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Tim Schaller

#59 · Left wing · Los Angeles Kings

Born Nov 16, 1990 in Merrimack, New Hampshire, USA · 6'2", 204 lb · Shoots left

Compare with a similar player

The forwards closest to him in points in 2014-15. Pick one to see the two side by side, or choose someone else.

Daniel Cleary DET · 2 P in 17 GP Tyler Pitlick EDM · 2 P in 17 GP Ryan Hamilton EDM · 2 P in 16 GP Sam Carrick TOR · 2 P in 16 GP Tim Sestito NJD · 2 P in 15 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.

051015202014-15: 2 points214-152015-16: 3 points315-162016-17: 14 points1416-172017-18: 22 points2217-182018-19: 10 points1018-192019-20: 6 points619-20

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

Season Team GP G A P +/- PIM Shots Hits P/GP Cap hit
2014-15 BUF 18 1 1 2 -5 2 19 44 0.11
2015-16 BUF 17 1 2 3 3 2 18 13 0.18 $874K
2016-17 BOS 59 7 7 14 -6 23 89 73 0.24 $600K
2017-18 BOS 82 12 10 22 -5 42 133 132 0.27 $775K
2018-19 VAN 47 3 7 10 -2 9 44 66 0.21 $1.9M
2019-20 VAN 51 5 1 6 -13 14 48 49 0.12 $1.9M
2019-20 LAK 2 0 0 0 -1 0 1 2 0.00
6 seasons Career 276 29 28 57 -29 92 352 379 0.21

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 BOS 6 1 0 1 2 2 7 12 0.17
2017-18 BOS 11 0 2 2 3 2 8 18 0.18
2 seasons Playoffs 17 1 2 3 5 4 15 30 0.18

2014-15 season totals

GP G A P +/- PIM Shots Hits P/GP Shooting % Avg TOI
18 1 1 2 -5 2 19 44 0.11 5.3 11:21

Contract

Contracts he has signed

Signed Signed by Kind Seasons Years In all Cap hit
2018-19 to 2019-20 $1.9M
2017-18 to 2017-18 $775K
2016-17 to 2016-17 $600K
2015-16 to 2015-16 $874K

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

Rating

+0.1Goals above replacementsix goals are worth about one win
+0.0Wins above replacementgoals above replacement divided by six
-0.4Goals above averagethe five parts below added up
Even-strength offence-1.0Even-strength defence+0.5Power play0.0Penalty kill+0.1Penalties+0.0

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. A full season is about two-thirds the player and one-third chance. He has played fewer than 20 games, too few to be ranked. 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.

-4-20242014-152015-162016-172017-182018-192019-20Goals 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

35.6Corsi for %108 attempts for, 195 against
-3.3CF% relative to teamagainst the team without him
39.1Expected goals for %4.6 expected for, 7.2 against
-4.0xGF% relative to teamagainst the team without him
39.4Fenwick for %unblocked attempts
30.0Goals for %3 for, 7 against
96.6PDO4.5% shooting + 92.0% saves
24Attempts 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

Forward lineGPTimeCF%xGF%Goals
Cody Hodgson · Nicolas Deslauriers · Tim Schaller750:1231.532.01-2
Matt Ellis · Cody Hodgson · Tim Schaller318:1264.565.00-0
Cody McCormick · Patrick Kaleta · Tim Schaller214:5542.928.10-0
Matt Ellis · Patrick Kaleta · Tim Schaller214:3144.035.40-0

The lines 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 lines 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
1.4Expected goalsfrom 22 unblocked attempts
-0.4Goals above expectedgoals minus expected goals
Chances created 0.42 expected goals per 60 minutes10th
Shot quality 6.6% chance per attempt29th
Finishing -0.4 goals above expected51stOne season of finishing is mostly luck.

Each bar shows the share of forwards he is ahead of, among the 415 who played 300 minutes or more this season.

00.51Expected 1.4Goals 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 4, 2015 @ NYI L 0-3 0 0 0 0 0 0 5 11:17
Apr 3, 2015 vs CHI L 3-4 0 0 0 0 0 2 1 09:03
Mar 30, 2015 @ ARI W 4-1 0 0 0 0 0 2 3 10:13
Mar 28, 2015 @ COL L 3-5 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 10:31
Mar 23, 2015 @ DAL L 3-4 0 0 0 -1 0 2 4 08:40
Mar 17, 2015 @ BOS W 2-1 (SO) 0 0 0 -1 0 1 3 15:21
Mar 16, 2015 vs WSH L 3-4 (SO) 0 1 1 1 0 1 1 14:43
Mar 14, 2015 vs NYR L 0-2 0 0 0 -1 0 1 1 12:31
Mar 11, 2015 @ TOR L 3-4 (SO) 0 0 0 0 0 3 4 14:27
Mar 7, 2015 @ WSH L 1-6 0 0 0 -2 2 1 4 14:21
Mar 6, 2015 @ OTT L 2-3 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 12:10
Mar 3, 2015 @ TBL L 0-3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 11:26
Jan 8, 2015 @ CAR L 2-5 0 0 0 -1 0 1 3 09:20
Jan 6, 2015 @ NJD L 1-4 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 09:40
Dec 23, 2014 @ DET L 3-6 0 0 0 1 0 1 3 10:29
Dec 21, 2014 @ BOS L 3-4 (OT) 1 0 1 0 0 2 3 11:21
Dec 2, 2014 vs TBL W 2-1 (SO) 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 06:50
Nov 29, 2014 @ MTL W 4-3 (SO) 0 0 0 -1 0 1 3 11:52