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Akira Schmid

Position	Goaltender	Current Team	Vegas Golden Knights
Catches	Left	Current Contract	2 years
Height	6'5"	Expires	2025-26
Weight (lbs)	190	Expiry Age (Jun 30)	26
Age	25 (May 12, 2000)	Expiry Status	RFA-arb
Drafted	2018, Round 5, Overall 136 (NJD)

News and Opinions

Golden Knights Lineup Projection 2.0: Breaking Down the 2025-26 Roster at The Hockey Writers (Sun Jul 20, 2025)
The Golden Knights could snatch up a promising New Jersey Devils goaltender at Vegas Hockey Knight (Sun Jul 20, 2025)
Could Devils Goaltender Become Golden Knights Trade Target? at Vegas Hockey Now (Sat Jul 19, 2025)
Devils Trade Scenarios: Three Destinations to Move Nico Daws at New Jersey Hockey Now (Fri Jul 18, 2025)
Is the Golden Knights Opening Night Roster Already Set in Stone? at Vegas Hockey Now (Fri Jul 18, 2025)
Jesper Vikman has an uncertain future with the Vegas Golden Knights at Vegas Hockey Knight (Tue Jul 15, 2025)
2025 NHL Playoff Predictions: Who Wins Each Second Round Series? at Oil on Whyte (Wed May 7, 2025)
Analyzing Every Tom Fitzgerald Trade Pt. III; 2023-2024 at Devils Army (Tue Nov 19, 2024)

Date	Team	Transaction
Mar 31, 2025	Vegas Golden Knights	Recalled from AHL
Feb 7, 2025	Vegas Golden Knights	Assigned to AHL
Feb 6, 2025	Vegas Golden Knights	Recalled from AHL
Nov 14, 2024	Vegas Golden Knights	Assigned to AHL
Nov 13, 2024	Vegas Golden Knights	Recalled from AHL
Nov 12, 2024	Vegas Golden Knights	Assigned to AHL
Nov 10, 2024	Vegas Golden Knights	Recalled from AHL
Nov 9, 2024	Vegas Golden Knights	Assigned to AHL
Nov 5, 2024	Vegas Golden Knights	Recalled from AHL
Nov 4, 2024	Vegas Golden Knights	Assigned to AHL
Nov 2, 2024	Vegas Golden Knights	Recalled from AHL
Oct 2, 2024	Vegas Golden Knights	Assigned to AHL
Jul 3, 2024	Vegas Golden Knights	Signed 2 years @ $875K AAV starting in 2024-25
May 17, 2021	New Jersey Devils	Signed to an entry level contract.

Status History Coming Soon

			Regular Season									Playoffs
Season	League	Team	GP	GS	W	L	OTL	SA	GA	GAA	Sv%	GP	GS	W	L	OTL	SA	GA	GAA	Sv%
2012-13	Mini A	Schallenberg U15	8
2013-14	Top Mini	Langnau U15	21
2013-14	U15-Elit	Langnau U15										1
2014-15	Top Mini	Langnau U15	31
2014-15	U15-Elit	Langnau U15										2
2015-16	U17-Elit	Langnau U17	21		13	7	1		64	3.01		10		5	5			29	3.04
2016-17	WJC-18	Switzerland U18	3			3		91	9	3.52	0.901
2016-17	U20-Elit	Langnau U20	2		1	1			8	3.97
2016-17	U17-Elit	Langnau U17	36		19	12	2		67	1.89		10							1.70
2017-18	MyHL	Thun	4		3	1			9	2.21
2017-18	WJC-18	Switzerland U18	2			2		96	13	6.50	0.865
2017-18	U20-Elit	Langnau U20	32		18	9	3		81	2.60		5							3.02
2017-18	NL	Langnau										1							3.00	0.912
2018-19	USHL	Omaha Lancers	37		16	14	2	986	73	2.18	0.926
2018-19	WJC-20	Switzerland U20	3			2		98	12	4.23	0.878
2018-19	NAHL	Corpus Christi IceRays	2		2			58	3	1.50	0.948
2018-19	WHL	Lethbridge Hurricanes	1			1		27	7	7.43	0.741
2019-20	USHL	Sioux City Musketeers	7		3	4		206	23	3.41	0.888
2019-20	USHL	Omaha Lancers	6		2	2	1	165	18	3.01	0.891
2020-21	USHL	Sioux City Musketeers	36		22	13	1	914	72	2.01	0.921	4		2	2	1	113	9	2.28	0.920
2021-22	NHL	New Jersey Devils	6	6		4		114	19	4.83	0.833
2021-22	AHL	Utica Comets	38		22	8	5	1061	94	2.60	0.911	1			1	5	38	4	3.89	0.895
2022-23	AHL	Utica Comets	23		11	7	4	618	59	2.62	0.905
2022-23	NHL	New Jersey Devils	18	18	9	5	2	408	32	2.13	0.922	9	9	4	4		229	18	2.35	0.921
2023-24	AHL	Utica Comets	23		9	8	5	650	69	3.06	0.894
2023-24	NHL	New Jersey Devils	19	19	5	9	1	457	48	3.15	0.895
2023-24	WC	Switzerland	3		3			37	2	0.86	0.946
2024-25	AHL	Henderson Silver Knights	30		9	18	3	922	105	3.58	0.886
2024-25	NHL	Vegas Golden Knights	5	5	2		1	90	5	1.26	0.944	1	1				9		0.00	1.000
NHL Career			48	48	16	18	4	1069	104	2.73	0.903	10	10	4	4	0	238	18	2.26	0.924

5v5 Goalie Stats

Season	Team(s)	GP	TOI	SAA/60	SA/60	xGA/60	GA/60	GS/60	Sv%	xSv%	Sv%AE
2021-22	NJD	6	191:07	39.56	29.82	2.39	4.71	-2.32	84.21	91.98	-7.77
2022-23	NJD	17	714:21	36.62	25.20	2.21	2.02	0.19	92.00	91.25	0.75
2023-24	NJD	19	712:18	40.77	29.06	2.53	2.86	-0.33	90.14	91.29	-1.14
2024-25	VGK	5	185:23	40.46	23.63	2.16	1.29	0.86	94.52	90.87	3.65

4v5 Goalie Stats

Season	Team(s)	GP	TOI	SAA/60	SA/60	xGA/60	GA/60	GS/60	Sv%	xSv%	Sv%AE
2021-22	NJD	6	11:30	41.74	26.09	2.89	5.22	-2.33	80.00	88.91	-8.91
2022-23	NJD	17	47:34	84.51	61.81	7.60	10.09	-2.49	83.67	87.70	-4.03
2023-24	NJD	19	72:02	74.97	54.14	6.88	7.50	-0.62	86.15	87.30	-1.14
2024-25	VGK	5	23:18	48.93	28.33	5.09	2.58	2.51	90.91	82.04	8.87

Legend

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Percentile 25-50

Percentile 50-75

Percentile 75-100

Glossary

Statistic	Definition
SAA/60	Shot Attempts Against per 60 minutes.
SA/60	Shots Against per 60 minutes.
xGA/60	Expected Goals Against per 60 minutes.
GA/60	Goals Against per 60 minutes (lower is better).
GS/60	Goals Saved per 60 minutes (xGA/60 -GA/60).
Sv%	Save Percentage.
xSv%	Expected Save Percentage.
Sv%AE	Save Percentage above Expected (Sv% - xSv%).

Data from Puckalytics.com (starting in 2015-16).

Current Contract

Standard Contract (UFA)

Season	Age*	Cap Hit	AAV	Perf. Bonus	Sign. Bonus	Salary	Compensation	Minors Salary	Status
2024-25	24	$875,000	$875,000	-	-	$875,000	$875,000	$875,000	RFA-arb
2025-26	25	$875,000	$875,000	-	-	$875,000	$875,000	$875,000	RFA-arb
Total				-	-	$1,750,000	$1,750,000	$1,750,000

Signed: July 3, 2024

Team: Vegas Golden Knights

GM: -

Exp. Status: RFA-arb

Cap %: 0.99

Previous Contracts

Entry Level Contract

Season	Age*	Cap Hit	AAV	Perf. Bonus	Sign. Bonus	Salary	Compensation	Minors Salary	Status
2021-22	21	$850,833	$925,000	$82,500	$92,500	$750,000	$842,500	$65,000	ELC
2022-23	22	$850,833	$925,000	$82,500	$92,500	$750,000	$842,500	$65,000	ELC
2023-24	23	$850,833	$925,000	$57,500	$92,500	$775,000	$867,500	$70,000	ELC
Total				$222,500	$277,500	$2,275,000	$2,552,500	$200,000

Signed: May 17, 2021

Team: New Jersey Devils

GM: -

Exp. Status: UFA(no QO)

*Age is as of September 15