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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 2012-13. Pick one to see the two side by side, or choose someone else.

John Erskine WSH · 6 P in 30 GP Mark Fayne NJD · 6 P in 31 GP Ryan Ellis NSH · 6 P in 32 GP Eric Gryba OTT · 6 P in 33 GP Jordie Benn DAL · 6 P in 26 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

2012-13 season totals

GP G A P +/- PIM Shots Hits P/GP Shooting % Avg TOI
30 1 5 6 8 12 35 38 0.20 2.9 17:13

Contract

$550KCap hit2012-13
$92KCap dollars per point6 points in 30 games
-$1MWorth at the going ratewhat teams paid for a season like his
-$1.6MValueworth 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 558 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
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 2012-13 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.

2012-13 analytics

Rating

-1.8Goals above replacement568th of 605 skaters, 194th of 208 defencemen
-0.3Wins above replacementgoals above replacement divided by six
-3.5Goals above averagethe five parts below added up

Each number is coloured by where it ranks among the 208 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-0.3 58th percentileEven-strength defence-2.3 9th percentilePower play-0.7 7th percentilePenalty kill+0.1 66th percentilePenalties-0.4 53rd 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. Provisional: under 40 games it is more chance than player. 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

49.0Corsi for %375 attempts for, 390 against
-2.9CF% relative to teamagainst the team without him
45.7Expected goals for %16.4 expected for, 19.5 against
-5.0xGF% relative to teamagainst the team without him
50.1Fenwick for %unblocked attempts
65.5Goals for %19 for, 10 against
104.1PDO9.5% shooting + 94.7% saves
61Attempts takenhis own shot attempts

Each share is coloured by where it ranks among the 578 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
Keith Yandle · David Schlemko16143:1347.143.012-2
David Schlemko · Michael Stone14118:1250.940.82-5
David Schlemko · Oliver Ekman-Larsson1378:2147.846.50-2
Rostislav Klesla · David Schlemko918:4555.971.12-1

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 58 unblocked attempts
-1.1Goals above expectedgoals minus expected goals
Chances created 0.24 expected goals per 60 minutes77th
Shot quality 3.6% chance per attempt75th
Finishing -1.1 goals above expected19thOne season of finishing is mostly luck.

Each bar shows the share of defencemen he is ahead of, among the 210 who played 300 minutes or more this season.

00.511.52Game 20Expected 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
Apr 27, 2013 @ ANA W 5-3 0 1 1 3 0 0 4 20:05
Apr 26, 2013 vs COL L 4-5 (SO) 1 0 1 1 2 4 2 15:58
Apr 24, 2013 vs SJS W 2-1 0 0 0 0 0 3 0 16:21
Apr 22, 2013 @ DET L 0-4 0 0 0 -1 0 1 2 16:36
Apr 20, 2013 @ CHI W 3-2 (SO) 0 0 0 0 0 1 5 19:50
Apr 15, 2013 vs SJS L 0-4 0 0 0 0 0 2 1 07:58
Apr 12, 2013 @ CGY L 2-3 (OT) 0 0 0 1 0 2 1 17:00
Apr 10, 2013 @ EDM W 3-1 0 0 0 -1 0 1 1 09:56
Apr 8, 2013 @ VAN L 0-2 0 0 0 -1 0 1 0 14:57
Apr 6, 2013 vs COL W 4-0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 19:11
Apr 4, 2013 vs DET W 4-2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 02:10
Apr 2, 2013 vs LAK W 3-1 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 20:48
Mar 30, 2013 @ SJS L 2-3 (SO) 0 1 1 1 0 0 0 21:26
Mar 28, 2013 @ NSH W 7-4 0 1 1 3 2 1 1 17:28
Mar 27, 2013 @ MIN L 3-4 (OT) 0 0 0 -1 0 0 0 24:03
Mar 25, 2013 vs DET L 2-3 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 23:38
Mar 21, 2013 vs VAN L 1-2 0 0 0 0 0 2 1 24:10
Mar 19, 2013 @ LAK L 2-3 0 0 0 0 0 1 3 24:49
Mar 18, 2013 @ LAK L 0-4 0 0 0 -1 0 1 2 19:07
Mar 16, 2013 @ CBJ L 0-1 (SO) 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 17:45
Mar 14, 2013 @ STL L 0-3 0 0 0 0 6 1 2 15:57
Feb 4, 2013 vs MIN W 2-1 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 03:31
Feb 2, 2013 vs DAL W 2-0 0 0 0 1 0 2 3 22:20
Feb 1, 2013 @ DAL L 3-4 (SO) 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 19:55
Jan 30, 2013 vs EDM L 1-2 (OT) 0 0 0 0 0 3 0 17:44
Jan 28, 2013 vs NSH W 4-0 0 0 0 1 0 1 1 13:09
Jan 26, 2013 vs LAK L 2-4 0 0 0 -1 0 0 1 16:24
Jan 24, 2013 @ SJS L 3-5 0 0 0 -1 0 1 3 17:01
Jan 23, 2013 vs CBJ W 5-1 0 0 0 -1 2 2 0 18:45
Jan 20, 2013 vs CHI L 4-6 0 2 2 2 0 2 3 18:29