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Jordan Schmaltz

#43 · Defence · St. Louis Blues

Born Oct 8, 1993 in Madison, Wisconsin, USA · 6'2", 196 lb · Shoots right · Drafted 25th overall in 2012 by STL (round 1)

Compare with a similar player

The defencemen closest to him in points in 2018-19. Pick one to see the two side by side, or choose someone else.

Dalton Prout CGY · 2 P in 20 GP Ian McCoshen FLA · 2 P in 19 GP Philippe Myers PHI · 2 P in 21 GP Chad Ruhwedel PIT · 2 P in 18 GP David Schlemko MTL · 2 P in 18 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.

00.511.522016-17: 2 points216-172017-18: 1 points117-182018-19: 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
2016-17 STL 9 0 2 2 0 4 5 4 0.22 $925K
2017-18 STL 13 0 1 1 0 6 5 4 0.08 $925K
2018-19 STL 20 0 2 2 -7 2 11 10 0.10 $700K
3 seasons Career 42 0 5 5 -7 12 21 18 0.12

Playoffs

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

Season Team GP G A P +/- PIM Shots Hits P/GP
2016-17 STL 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.00
1 season Playoffs 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.00

2018-19 season totals

GP G A P +/- PIM Shots Hits P/GP Shooting % Avg TOI
20 0 2 2 -7 2 11 10 0.10 0.0 11:29

Contract

$700KCap hitends in 2020, then RFA
$350KCap dollars per point2 points in 20 games
$222KWorth at the going ratewhat teams paid for a season like his
-$478KValueworth 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 696 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 2019-20, with 1 season left after this one, and he is then a restricted free agent.

Season Cap hit
2018-19 $700K
2019-20 $700K

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 $700K
2016-17 to 2017-18 $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 2018-19 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.

2018-19 analytics

Rating

-0.6Goals above replacement578th of 699 skaters, 195th of 244 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 244 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-1.0 48th percentileEven-strength defence-0.4 43rd percentilePower play0.0 72nd percentilePenalty kill+0.1 62nd percentilePenalties+0.0 79th 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.

-1-0.500.512016-172017-182018-19Goals 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

41.7Corsi for %163 attempts for, 228 against
-7.6CF% relative to teamagainst the team without him
44.2Expected goals for %7.7 expected for, 9.8 against
-4.7xGF% relative to teamagainst the team without him
44.1Fenwick for %unblocked attempts
27.8Goals for %5 for, 13 against
94.4PDO5.3% shooting + 89.1% saves
16Attempts takenhis own shot attempts

These are left plain: he has not been on the ice enough to be ranked. That takes at least 200 shot attempts with him out there, about six or seven games, and a quarter of what the busiest skater has. Over a game or two these numbers are mostly chance.

Who he played with

Defence pairGPTimeCF%xGF%Goals
Jay Bouwmeester · Jordan Schmaltz1368:4038.245.41-5
Joel Edmundson · Jordan Schmaltz1243:3633.826.60-4
Chris Butler · Jordan Schmaltz329:0457.165.51-1
Jordan Schmaltz · Colton Parayko926:4851.045.12-0

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.

0Goalsnot counting empty-netters
0.4Expected goalsfrom 13 unblocked attempts
-0.4Goals above expectedgoals minus expected goals
Chances created 0.10 expected goals per 60 minutes7th
Shot quality 3.1% chance per attempt49th
Finishing -0.4 goals above expected47thOne season of finishing is mostly luck.

Each bar shows the share of defencemen he is ahead of, among the 244 who played 300 minutes or more this season.

00.20.40.60.81Game 20Expected 0.4Goals 0

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
Dec 14, 2018 vs COL W 4-3 (OT) 0 0 0 -1 0 0 0 11:19
Dec 11, 2018 vs FLA W 4-3 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 10:15
Dec 1, 2018 @ ARI L 1-6 0 0 0 -2 0 0 0 10:27
Nov 28, 2018 @ DET L 3-4 0 0 0 -2 0 0 0 08:53
Nov 24, 2018 vs WPG L 4-8 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 12:11
Nov 23, 2018 vs NSH W 6-2 0 1 1 0 0 0 1 14:48
Nov 21, 2018 @ NSH L 1-4 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 09:21
Nov 19, 2018 vs LAK L 0-2 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 10:19
Nov 17, 2018 @ SJS L 0-4 0 0 0 -1 0 1 0 08:12
Nov 11, 2018 vs MIN L 2-3 0 0 0 -2 0 0 0 07:41
Nov 9, 2018 vs SJS W 4-0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 13:35
Nov 6, 2018 vs CAR W 4-1 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 10:26
Oct 27, 2018 vs CHI W 7-3 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 12:11
Oct 25, 2018 vs CBJ L 4-7 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 13:35
Oct 22, 2018 @ WPG L 4-5 (OT) 0 0 0 0 2 0 2 13:02
Oct 20, 2018 @ TOR W 4-1 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 14:56
Oct 17, 2018 @ MTL L 2-3 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 11:02
Oct 14, 2018 vs ANA L 2-3 0 0 0 0 0 4 0 11:15
Oct 13, 2018 @ CHI L 3-4 (OT) 0 1 1 1 0 0 1 11:27
Oct 4, 2018 vs WPG L 1-5 0 0 0 -1 0 1 0 14:48