Akira Schmid
Florida Panthers · Goalie
Profile
- Position
- Goalie
- Number
- #40
- Born
- May 12, 2000 · Bern, Switzerland
- Age
- 26 years old
- Height
- 6′5″ (196 cm)
- Weight
- 190 lb (86 kg)
- Catches
- left
- Draft
2018, NJD, round 5, pick 12 (136th overall)- Nationality
- Switzerland
Season stats
- GPGames playedOfficial regular season games he played.
- 7
- WWinsGames won with him as the goalie credited with the decision.
- 4
- LLossesLosses in regulation.
- 2
- OTLOvertime lossesLosses in overtime or a shootout.
- 1
- SOShutoutsWins without allowing a goal.
- 0
- SV%Save percentageSaves divided by shots faced.
- .885
- GAGoals againstGoals scored against him.
- 20
Projected full season
- Pool pts Pool points we project for the full season, already scored and to come, points format: 1 pt per goal and per assist, goalies 2 pts per win, 1 pt per overtime loss and 2 pts per shutout.
- 50.9 40 games, 20.9 wins, 1.3 shutouts
- Rest of season
- 41.9 33 games left, 1.26 pool pts per game from now on
Our model’s projection, checked on the whole 2025-2026 season: production per game and expected games from his team’s schedule. Our method
📈 Our read on his season
- Projected pool points
- 50.9 9 so far · 41.9 to come
- Worst and best case
- 21 to 81 Worst case 21 · best case 81Confidence high. His gap between worst and best case is in the narrowest third of players at his position.
- Current pace
- 52 1 above the projection
Current pace carries his production per game over the games we expect him to play. The projection blends this season with the previous ones. 8 seasons out of 10 end between the worst and the best case, given how much his games vary, his health and his role. Confidence compares that gap with players at his position.
* This season: our projection, the vertical line going from the worst to the best case.
Compared with his last seasons
| SeasonThe season, from fall to spring. | Games playedOfficial regular season games he played. | WinsGames won with him as the goalie credited with the decision. | ShutoutsWins without allowing a goal. | Pool pointsPool points for the season under the default scoring. For this season, our projection. | Pool points per gamePool points divided by games played. For this season, over the projected full season (points already scored plus those to come). The rate from now on is under “Rest of season”. |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026-27 (projected full season) | 40 | 20.9 | 1.3 | 50.9 | 1.26 |
2025-26   | 34 | 16 | 2 | 43 | 1.26 |
| 2024-25 | 5 | 2 | 0 | 5 | 1.00 |
| 2023-24 | 19 | 5 | 0 | 13 | 0.68 |
Pool points under the default scoring: 1 point per goal and per assist, 2 per win and per shutout, 1 per overtime loss.
Last 10 games
| DateThe day of the game. | OpponentThe opposing team. "at" marks a road game. | DecisionThe goalie’s decision: W for a win, L for a loss, OTL for an overtime or shootout loss. Empty when he did not get the decision. | SavesShots stopped. | Goals againstGoals scored against him. |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Oct 27 | at WPG | W | 24 | 1 |
| Oct 25 | at CHI | W | 19 | 2 |
| Oct 21 | at OTT | L | 25 | 5 |
| Oct 15 | VAN | W | 16 | 2 |
| Oct 13 | at CBJ | W | 24 | 3 |
| Oct 12 | at BUF | L | 18 | 3 |
| Oct 1 | at SJS | OTL | 28 | 4 |
Regular season career
| SeasonThe season, from fall to spring. | Games playedGames played in that league that season. | WinsGames won with him as the goalie credited with the decision. | LossesLosses in regulation. | Overtime lossesLosses in overtime or a shootout. | Goals against averageGoals allowed per 60 minutes of play. | Save percentageSaves divided by shots faced. | ShutoutsWins without allowing a goal. | TeamThe team he played for that season, with a link to its page when it is in the NHL. | LeagueThe league of that season: NHL, minor league, junior, college or international tournament. |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2012-13 | 8 | – | – | – | – | – | – | Schallenberg U15 | Mini A |
| 2013-14 | 21 | – | – | – | – | – | – | Langnau U15 | Top Mini |
| 2014-15 | 31 | – | – | – | – | – | – | Langnau U15 | Top Mini |
| 2015-16 | 21 | 13 | 7 | 1 | 3.01 | – | 2 | Langnau U17 | U17-Elit |
| 2016-17 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 3.52 | .901 | 0 | Switzerland U18 | WJC-18 |
| 2016-17 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 3.97 | – | 0 | Langnau U20 | U20-Elit |
| 2016-17 | 36 | 19 | 12 | 2 | 1.89 | – | 4 | Langnau U17 | U17-Elit |
| 2017-18 | 32 | 18 | 9 | 3 | 2.60 | – | 2 | SCL Young Tigers U20 | Elite Jr. A |
| 2017-18 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 6.50 | .865 | 0 | Switzerland U18 | WJC-18 |
| 2017-18 | 32 | 18 | 9 | 3 | 2.60 | – | 2 | Langnau U20 | U20-Elit |
| 2017-18 | 4 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2.21 | – | 0 | Thun | MyHL |
| 2018-19 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 7.43 | .741 | 0 | Lethbridge Hurricanes | WHL |
| 2018-19 | 37 | 16 | 14 | 2 | 2.18 | .926 | 2 | Omaha Lancers | USHL |
| 2018-19 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 4.23 | .878 | 0 | Switzerland U20 | WJC-20 |
| 2018-19 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1.50 | .948 | 0 | Corpus Christi IceRays | NAHL |
| 2019-20 | 7 | 3 | 4 | 0 | 3.41 | .888 | 1 | Sioux City Musketeers | USHL |
| 2019-20 | 6 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 3.01 | .891 | 0 | Omaha Lancers | USHL |
| 2020-21 | 36 | 22 | 13 | 1 | 2.01 | .921 | 3 | Sioux City Musketeers | USHL |
| 2021-22 | 6 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 4.83 | .833 | 0 | New Jersey Devils | NHL |
| 2021-22 | 38 | 22 | 8 | 3 | 2.60 | .911 | 2 | Utica Comets | AHL |
| 2022-23 | 18 | 9 | 5 | 2 | 2.13 | .922 | 1 | New Jersey Devils | NHL |
| 2022-23 | 23 | 11 | 7 | 4 | 2.62 | .905 | 2 | Utica Comets | AHL |
| 2023-24 | 19 | 5 | 9 | 1 | 3.15 | .895 | 0 | New Jersey Devils | NHL |
| 2023-24 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0.86 | .946 | – | Switzerland | WC |
| 2023-24 | 23 | 9 | 8 | 5 | 3.06 | .894 | 1 | Utica Comets | AHL |
| 2024-25 | 5 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1.26 | .944 | 0 | Vegas Golden Knights | NHL |
| 2024-25 | 30 | 9 | 18 | 3 | 3.58 | .886 | 0 | Henderson Silver Knights | AHL |
| 2025-26 | 34 | 16 | 10 | 6 | 2.59 | .893 | 2 | Vegas Golden Knights | NHL |
| 2025-26 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 5.00 | .872 | 0 | Switzerland Olympics | OG |
| 2026-27 | 7 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 2.99 | .885 | 0 | Florida Panthers | NHL |
| NHL totals | 89 | 36 | 30 | 11 | 2.69 | .897 | 3 | NHL |
Playoff career
| SeasonThe season, from fall to spring. | Games playedGames played in that league that season. | WinsGames won with him as the goalie credited with the decision. | LossesLosses in regulation. | Overtime lossesLosses in overtime or a shootout. | Goals against averageGoals allowed per 60 minutes of play. | Save percentageSaves divided by shots faced. | ShutoutsWins without allowing a goal. | TeamThe team he played for that season, with a link to its page when it is in the NHL. | LeagueThe league of that season: NHL, minor league, junior, college or international tournament. |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2013-14 | 1 | – | – | – | – | – | – | Langnau U15 | U15-Elit |
| 2014-15 | 2 | – | – | – | – | – | – | Langnau U15 | U15-Elit |
| 2015-16 | 10 | 5 | 5 | – | 3.04 | – | 1 | Langnau U17 | U17-Elit |
| 2016-17 | 10 | – | – | – | 1.70 | – | – | Langnau U17 | U17-Elit |
| 2017-18 | 1 | – | – | – | 3.00 | .912 | – | Langnau | NL |
| 2017-18 | 5 | – | – | – | 3.02 | – | – | Langnau U20 | U20-Elit |
| 2020-21 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 2.28 | .920 | 1 | Sioux City Musketeers | USHL |
| 2021-22 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 5 | 3.89 | .895 | 0 | Utica Comets | AHL |
| 2022-23 | 9 | 4 | 4 | 0 | 2.35 | .921 | 2 | New Jersey Devils | NHL |
| 2024-25 | 1 | – | – | 0 | 0.00 | 1.000 | 0 | Vegas Golden Knights | NHL |
| NHL totals | 10 | 4 | 4 | 0 | 2.26 | .924 | 2 | NHL |
🏆 NHL awards and honours
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Every league he played in, from the NHL’s public feed, read again each day by our server. A dash marks a stat the league does not publish.
Career transactions
Trades, contracts, waivers and releases, newest first.
| Transaction dateThe day the club announced it. | Transaction typeTrade, signed contract, waivers (placed or claimed) or release. When the club announces several moves together, each player gets his own: injured reserve, activated, recall or assignment. | From which club to which clubThe club he leaves and the one he joins, when the transaction names them. | DescriptionThe text of the transaction as ESPN published it, in English. |
|---|---|---|---|
| Contract | Florida PanthersPanthers | Signed G Akira Schmid to a two-year contract. | |
| Trade | New Jersey DevilsDevils to Vegas Golden KnightsGolden Knights | Acquired F Paul Cotter and a 2025 third-round pick from Vegas Golden Knights for F Alexander Holtz and G Akira Schmid. | |
| Recall | New Jersey DevilsDevils | Acquired F Curtis Lazar from Vancouver in exchange from a fourth-round 2024 draft pick. Loaned and recalled D Kevin Bahl and G Akira Schmid to Utica (AHL). Assigned F Graeme Clark to Utica. | |
| Assignment | New Jersey DevilsDevils | Reassigned Fs Graeme Clarke, Nolan Foote, Brian Halonen and Aarne Talvitie, Ds Nikita Okhotiuk and Reilly Walsh and Gs Nico Daws and Akira Schmid to Utica (AHL). Placed F Brian Pinho and Andreas Johnsson on waivers. | |
| Assignment | New Jersey DevilsDevils | Assigned F Jesper Boqvist and G Akira Schmid to Utica (AHL). Signed F Jimmy Vesey to a one-year, one-way contract. | |
| Contract | New Jersey DevilsDevils | Signed G Akira Schmid to a three-year entry-level contract. |
Transactions source: ESPN.
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