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Florida Panthers

Cole Schwindt

#79Center25 years oldShoots R6'3"209 lb

0.0 in 2 days
2025-26 regular season
29
GP
5
G
2
A
7
P
25
SOG
20.0% SH
10:02
TOI/GP

C · FLA · NHL id 8481655

Cole Schwindt has played 29 games for the Florida Panthers in 2025-26, scoring 5 goals and 2 assists (7 points) on 25 shots while averaging 10:02 a night (8:57 at even strength, 0:14 on the power play and 0:48 shorthanded). At 5v5 he has skated 41% of his 5v5 minutes with Donovan Sebrango and 32% with Noah Gregor over the last 10 games, and the Panthers have controlled 49% of shot attempts with Schwindt on the ice (13-11 in goals, 61% offensive-zone starts). In the Panthers' most recent game against DET he was on L4 with Noah Gregor and Mackie Samoskevich and on PP1; dropped to L4 (from L3) in the last game. He is shooting 20.0% this season against 9.8% across the 79 games in our data.

Right now

From the Apr 15 game vs DET, detected from shift data

Dropped to L4 (from L3) in the last gameLast 5: L3 · L3 · L2/PP1 · L3/PP1 · L4

Deployment timeline

2025-26 · per-game ice time by strength, with line and power-play unit changes

Usage: 7 games, 13:40 average time on ice, PP1 in 2 games, 4 line changes.

PPLine43▲332▲3▼4▼0m3m7m10m13m17mMar 6Mar 12Mar 17Mar 20Mar 26Mar 29Apr 2Apr 5Apr 9Apr 13
  • Even strength
  • Power play
  • Penalty kill
  • 5-game average
  • Did not play
  • ▲ promoted · ▼ demoted
7 games shown, 13:40 average. Line and PP unit come from where the player's ice time ranks among his teammates that night.

NHL EDGE tracking

2025-26 percentiles among skaters at his position

Source: NHL EDGE
Top speed16th1621.3 mph
Bursts 20+ mph26th2723
Hardest shot27th2881.5 mph
Offensive-zone time28th2840.6%
Distance skated27th2748.7 mi
High-danger SOG29th2912
Percentile among position peers│ tick = 3-season weighted

Season-level NHL EDGE puck and player tracking, refreshed nightly. The percentile is the league rank among skaters this season; the label at the right is the raw value.

Shot map

2025-26 · 45 attempts, 25 on goal, 5 goals

Shot map, OPP at FLA: 45 attempts, 25 on goal, 5 goals, 3.37 expected goals; best chance Cole Schwindt at 0.35 xG.

  • Even strength
  • Power play
  • Penalty kill
  • Goal
  • Shot on goal
  • Missed
  • Blocked
Every attempt (goals, shots, misses and blocks), attacking toward the right (or the top on phones).

Luck

2025-26 · 29 GP · 7 points vs 6.8 expected

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Last 20 games: +12. Positive means running hot (sell), negative running cold (buy).

20.0%
101.3
50.0%
G vs xG
5 / 3.1
  • • Role rose over the last 10 games (TOI up 4:04 a game, PP share 0% → 12%, 5 promotion events): some of the heat may be real.
Goals against expected goals
012345+1.9goals above expected1.1σ10/254/15
  • Actual goals
  • Expected
  • ±1σ
  • Above expected
  • Below expected

2025-26 regular season. Rank is among all qualified players; the bar is his percentile among forwards. Each stat links to its explainer.

Fantasy box score

  • Games played29
  • Goals5443rd
  • Assists2674th
  • Points7615th
  • Power-play points0437th
  • Shorthanded points0227th
  • Shots on goal25669th
  • Hits39471st
  • Blocked shots11679th
  • Plus/minus+2256th
  • Penalty minutes2701st
  • Faceoffs won91184th

Possession & shot quality (5-on-5 on-ice)

Transition, turnovers & faceoffs

Usage

Special teams & discipline

Luck & trend

NHL EDGE tracking

Unranked rows are below the sample minimum (20 GP, 200 five-on-five minutes, 100 draws or 10 goalie games).

Beyond the box score

2025-26 regular season · 28 of 29 games through the sequence engine (more fill in as games are reprocessed)

MethodLeaders
−0.017
Season net
−0.07xG

5-on-5. Each takeaway is credited, and each giveaway charged, at the league xG value of the zone.

MethodLeaders
Per 100 draws
−0.074
Season
−0.15G
44.2%206 draws

Wins by zone: OZ 21-40 · NZ 44-47 · DZ 26-28

MethodLeaders
Per 60
0.93
Attempts
4
0.036

5-on-5 shots within 10 seconds of winning the puck outside the offensive zone.

MethodLeaders
Season
+0.00G
Per 60
+0.000
Drawn / taken
1 / 1minors

MethodLeaders
53.1%
57.3%
52.9%
Transition CF/60
3.0
Turnovers won/60
18.3
Turnovers lost/60
18.5

5-on-5 while he is on the ice.

MethodLeaders
  • More of his shots than the league
  • Fewer
25 shots on goal, 5 goals, all situations
AreaHis shareLeagueG
Low Slot36%23%2
Crease12%3%0
L Circle4%13%0
Outside L12%4%1
L Point0%5%0
Center Point4%9%0
Outside R0%4%0

Role changes

Notable promotions, demotions and ice-time swings from Line Watch

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How his goals happened

6 goals since 2023-24 with NHL EDGE tracking: press Replay to watch the tracking animation

Method
Goal anatomy
GamePlayEntryPassesShot mphNotesReplay
Apr 15, 2026 vs DETDeflectionloose214.12-on-1
Apr 5, 2026 @ PITForecheck turnoverloose121.12-on-1
Jan 27, 2026 vs UTAForecheck turnover—058.5—
Nov 13, 2025 vs WSHDeflectiondump029.33-on-2, deflection
Oct 25, 2025 vs VGKRebound—046.4rebound
Apr 16, 2025 @ VANPoint shot—072.2—

* includes a royal-road (cross-slot) pass. Derived from NHL EDGE puck and player tracking.

Linemates

2025-26 · 5v5 time together and how each pairing performs with and without Schwindt

TeammatePosGPShareCF% togetherGF% togetherCF% Schwindt apartCF% mate apart
A.J. GreerLW16114:3644%52.7%60% (6-4)55.3% 24:5445.9% 44:02
Jeff PetryD2283:1732%47.7%67% (4-2)54.7% 91:5953.3% 210:56
Donovan SebrangoD1779:4631%43.1%67% (4-2)42.1% 90:1750.7% 179:36
Noah GregorC1070:5327%40.7%50% (2-2)54.2% 16:4471.0% 18:04
Niko MikkolaD2060:3923%50.0%50% (2-2)54.8% 105:0153.8% 276:47
Luke KuninC959:1223%33.7%25% (1-3)53.8% 7:4957.1% 14:30
Gustav ForslingD2255:0921%55.6%50% (3-3)50.4% 150:0054.0% 334:45
Tobias BjornfotD1655:0621%54.7%50% (3-3)50.3% 100:3050.2% 160:39
Sandis VilmanisLW850:4820%67.5%75% (3-1)52.0% 16:1335.7% 24:20
Jesper BoqvistC643:4617%41.8%0% (0-3)58.1% 11:5561.1% 11:30
Uvis BalinskisD1439:0415%52.6%25% (1-3)64.8% 68:2051.6% 175:27
Aaron EkbladD1429:5412%56.4%67% (2-1)48.5% 85:2252.8% 202:47
Seth JonesD1028:4011%39.0%25% (1-3)44.3% 63:4753.2% 137:35
Mackie SamoskevichRW628:1911%60.0%100% (4-0)61.9% 24:2253.7% 32:24

Game log

29 games in 2025-26, newest first

DateOppResultGAP+/-PIMHITBLKEVPPPK
Apr 15vs DETW 8-1101+2201145%14:5012:410:231:46
Apr 13vs NYRW 3-20000100011%16:0912:301:081:38
Apr 11@ TORW 6-2000+1401047%15:1814:141:04—
Apr 9@ OTTL 1-5000-1104063%14:0913:45—0:24
Apr 7@ MTLOTL 3-40000203240%13:5811:230:152:20
Apr 5@ PITL 2-5101-2303050%9:457:27—2:18
Apr 4@ PITL 4-9011+1002050%12:2212:22——
Feb 26vs TORW 5-10000001150%7:237:220:01—
Feb 5@ TBLL 1-6000-1001044%15:1811:003:161:02
Feb 4vs BOSW 5-40000001060%7:476:02—1:45
Feb 2vs BUFL 3-5000+1321050%14:2412:51—1:28
Jan 31vs WPGL 1-20000002020%9:589:58——
Jan 29@ STLL 4-5000-1000043%6:576:50——
Jan 27vs UTAL 3-4101+2203133%8:098:00——
Jan 25@ CHIW 5-1011+2001064%9:368:40—0:56
Jan 22@ WPGW 2-100000000—5:305:30——
Jan 19vs SJSL 1-4000-1001050%6:556:180:040:33
Jan 17@ WSHW 5-2000-10040—7:517:51——
Jan 16@ CARL 1-9000000100%8:237:570:090:17
Nov 17vs VANW 8-500000010—2:362:36——

Season splits by strength

2025-26 regular season · on-ice numbers from shift and play-by-play data

StrengthGPTOI/GPSAGFGAGF%
All situations29291:0610:0221724646.9%47.4%97111141548%11.211.561%
Even strength29259:468:5720321049.2%50.3%9185131154%9.68.461%
5v529258:598:5620221049.0%50.2%9185131154%9.58.461%
Power play106:370:408466.7%60.0%2410100%0.70.2100%
Penalty kill2022:581:0943011.8%13.3%320040%0.32.722%
5v4106:370:408466.7%60.0%2410100%0.70.2100%
4v51921:461:0942812.5%14.3%318030%0.32.413%

Career by season

Seasons in Edgehalla's data (2025-26 is being backfilled; earlier seasons follow)

SeasonTeamGPGAP+/-PIMHITBLKTOI/GP
2025-26FLA29527+222520.0%391110:02
2024-25PlayoffsVGK1000000—005:54
2024-25VGK42178+30323.1%41179:15
2023-24CGY4000-1210.0%516:48
2021-22FLA3000-4030.0%5214:08

Cole Schwindt news

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On-ice and deployment numbers are derived by Edgehalla from NHL play-by-play and shift data. Tracking percentiles are from NHL EDGE. Data updates after every game.