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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 2014-15. Pick one to see the two side by side, or choose someone else.

Jordan Leopold MIN · 4 P in 43 GP Matt Bartkowski BOS · 4 P in 47 GP Mirco Mueller SJS · 4 P in 39 GP Nate Schmidt WSH · 4 P in 39 GP Mark Fraser NJD · 4 P in 34 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

2014-15 season totals

GP G A P +/- PIM Shots Hits P/GP Shooting % Avg TOI
44 1 3 4 1 12 45 45 0.09 2.2 15:20

Contract

$1.188MCap hit2014-15
$297KCap dollars per point4 points in 44 games
$1.416MCap dollars per goal above replacement0.8 goals above replacement
$1.1MWorth at the going ratewhat teams paid for a season like his
-$133KValueworth 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 649 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 2014-15 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.

2014-15 analytics

Regular season Playoffs

Rating

+0.8Goals above replacement449th of 665 skaters, 146th of 233 defencemen
+0.1Wins above replacementgoals above replacement divided by six
-1.4Goals 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-1.7 30th percentileEven-strength defence+1.0 71st percentilePower play-0.1 48th percentilePenalty kill+0.3 76th percentilePenalties-0.9 39th 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

49.6Corsi for %557 attempts for, 567 against
+3.2CF% relative to teamagainst the team without him
47.7Expected goals for %20.4 expected for, 22.4 against
+1.1xGF% relative to teamagainst the team without him
50.1Fenwick for %unblocked attempts
49.0Goals for %25 for, 26 against
99.5PDO9.0% shooting + 90.4% saves
84Attempts takenhis own shot attempts

Each share is coloured by where it ranks among the 585 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 pairTeamGPTimeCF%xGF%Goals
David Schlemko · Raphael DiazCGY15140:1152.360.27-3
Zbynek Michalek · David SchlemkoARI1068:2855.645.71-3
David Schlemko · Michael StoneARI1467:5743.037.12-2
David Schlemko · Connor MurphyARI1061:2941.745.52-1

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
1.3Expected goalsfrom 56 unblocked attempts
-0.3Goals above expectedgoals minus expected goals
Chances created 0.12 expected goals per 60 minutes19th
Shot quality 2.3% chance per attempt10th
Finishing -0.3 goals above expected45thOne season of finishing is mostly luck.

Each bar shows the share of defencemen he is ahead of, among the 231 who played 300 minutes or more this season.

00.51Game 20Game 40Expected 1.3Goals 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 11, 2015 @ WPG L 1-5 0 0 0 -1 4 3 0 21:28
Apr 9, 2015 vs LAK W 3-1 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 07:38
Apr 7, 2015 vs ARI W 3-2 0 0 0 -1 0 0 0 10:08
Apr 4, 2015 @ EDM W 4-0 0 0 0 1 0 3 1 12:25
Apr 2, 2015 @ STL L 1-4 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 16:42
Mar 30, 2015 @ DAL W 5-3 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 11:49
Mar 29, 2015 @ NSH W 5-2 0 0 0 2 0 0 1 13:16
Mar 27, 2015 @ MIN L 2-4 0 0 0 2 0 0 1 18:04
Mar 25, 2015 vs DAL L 3-4 (SO) 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 09:32
Mar 23, 2015 vs COL W 3-2 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 09:41
Mar 21, 2015 vs CBJ L 2-3 (OT) 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 11:44
Mar 19, 2015 vs PHI W 4-1 0 0 0 0 2 1 0 10:01
Mar 17, 2015 vs STL L 0-4 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 14:19
Mar 14, 2015 @ COL L 2-3 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 13:43
Mar 13, 2015 vs TOR W 6-3 0 0 0 -1 0 2 0 15:31
Mar 11, 2015 vs ANA W 6-3 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 12:18
Mar 8, 2015 @ OTT L 4-5 (SO) 0 0 0 -1 0 1 1 11:19
Mar 6, 2015 @ DET W 5-2 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 13:35
Mar 5, 2015 @ BOS W 4-3 (SO) 0 0 0 1 2 0 0 07:00
Jan 31, 2015 @ WPG W 5-2 0 0 0 -2 0 0 0 14:44
Jan 29, 2015 @ OTT W 6-3 0 0 0 1 0 1 2 15:27
Jan 27, 2015 @ MTL L 2-3 0 0 0 0 0 2 3 12:24
Jan 13, 2015 vs OTT W 5-4 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 12:48
Jan 10, 2015 @ COL L 3-4 0 0 0 0 0 3 1 16:40
Dec 22, 2014 @ VAN L 1-7 0 0 0 0 0 2 2 17:58
Dec 20, 2014 @ LAK L 2-4 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 23:41
Dec 16, 2014 vs EDM W 2-1 (OT) 0 0 0 2 0 3 3 29:29
Dec 13, 2014 vs MIN L 3-4 (SO) 0 0 0 0 0 3 3 20:33
Dec 11, 2014 vs NSH L 1-5 0 0 0 -1 0 1 2 20:29
Dec 4, 2014 vs LAK L 0-4 0 0 0 -2 0 0 1 14:49
Dec 2, 2014 @ CGY L 2-5 0 0 0 -1 0 0 0 14:05
Dec 1, 2014 @ EDM W 5-2 0 1 1 -1 0 2 0 18:23
Nov 29, 2014 vs CGY L 0-3 0 0 0 0 0 2 1 15:37
Nov 25, 2014 vs COL L 3-4 (OT) 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 15:20
Nov 23, 2014 @ ANA L 1-2 0 0 0 -1 0 1 2 16:32
Nov 22, 2014 @ SJS W 4-3 (SO) 1 0 1 1 0 2 2 16:30
Nov 20, 2014 @ DAL L 1-3 0 1 1 0 4 0 0 15:48
Nov 13, 2014 @ CGY L 3-5 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 16:50
Nov 1, 2014 @ CAR L 0-3 0 0 0 -2 0 0 0 15:44
Oct 28, 2014 @ TBL L 3-7 0 0 0 0 0 1 4 19:55
Oct 25, 2014 vs FLA W 2-1 (OT) 0 0 0 0 0 2 1 18:31
Oct 23, 2014 @ MIN L 0-2 0 0 0 -1 0 3 1 18:35
Oct 21, 2014 @ NSH L 3-4 (SO) 0 0 0 -1 0 1 2 19:40
Oct 15, 2014 vs EDM W 7-4 0 1 1 1 0 0 2 13:49