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Akira Schmid

#40 · Goalie · Florida Panthers

Born May 12, 2000 in Bern, CHE (age 26) · 6'5", 190 lb · Catches left · Drafted 136th overall in 2018 by NJD (round 5)

Compare with a similar player

The goalies closest to him in games played in 2026-27. Pick one to see the two side by side, or choose someone else.

Alex Nedeljkovic SJS · 1 GP, 0.923 Anton Forsberg LAK · 1 GP, 0.800 Casey DeSmith DAL · 1 GP, 0.923 Charlie Lindgren WSH · 1 GP, 0.931 Clay Stevenson WPG · 1 GP, 0.938

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.

01020302021-22: 6 games621-222022-23: 18 games1822-232023-24: 19 games1923-242024-25: 5 games524-252025-26: 34 games3425-262026-27: 1 games126-27

Games played by season. The darker bar is the season shown below.

Season Team GP WLOTLSO Shots against Saves Goals against GAA Save % Cap hit
2021-22 NJD 6 0400 114 95 19 4.83 0.833 $851K
2022-23 NJD 18 9521 408 376 32 2.13 0.922 $851K
2023-24 NJD 19 5910 457 409 48 3.15 0.895 $851K
2024-25 VGK 5 2010 90 85 5 1.26 0.944 $875K
2025-26 VGK 34 161062 791 706 85 2.59 0.893 $875K
2026-27 FLA 1 0010 32 28 4 3.80 0.875 $2M
6 seasons Career 83 3228113 1892 1699 193 2.68 0.898

Playoffs

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

Season Team GP WLOTLSO Shots against Saves Goals against GAA Save %
2022-23 NJD 9 4402 229 211 18 2.35 0.921
2024-25 VGK 1 0000 9 9 0 0.00 1.000
2 seasons Playoffs 10 4402 238 220 18 2.26 0.924

2026-27 season totals

GP Starts WLOTLSO Shots against Saves Goals against GAA Save %
1 1 0010 32 28 4 3.80 0.875

Contract

$2MCap hitends in 2028, then UFA
$619KCap dollars per goal above replacement3.2 goals above replacement, projected
$1.7MWorth at the going ratewhat teams paid for a season like his
-$265KValueworth 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. The season is still being played, so each rating is projected over the whole season: the games played so far, plus the games left at the rate of the last three seasons and this one. Value is coloured by where it ranks among the 63 ranked goalies whose contract is known. How value is worked out.

The contract

Signed by the Florida Panthers on Jul 24, 2026, as a new contract: 2 years and $4M, beginning in 2026-27. It runs through 2027-28, with 1 season left after this one, and he is then an unrestricted free agent.

Season Cap hit
2026-27 $2M
2027-28 $2M

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
Jul 24, 2026 Florida Panthers New contract 2026-27 to 2027-28 2 $4M $2M
Jul 3, 2024 Vegas Golden Knights New contract 2024-25 to 2025-26 2 $1.75M $875K
May 17, 2021 New Jersey Devils Entry-level 2021-22 to 2023-24 3 $2.775M $851K

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 2026-27 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.

2026-27 analytics

Rating, projected over the full season

2026-27 is still being played, so these are a projection of his whole season, not a count so far: what he has done in 1 game (+0.1 goals above replacement), plus the 21 more he is taken to play, going by how much of his team's games he has played before, at a rate set by his last three seasons and this one. The more he plays, the more this season counts, and by the last game it is simply his season.

+3.2Goals above replacement46th of 63 goalies
+0.5Wins above replacementgoals above replacement divided by six
-0.9Goals above averagehis goals saved above expected

Each number is coloured by where it ranks among the 63 ranked goalies: 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. Goals above average is coloured as it is under Shots faced below, where it is taken per 60 minutes.

The goals he saved for his team, compared with a spare-part goalie facing the same shots. A goalie's season is about one-third the goalie and two-thirds chance, so read one year lightly.

-10-50510152021-222022-232023-242024-252025-262026-27Goals above replacementGoals above replacement, by season

Shots faced

Expected goals adds up how likely each shot he faced was to go in, judged by where it came from, what kind of shot it was and whether it was a rebound. A goalie who lets in fewer than that has saved goals above expected. Only shots taken while he was in net count, and the league's goalies as a whole come out at zero. What these numbers mean

-0.2Goals saved above expectedexpected goals minus goals against
3.8Expected goals againstfrom 48 unblocked attempts
4Goals againstwhile he was in net
0.875Save %0.882 expected from his shots
Goals saved -0.23 above expected per 60 minutes1st
Shot difficulty 7.8% chance per attempt faced1stA higher bar means his team gives up more dangerous shots.

Each bar shows the share of goalies he is ahead of, among the 0 who played at least a quarter as much as the busiest this season.

Where he was shot at

Every unblocked attempt he faced this season, with his 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 Decision Shots against Saves Goals against Save % TOI
Oct 1, 2026 @ SJS L 3-4 (OT) OTL 32 28 4 0.875 63:14