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David Schlemko

#21 · Defence · Montréal Canadiens

Born May 7, 1987 in Edmonton, Alberta, CAN · 6'1", 191 lb · Shoots left

Compare with a similar player

The defencemen closest to him in points in 2011-12. Pick one to see the two side by side, or choose someone else.

Derek Smith CGY · 11 P in 47 GP Chris Campoli MTL · 11 P in 43 GP Philip Larsen DAL · 11 P in 55 GP Derek Morris PHX · 11 P in 59 GP Ryan Ellis NSH · 11 P in 32 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.

0510152008-09: 1 points108-092009-10: 5 points509-102010-11: 14 points1410-112011-12: 11 points1111-122012-13: 6 points612-132013-14: 9 points913-142014-15: 4 points414-152015-16: 19 points1915-162016-17: 18 points1816-172017-18: 5 points517-182018-19: 2 points218-19

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

Season Team GP G A P +/- PIM Shots Hits P/GP Cap hit
2008-09 PHX 3 0 1 1 -2 0 3 6 0.33
2009-10 PHX 17 1 4 5 1 8 19 10 0.29
2010-11 PHX 43 4 10 14 8 24 47 56 0.33 $550K
2011-12 PHX 46 1 10 11 7 10 58 52 0.24 $550K
2012-13 PHX 30 1 5 6 8 12 35 38 0.20 $550K
2013-14 PHX 48 1 8 9 2 18 61 61 0.19 $1.188M
2014-15 ARI 20 1 3 4 -5 4 24 29 0.20 $1.188M
2014-15 DAL 5 0 0 0 0 0 6 7 0.00
2014-15 CGY 19 0 0 0 6 8 15 9 0.00
2015-16 NJD 67 6 13 19 -22 16 104 47 0.28 $625K
2016-17 SJS 62 2 16 18 4 14 118 35 0.29 $2.1M
2017-18 MTL 37 1 4 5 3 6 38 33 0.14 $2.1M
2018-19 MTL 18 0 2 2 -1 4 29 29 0.11 $2.1M
11 seasons Career 415 18 76 94 9 124 557 412 0.23

Playoffs

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

Season Team GP G A P +/- PIM Shots Hits P/GP
2010-11 PHX 4 1 0 1 -3 4 4 5 0.25
2011-12 PHX 5 0 0 0 0 0 6 4 0.00
2014-15 CGY 11 0 1 1 1 2 15 12 0.09
2016-17 SJS 6 2 1 3 2 2 9 5 0.50
4 seasons Playoffs 26 3 2 5 0 8 34 26 0.19

2011-12 season totals

GP G A P +/- PIM Shots Hits P/GP Shooting % Avg TOI
46 1 10 11 7 10 58 52 0.24 1.7 18:21

Contract

$550KCap hitends in 2013, then RFA
$50KCap dollars per point11 points in 46 games
$211KWorth at the going ratewhat teams paid for a season like his
-$339KValueworth 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. He rated at or below a spare-part player, so there is no cost per goal to show. Value is coloured by where it ranks among the 367 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 2012-13, with 1 season left after this one, and he is then a restricted free agent.

Season Cap hit
2011-12 $550K
2012-13 $550K

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
2018-19 to 2019-20 $2.1M
2016-17 to 2017-18 $2.1M
2015-16 to 2015-16 $625K
2013-14 to 2014-15 $1.188M
2012-13 to 2012-13 $550K
2010-11 to 2012-13 $550K

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 2011-12 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.

2011-12 analytics

Regular season Playoffs

Rating

-0.6Goals above replacement545th of 680 skaters, 176th of 235 defencemen
-0.1Wins above replacementgoals above replacement divided by six
-3.4Goals above averagethe five parts below added up

Each number is coloured by where it ranks among the 235 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-0.6 54th percentileEven-strength defence-2.2 14th percentilePower play-0.3 35th percentilePenalty kill-0.3 28th percentilePenalties0.0 69th 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.

-2024682010-112012-132014-152016-172018-19Goals 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

48.0Corsi for %668 attempts for, 724 against
-3.6CF% relative to teamagainst the team without him
46.9Expected goals for %27.4 expected for, 31.1 against
-3.2xGF% relative to teamagainst the team without him
49.5Fenwick for %unblocked attempts
52.5Goals for %31 for, 28 against
100.4PDO8.3% shooting + 92.0% saves
110Attempts takenhis own shot attempts

Each share is coloured by where it ranks among the 557 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
Rostislav Klesla · David Schlemko38422:3944.745.921-16
Keith Yandle · David Schlemko22127:3757.155.83-3
Michal Rozsival · David Schlemko1275:2554.751.93-1
Derek Morris · David Schlemko924:1339.017.10-2

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.

1Goalsnot counting empty-netters
2.1Expected goalsfrom 81 unblocked attempts
-1.1Goals above expectedgoals minus expected goals
Chances created 0.15 expected goals per 60 minutes42nd
Shot quality 2.6% chance per attempt24th
Finishing -1.1 goals above expected27thOne season of finishing is mostly luck.

Each bar shows the share of defencemen he is ahead of, among the 233 who played 300 minutes or more this season.

00.511.52Game 20Game 40Expected 2.1Goals 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 25, 2012 vs STL L 0-4 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 15:39
Mar 20, 2012 @ DAL L 3-4 (SO) 0 0 0 1 0 1 1 14:49
Mar 18, 2012 @ EDM W 3-2 (SO) 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 18:43
Mar 15, 2012 @ CGY L 1-4 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 20:46
Mar 14, 2012 @ VAN W 5-4 0 0 0 -1 0 1 1 17:03
Jan 7, 2012 vs NYI W 5-1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 09:59
Jan 5, 2012 @ LAK L 0-1 (OT) 0 0 0 0 0 1 3 21:35
Jan 3, 2012 @ STL L 1-4 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 20:34
Dec 31, 2011 @ MIN W 4-2 0 0 0 1 0 1 1 17:17
Dec 29, 2011 @ COL L 2-3 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 21:22
Dec 28, 2011 vs BOS L 1-2 (OT) 0 1 1 0 0 1 4 18:08
Dec 26, 2011 @ LAK L 3-4 0 1 1 -1 0 1 0 16:58
Dec 23, 2011 vs STL L 2-3 0 0 0 -1 2 1 1 19:53
Dec 21, 2011 @ CAR W 4-3 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 23:23
Dec 20, 2011 @ FLA W 2-1 0 0 0 0 2 3 0 16:16
Dec 17, 2011 vs NYR L 2-3 0 0 0 -1 0 1 2 23:38
Dec 15, 2011 vs EDM W 4-2 0 0 0 1 0 1 3 24:48
Dec 14, 2011 @ ANA L 1-4 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 18:35
Dec 10, 2011 vs MIN L 1-4 0 0 0 1 0 0 2 15:18
Dec 8, 2011 @ DET L 2-5 0 0 0 -1 2 1 0 17:26
Dec 6, 2011 @ NSH W 3-2 0 1 1 1 0 2 4 23:18
Dec 5, 2011 @ CHI W 4-3 (SO) 0 1 1 1 0 3 3 25:00
Dec 3, 2011 vs PHI L 2-4 0 0 0 -1 0 3 0 13:40
Dec 1, 2011 @ WPG L 0-1 0 0 0 -1 2 3 1 16:21
Nov 29, 2011 @ CHI W 4-1 0 0 0 2 0 0 1 16:26
Nov 26, 2011 vs DAL W 3-0 0 0 0 0 0 2 1 16:53
Nov 25, 2011 vs VAN L 0-5 0 0 0 -2 0 0 1 15:56
Nov 23, 2011 vs ANA W 4-2 0 0 0 -1 0 1 0 16:59
Nov 21, 2011 @ WSH L 3-4 0 0 0 0 2 0 1 15:05
Nov 19, 2011 @ BUF W 4-2 0 1 1 0 0 0 1 17:45
Nov 17, 2011 @ PHI L 1-2 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 15:32
Nov 15, 2011 @ TOR W 3-2 (SO) 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 19:31
Nov 12, 2011 @ SJS W 3-0 0 0 0 1 0 1 1 18:30
Nov 10, 2011 vs MTL L 2-3 (OT) 0 0 0 -2 0 2 2 20:49
Nov 5, 2011 vs EDM W 4-2 0 0 0 2 0 1 2 16:05
Nov 3, 2011 vs NSH L 0-3 0 0 0 0 0 2 2 15:30
Nov 2, 2011 @ COL W 4-1 0 1 1 1 0 2 1 20:03
Oct 29, 2011 vs LAK W 3-2 (OT) 0 1 1 2 0 1 2 21:06
Oct 27, 2011 vs NJD W 5-3 0 2 2 1 0 3 3 18:42
Oct 25, 2011 vs DAL L 2-3 (SO) 0 0 0 1 0 3 0 21:56
Oct 23, 2011 @ ANA W 5-4 0 0 0 -1 0 0 0 18:22
Oct 20, 2011 vs LAK L 0-2 0 0 0 0 0 2 2 15:39
Oct 18, 2011 vs CHI L 2-5 0 1 1 1 0 1 0 16:32
Oct 15, 2011 vs WPG W 4-1 0 0 0 -1 0 1 0 18:23
Oct 13, 2011 @ NSH W 5-2 1 0 1 3 0 3 0 17:48
Oct 10, 2011 @ DAL L 1-2 (SO) 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 20:24