Nate Schmidt
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Nate Schmidt

UTA · D · Age 35
GP 12 · G-A-PTS 1-2-3
Limited sample IN LINE LOW confidence
Expected P/G 0.29 Limited sample · Rank appears after 20 GP
Current trajectory Early season 12 GP · 2Y baseline 0.25
Actual P/G 0.25 Limited sample
Deployment 61 #4 among D on team
Driver 52 #8 among D on team

Data sourcesOfficial scoring, games played, shots on goal, ice time and observed deployment: NHL.com. Advanced shot-process and expected-goal data: MoneyPuck. Fantasy Hockey Intel Expected P/G and signals are its own model outputs.

12 GP current season Process: 60% current Role: 100% current
How to read this player pageQuick guide

Start with Expected P/G and current production. Usage contains observed roles; Analysis contains process, trajectory and model context.

Expected P/G Estimated scoring rate from current performance, role and underlying indicators.
Driver How strongly the player is driving offensive creation relative to comparable forwards or defensemen.
Deployment How favorable the player’s role and usage are. Higher values generally mean stronger opportunity.
Actual Deployment Observed NHL usage from shifts + play-by-play: line or pair, power-play unit, time and usage share.
Model signals Fantasy Hub interpretations of meaningful changes in production, process, role or sustainability.
NHL Edge Context Skating, territory and shot-location context. Edge is supporting context and does not directly change Expected P/G or Current Value.
Confidence How much current evidence supports the model reading. Treat lower-confidence signals more cautiously.
Team context
Utah Mammoth Balanced environment
Fantasy environment #19 of 32 NHL teams
Team xP/G #19 0.72 top-8 xP/G
Offensive environment Strong EV OZ #2 · shot diff #3
Power-play environment Strong PP OZ #4
Pace & activity Strong #5 NHL · 23.5 bursts/g · 67.1 km/g · 55.1 attempts/g

Balanced environment · strong offensive process · strong power-play environment.

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Production × opportunity

Player Motion

Expected or Actual P/G against Deployment. The trail follows saved daily snapshots up to the latest date.

16 snapshots
Compare up to four skaters with saved model history.
Bubble size represents Offensive Driver percentile.
2026-10-25

Daily snapshots: Expected P/G is a model estimate; Actual P/G is observed season scoring at that date. Each trail connects saved dates; values between snapshots and reasons for changes are unknown. Driver and Deployment are percentiles within F/D. Bubble size shows Driver, independently of the horizontal axis.

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Usage & Deployment
Overall usageSeason rate
TOI/G20:12
PP TOI/G0:08
SOG/G1.08
5v5 roleObserved role
D2Defense pair

Nate Schmidt · Andrew Peeke

Pair time · last game
12:14
TOI · With this pair · last game
87%
TOI · With this pair · last 3
67%
TOI · With this pair · season
20%
Trend
+47 percentage points ↑+47 pts ↑
Power playObserved PP role
PP2Power-play unit

Vincent Trocheck · Kailer Yamamoto · Barrett Hayton · Nate Schmidt · MacKenzie Weegar

PP share · last game
11%
PP share · last 3
7%
PP share · season
7%
First-unit starts · last 3
0 / 9
Trend
StableStable
SituationalLast 5
Vs empty net
0% · 0:00
Own goalie pulled
60% · 0:49

Derived from official NHL shift charts + play-by-play · Persistent · Medium confidence · 13 recent PP opportunities

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Recent highlights

Goals & assists · last 5 games
Production

2026–27 season

GP
12
G
1
A
2
PTS
3
P/G
0.25
SOG/G
1.08
TOI/G
20:12
PP TOI/G
0:08
Historical context · Observed NHL stats Season-over-Season

Actual 2025/26 production compared with 2026/27 so far. Expected P/G is the current FHI model estimate, not last season's result.

2025/26 Actual P/G0.2782 GP
2026/27 Actual P/G0.2512 GP
Current Expected P/G0.29FHI projection
2025/26 shots/GP: 1.05 TOI/GP: 19.7 min PP TOI/GP: 0.6 min 2025/26 ixG: 5.1 ixG/60: 0.19

Data sources2025/26 actual GP, G/A/PTS, shots on goal and total/power-play ice time: NHL.com season and power-play reports. Individual expected goals (xG), when available: MoneyPuck all-situations data. These observed results are separate from FHI’s saved historical Expected P/G baseline.

Performance

Process vs Deployment

0–100 · F/D percentile · sample-adjusted
Limited sample

The process-versus-Deployment profile is still sample-sensitive.

Process 52
Deployment 61
Offensive Driver Average · limited sample
52
Shot Creation Average · limited sample
44
Play Creation Average · limited sample
63
Deployment Average · limited sample
61
Median High-end Elite
Trajectory

Early season

Early season
2Y baseline 0.25 Historical P/G
2026–27 0.25 vs baseline −0.00
Expected P/G 0.29 vs baseline +0.04

Current-season production is still below the 20-game threshold; the historical baseline is shown without a strong trajectory call.

Intelligence

Model signals

MODEL

Sample size limits confidence in the current profile.

The model currently reports LOW confidence.

Current value

The current fantasy profile is mixed. Expected P/G currently sits at 0.29.

Model details

Performance model
performance_v2_1_4

Scale
transition_ref_v2

Driver vs Deployment
-9.4

Published
2026-10-25 16:29:28