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Justin Schultz

#4 · Defence · Seattle Kraken

Born Jul 6, 1990 in Kelowna, British Columbia, CAN · 6'2", 190 lb · Shoots right · Drafted 43rd overall in 2008 by ANA (round 2)

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The defencemen closest to him in points in 2016-17. Pick one to see the two side by side, or choose someone else.

Torey Krug BOS · 51 P in 81 GP Dustin Byfuglien WPG · 52 P in 80 GP Dougie Hamilton CGY · 50 P in 81 GP Duncan Keith CHI · 53 P in 80 GP John Klingberg DAL · 49 P in 80 GP

Career

Regular season games only. Pick a season to see its game log below. Cap hit is what he counted against the salary cap that season, where it is known.

020402012-13: 27 points2712-132013-14: 33 points3313-142014-15: 31 points3114-152015-16: 18 points1815-162016-17: 51 points5116-172017-18: 27 points2717-182018-19: 15 points1518-192019-20: 12 points1219-202020-21: 27 points2720-212021-22: 23 points2321-222022-23: 34 points3422-232023-24: 26 points2623-24

Points by season. The darker bar is the season shown below.

Season Team GP G A P +/- PIM Shots Hits P/GP Cap hit
2012-13 EDM 48 8 19 27 -17 8 85 15 0.56 $925K
2013-14 EDM 74 11 22 33 -22 16 109 30 0.45 $925K
2014-15 EDM 81 6 25 31 -17 12 122 41 0.38 $3.675M
2015-16 EDM 45 3 7 10 -22 14 59 29 0.22 $3.9M
2015-16 PIT 18 1 7 8 7 2 23 7 0.44
2016-17 PIT 78 12 39 51 27 34 154 67 0.65 $1.4M
2017-18 PIT 63 4 23 27 22 14 109 36 0.43 $5.5M
2018-19 PIT 29 2 13 15 0 4 47 25 0.52 $5.5M
2019-20 PIT 46 3 9 12 -13 6 86 36 0.26 $5.5M
2020-21 WSH 46 3 24 27 12 10 67 28 0.59 $4M
2021-22 WSH 74 4 19 23 -15 16 92 40 0.31 $4M
2022-23 SEA 73 7 27 34 4 40 98 30 0.47 $3M
2023-24 SEA 70 7 19 26 -23 22 100 26 0.37 $3M
12 seasons Career 745 71 253 324 -57 198 1151 410 0.43

Playoffs

Playoff games only. Pick a season to see that year's bracket.

Season Team GP G A P +/- PIM Shots Hits P/GP
2015-16 PIT 15 0 4 4 1 0 27 13 0.27
2016-17 PIT 21 4 9 13 3 4 26 16 0.62
2017-18 PIT 12 1 7 8 5 2 27 6 0.67
2018-19 PIT 4 1 2 3 -2 0 6 4 0.75
2019-20 PIT 4 0 1 1 -4 0 7 4 0.25
2020-21 WSH 5 0 0 0 -2 2 4 3 0.00
2021-22 WSH 6 1 2 3 2 6 8 6 0.50
2022-23 SEA 14 3 7 10 5 2 15 10 0.71
8 seasons Playoffs 81 10 32 42 8 16 120 62 0.52

2016-17 season totals

GP G A P +/- PIM Shots Hits P/GP Shooting % Avg TOI
78 12 39 51 27 34 154 67 0.65 7.8 20:27

Contract

$1.4MCap hit2016-17
$27KCap dollars per point51 points in 78 games
$153KCap dollars per goal above replacement9.1 goals above replacement
$6.4MWorth at the going ratewhat teams paid for a season like his
+$5MValueworth minus cap hit; below zero is overpaid

His cap hit for the whole season, set against what he did in the regular season. Lower is better value. In a season still being played the cost per point starts high and falls as the games add up. Value is coloured by where it ranks among the 664 ranked skaters whose contract is known. How value is worked out.

The contract

Who signed him to it, and when, are not on record. When it ends is not known.

Contracts he has signed

Signed Signed by Kind Seasons Years In all Cap hit
2022-23 to 2023-24 $3M
2020-21 to 2021-22 $4M
2018-19 to 2019-20 $5.5M
2017-18 to 2017-18 $5.5M
2016-17 to 2016-17 $1.4M
2015-16 to 2015-16 $3.9M
2014-15 to 2014-15 $3.675M
2012-13 to 2013-14 $925K

Every contract on record for him, newest first, with the team that signed him to it and the day it was signed. The one covering 2016-17 is marked. An extension is signed while the contract before it is still running, often a year ahead. A row with no team or date is a contract known only by its cap hit, most often one signed since October 2024.

2016-17 playoff analytics

Regular season Playoffs

Rating

+0.5Goals above replacementsix goals are worth about one win
+0.1Wins above replacementgoals above replacement divided by six
-0.9Goals above averagethe five parts below added up
Even-strength offence+0.0Even-strength defence-1.6Power play+0.9Penalty kill+0.0Penalties-0.3

The goals he added to his team's goal difference, compared with a spare-part player given the same ice time. Each part is measured against the league, so zero is an average skater. A full season is about two-thirds the player and one-third chance. A playoff run is too short to rank anyone on. Before 2023-24 the NHL timed events less exactly, and differently from rink to rink, so expected goals for this season are rougher than for recent ones.

-505102012-132014-152016-172018-192020-212022-23Goals above replacementGoals above replacement, by season

On the ice

What happened at five-on-five while he was on the ice. What these numbers mean

45.5Corsi for %289 attempts for, 346 against
+1.7CF% relative to teamagainst the team without him
46.4Expected goals for %12.3 expected for, 14.2 against
-1.3xGF% relative to teamagainst the team without him
46.0Fenwick for %unblocked attempts
50.0Goals for %13 for, 13 against
101.6PDO8.7% shooting + 93.0% saves
38Attempts takenhis own shot attempts

Each share is coloured by where it ranks among the 142 skaters who played enough to be ranked: green is in the top fifth and red the bottom fifth, with paler shades in between and amber for the middle. Hover over a tile for its percentile. PDO and attempts taken are left plain, since neither is good or bad on its own.

Who he played with

Defence pairGPTimeCF%xGF%Goals
Ian Cole · Justin Schultz18226:0545.944.011-12
Justin Schultz · Olli Maatta1569:2648.552.42-1
Justin Schultz · Brian Dumoulin1212:1733.352.30-0
Ron Hainsey · Justin Schultz129:2138.570.80-0

The pairs he spent the most time in at five-on-five, with the team's share of the shot attempts and expected goals, and the goals for and against, while they were out. The two shares are coloured as above, against the league's pairs that played a fair amount together. Hover over one for its percentile.

Chances and finishing

Expected goals adds up how likely each of his shots was to go in, judged by where it came from, what kind of shot it was and whether it was a rebound. All situations, leaving out shots at an empty net. Before 2023-24 the NHL timed events less exactly, and differently from rink to rink, so expected goals for this season are rougher than for recent ones.

4Goalsnot counting empty-netters
1.7Expected goalsfrom 38 unblocked attempts
+2.3Goals above expectedgoals minus expected goals
Chances created 0.24 expected goals per 60 minutes74th
Shot quality 4.4% chance per attempt95th
Finishing +2.3 goals above expected93rdOne season of finishing is mostly luck.

Each bar shows the share of defencemen he is ahead of, among the 58 who played at least a quarter as much as the busiest in these playoffs.

01234Game 20Goals 4Expected 1.7

His goals and his expected goals as the season went on. When the goals line pulls away above, he is scoring more than his chances were worth; below, less.

Where he shot from

Every attempt he took in these playoffs, in all situations, attacking the net on the right. There is a dot for each attempt, bigger for a better chance. "Show as heat map" shades the ice by where the attempts came from. Click a goal for its details.

Game log

Date Opponent Result G A P +/- PIM Shots Hits TOI
Apr 8, 2017 @ TOR L 3-5 0 1 1 0 0 2 1 21:52
Apr 6, 2017 @ NJD W 7-4 0 1 1 1 0 1 1 22:12
Apr 4, 2017 vs CBJ W 4-1 0 1 1 1 2 3 1 20:32
Apr 2, 2017 vs CAR W 3-2 0 0 0 -1 0 1 1 21:59
Mar 31, 2017 @ NYR W 4-3 (SO) 0 0 0 1 2 1 1 27:43
Mar 29, 2017 vs CHI L 1-5 0 0 0 -2 0 2 0 21:44
Mar 26, 2017 vs PHI L 2-6 0 0 0 -4 0 1 2 23:11
Mar 24, 2017 vs NYI L 3-4 (SO) 0 0 0 -1 0 2 3 24:45
Mar 23, 2017 @ OTT L 1-2 (SO) 0 0 0 0 0 6 0 29:47
Mar 21, 2017 @ BUF W 3-1 0 1 1 0 0 1 1 25:56
Mar 19, 2017 vs FLA W 4-0 0 0 0 3 2 2 1 21:17
Mar 17, 2017 vs NJD W 6-4 0 1 1 1 2 8 1 23:22
Mar 15, 2017 @ PHI L 0-4 0 0 0 -2 2 2 2 23:30
Mar 13, 2017 @ CGY L 3-4 (SO) 0 0 0 1 0 3 1 27:14
Mar 11, 2017 @ VAN W 3-0 0 0 0 0 0 3 1 24:01
Mar 10, 2017 @ EDM W 3-2 (SO) 0 1 1 1 2 3 2 25:15
Mar 8, 2017 @ WPG W 7-4 1 0 1 0 0 3 2 21:10
Mar 5, 2017 vs BUF W 4-3 1 2 3 1 2 1 0 21:51
Mar 3, 2017 vs TBL W 5-2 1 1 2 0 0 3 2 19:42
Mar 1, 2017 @ CHI L 1-4 0 0 0 -3 2 3 0 23:50
Feb 28, 2017 @ DAL L 2-3 0 0 0 -1 0 4 0 22:25
Feb 25, 2017 vs PHI W 4-2 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 24:08
Feb 16, 2017 vs WPG W 4-3 (OT) 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 08:40
Feb 14, 2017 vs VAN W 4-0 0 0 0 2 0 2 0 19:01
Feb 11, 2017 @ ARI L 3-4 (OT) 0 0 0 -1 2 2 1 23:44
Feb 9, 2017 @ COL W 4-1 0 2 2 1 0 0 0 20:36
Feb 7, 2017 vs CGY L 2-3 (SO) 0 0 0 0 2 2 0 21:37
Feb 4, 2017 @ STL W 4-1 1 0 1 1 0 4 1 20:36
Feb 3, 2017 vs CBJ W 4-3 (OT) 0 1 1 0 0 1 0 21:29
Jan 31, 2017 vs NSH W 4-2 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 20:05
Jan 26, 2017 @ BOS L 3-4 1 1 2 1 0 3 0 22:08
Jan 24, 2017 vs STL L 0-3 0 0 0 -1 0 1 2 25:55
Jan 22, 2017 vs BOS W 5-1 0 1 1 2 0 1 1 19:46
Jan 20, 2017 @ CAR W 7-1 0 2 2 1 2 2 3 20:55
Jan 18, 2017 @ MTL W 4-1 0 0 0 2 0 2 1 23:48
Jan 16, 2017 vs WSH W 8-7 (OT) 0 4 4 2 0 1 0 24:15
Jan 14, 2017 @ DET L 3-6 0 0 0 -4 0 3 0 25:30
Jan 12, 2017 @ OTT L 1-4 0 0 0 1 2 0 1 21:25
Jan 11, 2017 @ WSH L 2-5 0 1 1 -1 0 0 0 21:06
Jan 8, 2017 vs TBL W 6-2 0 1 1 1 0 2 0 18:50
Dec 31, 2016 vs MTL W 4-3 (OT) 0 1 1 1 0 2 2 23:19
Dec 28, 2016 vs CAR W 3-2 0 1 1 0 0 1 1 22:09
Dec 27, 2016 @ NJD W 5-2 1 0 1 3 2 2 1 23:16
Dec 23, 2016 vs NJD W 4-1 0 1 1 -1 0 1 0 24:50
Dec 22, 2016 @ CBJ L 1-7 0 0 0 -1 0 1 0 23:18
Dec 20, 2016 vs NYR W 7-2 1 1 2 3 0 3 2 21:39
Dec 17, 2016 @ TOR L 1-2 (OT) 0 1 1 0 2 3 3 23:03
Dec 16, 2016 vs LAK L 0-1 (OT) 0 0 0 0 0 2 1 27:11
Dec 14, 2016 vs BOS W 4-3 (OT) 1 2 3 2 0 3 1 15:36
Dec 12, 2016 vs ARI W 7-0 1 0 1 2 0 1 1 18:59
Dec 10, 2016 @ TBL W 4-3 0 0 0 -2 0 2 0 16:58
Dec 8, 2016 @ FLA W 5-1 0 2 2 3 0 0 0 15:34
Dec 5, 2016 vs OTT W 8-5 1 1 2 2 2 3 0 19:54
Dec 3, 2016 vs DET W 5-3 1 0 1 1 0 4 0 17:00
Dec 1, 2016 vs DAL W 6-2 0 2 2 3 0 0 2 17:47
Nov 30, 2016 @ NYI L 3-5 1 0 1 1 0 3 0 15:15
Nov 26, 2016 vs NJD W 4-3 (SO) 0 0 0 0 0 2 2 20:44
Nov 25, 2016 @ MIN L 2-6 0 0 0 0 0 4 0 19:11
Nov 23, 2016 @ NYR W 6-1 0 1 1 2 0 4 0 16:53
Nov 21, 2016 vs NYR L 2-5 0 0 0 -1 0 2 1 15:53
Nov 19, 2016 @ BUF L 1-2 (SO) 0 0 0 0 0 2 1 15:56
Nov 18, 2016 @ NYI W 3-2 (OT) 0 0 0 0 0 1 2 17:53
Nov 16, 2016 @ WSH L 1-7 0 1 1 1 0 3 0 17:01
Nov 12, 2016 vs TOR W 4-1 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 15:53
Nov 10, 2016 vs MIN L 2-4 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 16:31
Nov 8, 2016 vs EDM W 4-3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 12:08
Nov 5, 2016 @ SJS W 5-0 0 0 0 2 0 0 1 14:01
Nov 3, 2016 @ LAK L 2-3 (OT) 0 0 0 0 0 1 2 13:31
Nov 2, 2016 @ ANA W 5-1 0 1 1 0 0 1 1 16:16
Oct 29, 2016 @ PHI W 5-4 0 0 0 1 0 2 0 18:43
Oct 27, 2016 vs NYI W 4-2 0 1 1 2 0 2 0 15:52
Oct 25, 2016 vs FLA W 3-2 0 0 0 0 0 2 3 18:41
Oct 22, 2016 @ NSH L 1-5 0 0 0 -1 0 2 0 18:32
Oct 20, 2016 vs SJS W 3-2 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 23:48
Oct 18, 2016 @ MTL L 0-4 0 0 0 -1 2 1 2 19:55
Oct 17, 2016 vs COL L 3-4 (OT) 0 1 1 0 0 2 0 15:23
Oct 15, 2016 vs ANA W 3-2 0 0 0 0 0 7 1 14:14
Oct 13, 2016 vs WSH W 3-2 (SO) 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 15:20