Nick Schmaltz
Fantasy Hub Player Intelligence

Nick Schmaltz

UTA · C · Age 30
GP 5 · G-A-PTS 5-2-7
Limited sample STRONG OVERPERFORMANCE VERY LOW confidence
Expected P/G 0,92 Limited sample · Rank appears after 20 GP
Current trajectory Early season 5 GP · 3Y baseline 0,81
Actual P/G 1,40 Limited sample
Deployment 93 #2 among F on team
Driver 85 #8 among F on team
5 GP current season Process: 25% current Role: 50% current
Team context
Utah Mammoth Strong environment
Fantasy environment #11 of 32 NHL teams
Team xP/G #11 0,78 top-8 xP/G
Offensive environment Strong EV OZ #5 · shot diff #1
Power-play environment Strong PP OZ #1
Pace & activity Above average #11 NHL · 19,8 bursts/g · 57,9 km/g · 46,3 attempts/g

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

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Usage & Deployment
Overall usageSeason rate
TOI/G19:09
PP TOI/G3:50
SOG/G4,00
5v5 roleObserved role
L25v5 usage band

Vincent Trocheck · Nick Schmaltz · Clayton Keller

Line time · last game
9:55
TOI · With this line · last game
94%
TOI · With this line · last 3
83%
TOI · With this line · season
82%
Trend
+1 percentage points ↑+1 pts ↑
Power playObserved PP role
PP1Power-play unit

Nick Schmaltz · Clayton Keller · Mikhail Sergachev · Dylan Guenther · Logan Cooley

PP share · last game
59%
PP share · last 3
68%
PP share · season
70%
First-unit starts · last 3
13 / 14
Trend
-1 percentage points ↓-1 pts ↓
SituationalLast 5
Vs empty net
0% · 0:00
Own goalie pulled
68% · 0:58

Derived from official NHL shift charts + play-by-play · Established · High confidence · 20 recent PP opportunities

Production

2026–27 season

GP
5
G
5
A
2
PTS
7
P/G
1,40
SOG/G
4,00
TOI/G
19:09
PP TOI/G
3:50
Official NHL video

Recent highlights

Goals & assists · last 5 games
Performance

Process vs Deployment

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

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

Process 85
Deployment 93
Offensive Driver High-end · limited sample
85
Shot Creation Average · limited sample
65
Play Creation High-end · limited sample
91
Deployment High-end · limited sample
93
Median High-end Elite
Trajectory

Early season

Early season
3Y baseline 0,81 Historical P/G
2026–27 1,40 vs baseline +0,59
Expected P/G 0,92 vs baseline +0,10

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

Intelligence

Model signals

MODEL

Elite Deployment strongly supports current fantasy value.

Deployment 93 is in the top range of the position group.

MODEL

Strong offensive process adds support beyond raw production.

The Driver profile is clearly above the position-group median.

MODEL

Play creation is the clearest offensive strength.

The playmaking-process profile is stronger than the shot-creation profile.

MODEL

Production is running above expectation.

Actual P/G exceeds Expected P/G by 0,48.

Current value

The current fantasy profile has above-average support from both process and Deployment. Expected P/G currently sits at 0,92.

Model details

Performance model
performance_v2_1_4

Scale
transition_ref_v2

Driver vs Deployment
-8,2

Published
2026-10-09 06:29:21