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Cole Schwindt

Position Center / Right Wing Current Team Vegas Golden Knights
Shoots Right Current Contract 1 years
Height 6'2" Expires 2025-26
Weight (lbs) 203 Expiry Age (Jun 30) 25
Age 24 (Apr 25, 2001) Expiry Status RFA-arb
Drafted 2019, Round 3, Overall 81 (FLA)
Date Team Transaction
Jul 6, 2025 Vegas Golden Knights Signed 1 year @ $825K AAV starting in 2025-26
Apr 8, 2025 Vegas Golden Knights Activated from IR
Jan 17, 2025 Vegas Golden Knights Placed on IR
Oct 7, 2024 Vegas Golden Knights Claimed on Waivers from Calgary Flames
Oct 7, 2024 Calgary Flames Lost on Waivers to Vegas Golden Knights
Oct 6, 2024 Calgary Flames Placed on Waivers
Sep 18, 2024 Calgary Flames Signed 1 year @ $800K AAV starting in 2024-25
Apr 8, 2020 Florida Panthers Signed to an entry level contract.
Status History Coming Soon
Regular Season Playoffs
Season League Team GP G A Pts +/- PIM Shots Sh% TOI/G GP G A Pts +/- PIM Shots Sh% TOI/G
2015-16 ALLIANCE U16 Kitchener Jr. Rangers U16 AAA 1
2016-17 ALLIANCE U16 Kitchener Jr. Rangers U16 AAA 31 12 15 27 30 13 2 2 4 6
2016-17 OGC-16 Team ALLIANCE 5 3 2 5 2
2017-18 OHL Mississauga Steelheads 66 8 10 18 -4 20 6 1 1 +1
2018-19 OHL Brampton Steelheads 68 19 30 49 +4 25 4 1 1 -5 2
2019-20 OHL Brampton Steelheads 57 28 43 71 +11 31
2020-21 AHL Syracuse Crunch 10 1 1 2 -1 10
2021-22 NHL Florida Panthers 3 0 0 0 -4 3 0.0 14:08
2021-22 AHL Charlotte Checkers 72 19 21 40 +22 21 7 1 2 3 -2
2022-23 AHL Calgary Wranglers 70 14 18 32 +4 29 8 3 1 4 -2 2
2023-24 NHL Calgary Flames 4 0 0 0 -1 2 1 0.0 6:48
2023-24 AHL Calgary Wranglers 66 14 22 36 +7 31 6 4 1 5 +2
2024-25 NHL Vegas Golden Knights 42 1 7 8 +3 32 3.1 9:15 1 0.0 5:54
NHL Career 49 1 7 8 -2 2 36 2.8 9:21 1 - 5:54

5v5 Individual Stats

Season Team(s) GP TOI G/60 A/60 Pts/60 xG/60 GAE/60 Sh% xSh% Sh%AE %SA Rush %SA Reb.
2021-22 FLA 3 42:23 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.55 -0.55 0.00 12.93 -12.93 0.00 0.00
2023-24 CGY 4 26:54 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.69 -0.69 0.00 30.80 -30.80 33.33 0.00
2024-25 VGK 42 375:09 0.00 1.12 1.12 0.62 -0.62 0.00 12.55 -12.55 2.04 8.16

5v5 On Ice Stats

Season Team(s) GP TOI SAF/60 GF/60 xGF/60 SAA/60 GA/60 xGA/60 GF% xGF% xGF Rel xGA Rel xGF% Rel
2021-22 FLA 3 42:23 33.98 0.00 2.07 38.22 5.66 2.28 0.00 47.58 -1.48 -0.71 -6.72
2023-24 CGY 4 26:54 20.07 0.00 1.53 35.69 2.23 1.59 0.00 48.92 -1.34 -0.64 -7.23
2024-25 VGK 42 375:09 35.35 2.24 2.20 42.86 1.92 2.33 53.85 48.56 -0.41 -0.06 -3.58

NHL Edge Stats

Skating Shooting Zone Time
Season GP Top Speed Bursts>20/mi Avg. Speed ES Avg. Speed Top Speed Avg. Speed %Long Range %Mid Range %High Danger ES DZ% ES NZ% ES OZ%
2021-22 3 20.4 0.7 10.4 10.4 80.7 45.0 0.0 50.0 50.0 35.3 18.0 46.7
2022-23 - - - - - - - - - - - -
2023-24 4 20.5 0.6 10.5 10.5 68.3 60.1 0.0 100.0 0.0 41.0 18.7 40.3
2024-25 42 22.1 0.4 10.0 10.0 87.0 55.7 0.0 45.0 55.0 40.4 18.7 40.9

Legend

Percentile 0-25 Percentile 25-50 Percentile 50-75 Percentile 75-100
Forwards are compared with forwards and Defensemen are are compared with Defensemen.

5v5 Lines

Season
Season Teammate     Teammate     Team TOI GF/60 GA/60 GF% xGF/60 xGA/60 xGF% xGF Rel xGA Rel xGF% Rel
2024-25 Pearson, T Holtz, A VGK 66:37 0.90 2.70 25.00 1.76 3.01 36.95 -0.77 0.60 -14.32
2024-25 Pearson, T Kolesar, K VGK 42:04 1.43 1.43 50.00 1.93 1.90 50.40 -0.53 -0.57 0.52
2024-25 Kolesar, K Roy, N VGK 36:00 8.33 1.67 83.33 4.51 1.46 75.50 2.31 -1.14 29.75
2024-25 Rondbjerg, J Holtz, A VGK 32:44 1.83 1.83 50.00 1.73 1.88 47.86 -0.99 -0.37 -6.78
2024-25 Holtz, A Brisson, B VGK 29:43 4.04 2.02 66.67 2.32 3.07 43.06 0.12 0.20 -0.30
2024-25 Pearson, T Burke, C VGK 21:00 0.00 2.86 0.00 1.88 1.99 48.49 -0.24 -0.62 3.71

Glossary

Type Statistic Definition
IndividualG/60Goals Against per 60 minutes.
IndividualA/60Assists per 60 minutes.
IndividualPts/60Points per 60 minutes.
IndividualxG/60Expected Goals per 60 minutes.
IndividualGAE/60Goals Above Expected (G/60 - xG/60).
IndividualSh%Shooting Percentage.
IndividualxSh%Expected Shooting Percentage.
IndividualSh%AEShooting percentage above expected (Sh% - xSh%).
Individual%SA RushPercentage of shot attempts determined to be on the rush.
Individual%SA Reb.Percentage of shot attempts determined to be from rebounds.
On IceSAF/60Shot Attempts For per 60 minutes.
On IceGF/60Goals For per 60 minutes.
On IcexGF/60Expected Goals For per 60 minutes.
On IceSAA/60Shot Attempts Against per 60 minutes (lower is better).
On IceGA/60Goals Against per 60 minutes (lower is better).
On IcexGA/60Expected Goals Against per 60 minutes (lower is better).
On IceGF%Goals For Percentage = Goals For / (Goals For + Goals Against)
On IcexGF%Expected Goals For Percentage = Expected Goals For / (Expected Goals For + Expected Goals Against)
On IcexGF RelxGF/60 when On Ice - xGF/60 when not On Ice.
On IcexGA RelxGA/60 when On Ice - xGA/60 when not On Ice (lower is better).
On IcexGF% RelxGF% when On Ice - xGF% when not On Ice.
Individual and On-Ice stats from Puckalytics.com (starting in 2015-16). NHL Edge Stats from edge.nhl.com (starting in 2021-22). Edge statistic definitions can be found at the Edge Stats Glossary.

Current Contract

Standard Contract (RFA)

Season Age* Clause Cap Hit AAV Perf. Bonus Sign. Bonus Salary Compensation Minors Salary Status
2025-26 24 $825,000 $825,000 - - $825,000 $825,000 $825,000 RFA-arb
Total - - $825,000 $825,000 $825,000
Signed: July 6, 2025
Team: Vegas Golden Knights
GM: -
Exp. Status: RFA-arb
Cap %: 0.86

Previous Contracts

Standard Contract (RFA)

Season Age* Clause Cap Hit AAV Perf. Bonus Sign. Bonus Salary Compensation Minors Salary Status
2024-25 23 $800,000 $800,000 - - $800,000 $800,000 $100,000 RFA
Total - - $800,000 $800,000 $100,000
Signed: Sep 18, 2024
Team: Calgary Flames
GM: -
Exp. Status: RFA-arb
Cap %: 0.91

Entry Level Contract

Season Age* Clause Cap Hit AAV Perf. Bonus Sign. Bonus Salary Compensation Minors Salary Status
2020-21 19 $870,000 $925,000 - $92,500 - $92,500 - ELC
2021-22 20 $855,833 $910,833 $132,500 $92,500 $750,000 $842,500 $70,000 ELC
2022-23 21 $855,833 $910,833 $32,500 $92,500 $800,000 $892,500 $70,000 ELC
2023-24 22 $855,833 $910,833 - - $832,500 $832,500 $70,000 ELC
Total $165,000 $277,500 $2,382,500 $2,660,000 $210,000
Signed: Apr 8, 2020
Team: Florida Panthers
GM: -
Exp. Status: RFA
Note: This entry level contract slid one season as player did not meet the games played threshold to start the contract.

*Age is as of September 15