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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)
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

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
2025-26 VGK 2 76:48 41.41 27.34 2.43 1.56 0.87 94.29 91.12 3.17

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
2025-26 VGK 2 7:19 41.00 24.60 2.97 0.00 2.97 100.00 87.94 12.06

Legend

Percentile 0-25 Percentile 25-50 Percentile 50-75 Percentile 75-100

Glossary

Statistic Definition
SAA/60Shot Attempts Against per 60 minutes.
SA/60Shots Against per 60 minutes.
xGA/60Expected Goals Against per 60 minutes.
GA/60Goals Against per 60 minutes (lower is better).
GS/60Goals Saved per 60 minutes (xGA/60 -GA/60).
Sv%Save Percentage.
xSv%Expected Save Percentage.
Sv%AESave Percentage above Expected (Sv% - xSv%).
Data from Puckalytics.com (starting in 2015-16).

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Current Contract

Standard Contract (UFA) ( )  (0 ratings)

Season Age* Clause 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
Exp. Status: RFA-arb
Cap %: 0.99

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Entry Level Contract ( )  (0 ratings)

Season Age* Clause 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
Exp. Status: UFA(no QO)

Career Statistics

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 8
2013-14 Top Mini 21
2013-14 U15-Elit 1
2014-15 Top Mini 31
2014-15 U15-Elit 2
2015-16 U17-Elit 21 13 7 1 64 3.01 10 5 5 29 3.04
2016-17 WJC-18 3 3 91 9 3.52 0.901
2016-17 U20-Elit 2 1 1 8 3.97
2016-17 U17-Elit 36 19 12 2 67 1.89 10 1.70
2017-18 NL 1 3.00 0.912
2017-18 WJC-18 2 2 96 13 6.50 0.865
2017-18 U20-Elit 32 18 9 3 81 2.60 5 3.02
2017-18 MyHL 4 3 1 9 2.21
2018-19 WHL 1 1 27 7 7.43 0.741
2018-19 USHL 37 16 14 2 986 73 2.18 0.926
2018-19 WJC-20 3 2 98 12 4.23 0.878
2018-19 NAHL 2 2 58 3 1.50 0.948
2019-20 USHL 7 3 4 206 23 3.41 0.888
2019-20 USHL 6 2 2 1 165 18 3.01 0.891
2020-21 USHL 36 22 13 1 914 72 2.01 0.921 4 2 2 1 113 9 2.28 0.920
2021-22 NHL 6 6 4 114 19 4.83 0.833
2021-22 AHL 38 22 8 5 1061 94 2.60 0.911 1 1 5 38 4 3.89 0.895
2022-23 NHL 18 18 9 5 2 408 32 2.13 0.922 9 9 4 4 229 18 2.35 0.921
2022-23 AHL 23 11 7 4 618 59 2.62 0.905
2023-24 NHL 19 19 5 9 1 457 48 3.15 0.895
2023-24 WC 3 3 37 2 0.86 0.946
2023-24 AHL 23 9 8 5 650 69 3.06 0.894
2024-25 NHL 5 5 2 1 90 5 1.26 0.944 1 1 9 0.00 1.000
2024-25 AHL 30 9 18 3 922 105 3.58 0.886
2025-26 NHL 2 2 2 42 3 1.80 0.929
NHL Career 50 50 18 18 4 1111 107 2.69 0.904 10 10 4 4 0 238 18 2.26 0.924