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Nick Schultz

#55 · Defence · Philadelphia Flyers

Born Aug 25, 1982 in Strasbourg, Saskatchewan, CAN · 6'1", 203 lb · Shoots left · Drafted 33rd overall in 2000 by MIN (round 2)

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The defencemen closest to him in points in 2010-11. Pick one to see the two side by side, or choose someone else.

Bryan Allen CAR · 17 P in 72 GP Cory Sarich CGY · 17 P in 76 GP Zach Bogosian ATL · 17 P in 71 GP Robyn Regehr CGY · 17 P in 79 GP Francois Beauchemin ANA · 17 P in 81 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.

051015202001-02: 10 points1001-022002-03: 10 points102003-04: 16 points1603-042005-06: 14 points142006-07: 12 points1206-072007-08: 15 points152008-09: 11 points1108-092009-10: 20 points202010-11: 17 points1710-112011-12: 7 points72012-13: 9 points912-132013-14: 5 points52014-15: 15 points1514-152015-16: 10 points102016-17: 4 points416-17

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

Season Team GP G A P +/- PIM Shots Hits P/GP Cap hit
2001-02 MIN 52 4 6 10 0 14 47 36 0.19
2002-03 MIN 75 3 7 10 11 23 70 15 0.13
2003-04 MIN 79 6 10 16 12 16 72 44 0.20
2005-06 MIN 79 2 12 14 2 43 45 60 0.18
2006-07 MIN 82 2 10 12 0 42 69 88 0.15
2007-08 MIN 81 2 13 15 9 42 52 101 0.19 $1.85M
2008-09 MIN 79 2 9 11 -4 31 48 78 0.14 $3.5M
2009-10 MIN 80 1 19 20 -8 43 83 84 0.25 $3.5M
2010-11 MIN 74 3 14 17 -4 38 46 78 0.23 $3.5M
2011-12 MIN 62 1 2 3 -10 30 38 60 0.05 $3.5M
2011-12 EDM 20 0 4 4 -2 10 13 23 0.20
2012-13 EDM 48 1 8 9 -13 24 33 52 0.19 $3.5M
2013-14 EDM 60 0 4 4 -11 24 27 64 0.07 $3.5M
2013-14 CBJ 9 0 1 1 -2 4 8 9 0.11
2014-15 PHI 80 2 13 15 2 47 69 113 0.19 $1.25M
2015-16 PHI 81 1 9 10 -1 42 70 85 0.12 $2.25M
2016-17 PHI 28 0 4 4 1 10 25 45 0.14 $2.25M
15 seasons Career 1069 30 145 175 -18 483 815 1035 0.16

Playoffs

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

Season Team GP G A P +/- PIM Shots Hits P/GP
2002-03 MIN 18 0 1 1 5 10 5 8 0.06
2006-07 MIN 5 0 1 1 -3 0 4 7 0.20
2007-08 MIN 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.00
2013-14 CBJ 2 0 0 0 -1 0 0 2 0.00
2015-16 PHI 6 0 0 0 1 2 2 4 0.00
5 seasons Playoffs 32 0 2 2 2 12 11 21 0.06

2010-11 season totals

GP G A P +/- PIM Shots Hits P/GP Shooting % Avg TOI
74 3 14 17 -4 38 46 78 0.23 6.5 20:13

Contract

$3.5MCap hitends in 2014, then UFA
$206KCap dollars per point17 points in 74 games
$1.107MCap dollars per goal above replacement3.2 goals above replacement
$1.8MWorth at the going ratewhat teams paid for a season like his
-$1.7MValueworth 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 315 ranked skaters whose contract is known. How value is worked out.

The contract

Who signed him to it, and when, are not on record. It runs through 2013-14, with 3 seasons left after this one, and he is then an unrestricted free agent.

Season Cap hit
2010-11 $3.5M
2011-12 $3.5M
2012-13 $3.5M
2013-14 $3.5M

Each season left on the contract. Only its cap hit and its end are known: how the pay is split by season, and any signing bonus, are not.

Contracts he has signed

Signed Signed by Kind Seasons Years In all Cap hit
2015-16 to 2016-17 $2.25M
2014-15 to 2014-15 $1.25M
2012-13 to 2013-14 $3.5M
2008-09 to 2013-14 $3.5M
2007-08 to 2007-08 $1.85M

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 2010-11 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.

2010-11 analytics

Rating

+3.2Goals above replacement294th of 672 skaters, 79th of 233 defencemen
+0.5Wins above replacementgoals above replacement divided by six
-1.8Goals above averagethe five parts below added up

Each number is coloured by where it ranks among the 233 ranked defencemen: 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.

Even-strength offence-0.1 72nd percentileEven-strength defence-0.2 42nd percentilePower play+0.1 84th percentilePenalty kill+0.1 68th percentilePenalties-1.8 19th percentile

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, and the rank beside it is among defencemen. A full season is about two-thirds the player and one-third chance. 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.

-2-1012342010-112011-122012-132013-142014-152015-162016-17Goals 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

46.9Corsi for %1008 attempts for, 1140 against
+2.9CF% relative to teamagainst the team without him
46.9Expected goals for %40.0 expected for, 45.3 against
+2.7xGF% relative to teamagainst the team without him
46.3Fenwick for %unblocked attempts
49.0Goals for %48 for, 50 against
101.0PDO8.9% shooting + 92.1% saves
107Attempts takenhis own shot attempts

Each share is coloured by where it ranks among the 569 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
Nick Schultz · Brent Burns71948:3248.450.240-34
Nick Schultz · Greg Zanon3670:2836.934.72-3
Nick Schultz · Jared Spurgeon2046:1752.246.01-3
Nick Schultz · Marco Scandella845:4435.721.41-3

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.

3Goalsnot counting empty-netters
2.1Expected goalsfrom 81 unblocked attempts
+0.9Goals above expectedgoals minus expected goals
Chances created 0.08 expected goals per 60 minutes13th
Shot quality 2.6% chance per attempt22nd
Finishing +0.9 goals above expected74thOne season of finishing is mostly luck.

Each bar shows the share of defencemen he is ahead of, among the 232 who played 300 minutes or more this season.

0123Game 20Game 40Game 60Goals 3Expected 2.1

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 this season, 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
Mar 31, 2011 vs EDM W 4-2 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 19:19
Mar 29, 2011 @ STL W 3-2 (SO) 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 21:34
Mar 26, 2011 vs STL L 3-6 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 22:21
Mar 22, 2011 vs TOR L 0-3 0 0 0 -1 0 0 1 16:18
Mar 20, 2011 vs MTL L 1-8 0 0 0 -3 0 0 1 17:03
Mar 19, 2011 vs CBJ L 4-5 (OT) 0 1 1 -1 0 2 1 25:43
Mar 17, 2011 @ SJS L 2-3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 21:43
Mar 14, 2011 @ VAN L 2-4 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 16:32
Mar 11, 2011 @ DAL L 0-4 0 0 0 -2 0 1 0 18:40
Mar 10, 2011 @ NSH L 0-4 0 0 0 -2 0 0 0 19:03
Mar 8, 2011 vs COL W 5-2 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 23:10
Mar 6, 2011 vs BUF L 2-3 (OT) 0 0 0 -3 0 1 1 20:47
Mar 3, 2011 @ NYR W 3-1 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 18:59
Mar 2, 2011 @ NYI L 1-4 0 0 0 0 2 2 0 16:01
Feb 28, 2011 vs CHI L 2-4 0 0 0 2 2 1 0 19:56
Feb 25, 2011 @ ANA W 3-2 (OT) 0 0 0 0 2 0 1 19:26
Feb 24, 2011 @ LAK L 2-4 0 0 0 -1 0 0 0 19:19
Feb 22, 2011 vs EDM W 4-1 0 1 1 1 0 1 1 20:19
Feb 20, 2011 vs DET L 1-2 (SO) 0 0 0 0 0 0 4 19:25
Feb 18, 2011 vs ANA W 5-1 0 1 1 1 0 0 3 19:25
Feb 16, 2011 @ CHI L 1-3 0 0 0 0 2 1 1 17:02
Feb 15, 2011 vs VAN L 1-4 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 20:22
Feb 12, 2011 vs STL W 3-1 0 0 0 1 0 1 3 20:17
Feb 11, 2011 @ STL W 5-4 (SO) 0 0 0 -1 0 1 1 24:25
Feb 9, 2011 vs COL W 3-2 0 0 0 1 0 3 2 23:53
Feb 5, 2011 @ PHX L 0-1 0 0 0 0 0 2 1 20:08
Feb 3, 2011 @ COL W 4-3 0 1 1 -1 0 0 4 21:58
Feb 1, 2011 vs LAK W 1-0 (SO) 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 22:23
Jan 25, 2011 @ CHI W 4-2 0 0 0 1 0 0 2 22:51
Jan 22, 2011 @ SJS L 3-4 0 0 0 -2 0 0 0 07:52
Jan 19, 2011 @ CGY W 6-0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 21:52
Jan 18, 2011 @ EDM W 4-1 0 0 0 1 2 1 0 21:54
Jan 16, 2011 vs VAN W 4-0 0 1 1 1 4 2 0 20:00
Jan 14, 2011 vs COL L 1-4 0 0 0 0 0 1 2 21:27
Jan 11, 2011 @ NSH L 1-5 0 0 0 -1 0 0 0 19:52
Jan 9, 2011 vs DAL L 0-4 0 0 0 -1 0 1 1 21:31
Jan 8, 2011 @ PIT W 4-0 0 0 0 0 0 1 2 18:57
Jan 6, 2011 @ BOS W 3-1 0 0 0 1 0 1 2 21:50
Jan 4, 2011 @ NJD W 2-1 0 0 0 -1 0 0 1 19:55
Jan 2, 2011 vs PHX W 6-5 (OT) 1 0 1 0 0 2 1 22:16
Dec 31, 2010 vs NSH L 1-4 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 18:22
Dec 29, 2010 vs SJS W 5-3 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 17:44
Dec 27, 2010 @ CBJ L 3-4 (SO) 0 1 1 2 0 1 2 17:38
Dec 18, 2010 @ CGY W 3-1 0 1 1 2 0 1 1 17:51
Dec 16, 2010 vs OTT L 1-3 0 0 0 1 0 0 3 19:11
Dec 12, 2010 @ ANA L 2-6 0 0 0 -1 4 1 2 17:46
Dec 11, 2010 @ LAK W 3-2 (OT) 0 0 0 1 2 0 2 23:10
Dec 9, 2010 @ PHX W 3-2 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 20:47
Dec 4, 2010 @ DAL L 3-4 (OT) 0 0 0 -1 2 0 2 20:22
Dec 3, 2010 vs CGY L 2-3 (SO) 0 1 1 2 0 0 0 20:38
Dec 1, 2010 vs PHX L 2-4 0 0 0 -2 0 1 1 19:10
Nov 29, 2010 @ CGY L 0-3 0 0 0 -1 2 0 0 19:54
Nov 27, 2010 @ COL L 4-7 0 0 0 -1 2 1 0 19:14
Nov 26, 2010 vs NSH W 5-2 1 0 1 2 0 2 0 21:55
Nov 24, 2010 vs PHI L 1-6 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 21:23
Nov 20, 2010 vs NYR L 2-5 0 0 0 -3 0 0 2 19:27
Nov 19, 2010 @ DET W 4-3 (OT) 0 2 2 1 0 1 2 20:50
Nov 17, 2010 vs ANA W 2-1 (OT) 0 0 0 2 0 1 0 21:51
Nov 14, 2010 @ TBL W 4-1 0 0 0 0 2 1 1 20:05
Nov 12, 2010 @ FLA L 1-2 0 1 1 0 0 1 1 21:02
Nov 11, 2010 @ ATL L 1-5 0 0 0 -1 0 0 1 20:09
Nov 6, 2010 @ CBJ W 3-2 0 0 0 -1 0 1 1 19:54
Nov 5, 2010 vs CGY W 2-1 0 1 1 1 0 0 1 20:13
Nov 2, 2010 vs SJS W 1-0 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 18:36
Oct 30, 2010 vs CHI L 1-3 0 0 0 -1 0 1 2 19:14
Oct 28, 2010 vs WSH W 2-1 0 0 0 0 0 1 3 20:17
Oct 25, 2010 vs LAK L 2-3 (SO) 1 0 1 1 0 1 2 24:45
Oct 22, 2010 @ VAN L 1-5 0 0 0 -3 0 0 0 21:36
Oct 21, 2010 @ EDM W 4-2 0 0 0 2 2 1 0 21:27
Oct 19, 2010 vs VAN W 6-2 0 1 1 1 2 0 1 20:11
Oct 16, 2010 vs CBJ L 2-3 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 19:00
Oct 14, 2010 vs EDM W 4-2 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 20:44
Oct 8, 2010 @ CAR L 1-2 (SO) 0 0 0 0 4 0 2 25:25
Oct 7, 2010 vs CAR L 3-4 0 0 0 -2 0 0 0 20:40