216.7%
2023-24ARI792239610.7713.9%
2024-25UTA822043630.7710.8%
2025-26UTA823341740.9016.0%
Career6701753224970.7414.0%

Season rows reconcile with the official career totals.

Draft

2014Chicago · round 1From Green Bay (USHL)#20

Teammates in the stats

2026-27 · UTA points

Games10
Goals1
Points40.40 P/GP
Game-winning goals0
Career page

Updated after every final · through 6 Oct