Nick Schmaltz
Utah Mammoth · #8 · Center · age 30 · 6'0" · 184 lb · shoots RBorn 🇺🇸 Madison, Wisconsin · Drafted 2014 · Rd 1 #20
SCORER1.07 points/game with a assist-leaning mix
16 points in 15 games — 23rd of 424 forwards. The average forward has 6.7.
29HEAT · FORM, LAST 5 GAMES ↓ -1hotter than 58% of forwards · average forward 27
73ENERGY · MODERATEaverage forward 95 · last game yesterday
SCOUTING REPORT · AI, FROM THE NUMBERS
The player.
WHO HE IS · LONG TERM
The scouting report isn’t written yet — check back later.
RIGHT NOW · LAST 5 GAMES
FORM OVER TIME · GAME BY GAME
Heat over time.
Cooling: 62 after the game against TOR, 29 now — still hotter than 58% of forwards (average forward 27).
Now 29 · −7 over these 15 games
━● Heat after each game╍ average forward (27)┈ top 5% of forwards (65)
LAST 5 GAMES
The last stretch.
3 points in 5 games — below his own pace (5.3 per 5), yet still 1.2× what an average forward scores in 5 games. He's shooting 0% in this stretch against 17% on the season.
| LAST 5 GAMES | HIM | HIS USUAL · PER 5 GAMES | AVERAGE FORWARD | VERDICT |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Goals | 0 | 2.3 | 1.1 | ▼ 0.0× his usual |
| Assists | 3 | 3.0 | 1.5 | ≈ 1.0× his usual |
| Points | 3 | 5.3 | 2.5 | ▼ 0.6× his usual |
| Shots | 10 | 14 | 8 | ▼ 0.7× his usual |
| Shooting % | 0.0% | 17.1% | 13.6% | ▼ 0.0× his usual |
| Plus/minus | −5 | −3.0 | −0.2 | −2 vs his usual |
| Ice time a game | 17:01 | 17:51 | 14:51 | ≈ 1.0× his usual |
| DATE | OPPONENT | RESULT | G | A | POINTS | SOG | +/- | TOI | HEAT AFTER |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Nov 1 | @ PHI | L | 0 | 2 | 2 | 3 | −3 | 18:26 | 29 |
| Oct 29 | @ PIT | W | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 15:23 | 30 |
| Oct 27 | vs MIN | L | 0 | 1 | 1 | 3 | +1 | 18:27 | 29 |
| Oct 24 | vs TBL | W | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 14:58 | 0 |
| Oct 22 | @ SEA | L | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | −2 | 17:49 | 47 |
THIS SEASON · 2026–27 · AMONG 424 FORWARDS
Where he stands.
The bar runs from zero to the league's best forward; the white tick is the average forward.
Points23rd of 424 forwards16leader 
McDavid 39
McDavid 39Goals34th of 424 forwards7leader Kaprizov 15
Kaprizov 15Assists31st of 424 forwards9leader McDavid 30
McDavid 30Shots34th of 424 forwards41leader Boldy 68
Boldy 68Power-play points11th of 424 forwards8leader McDavid 15
McDavid 15Plus/minus412th of 424 forwards−9leader McDavid +20
McDavid +20Ice time a game91st of 424 forwards17:51leader McDavid 23:28
McDavid 23:28PERFORMANCE RADAR · PER GAME, PERCENTILE VS FORWARDS
Shape of his game.
Separates in: power-play points (96th), shots (89th), goals (88th). Below the middle: plus/minus (4th).
■ Schmaltz this season╍ the average forward┈ top 5% of forwards
CAREER · NHL REGULAR SEASON · SOURCE: NHL.COM
Season by season.
On pace for 87 points over 82 games, which would beat his best season so far: 74 in 2025–26.
| SEASON | TEAM | GP | G | A | PTS | POINTS PER GAME | +/- |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026–27 · now | UTA | 15 | 7 | 9 | 16 | 1.07 | −9 |
| 2025–26 | UTA | 82 | 33 | 41 | 74 | 0.90 | +17 |
| 2024–25 | UTA | 82 | 20 | 43 | 63 | 0.77 | −15 |
| 2023–24 |  ARI | 79 | 22 | 39 | 61 | 0.77 | −16 |
| 2022–23 | ARI | 63 | 22 | 36 | 58 | 0.92 | +4 |
| 2021–22 · best | ARI | 63 | 23 | 36 | 59 | 0.94 | +1 |
| 2020–21 | ARI | 52 | 10 | 22 | 32 | 0.62 | −1 |
| 2019–20 | ARI | 70 | 11 | 34 | 45 | 0.64 | +3 |
| 2018–19 | ARI | 17 | 5 | 9 | 14 | 0.82 | −8 |
| 2018–19 |  CHI | 23 | 2 | 9 | 11 | 0.48 | −4 |
| 2017–18 | CHI | 78 | 21 | 31 | 52 | 0.67 | +1 |
| 2016–17 | CHI | 61 | 6 | 22 | 28 | 0.46 | +10 |