He played seven games in the 2005–06 playoffs for the Capitals' top minor league affiliate, the Hershey Bears, helping them capture the Calder Cup.

A record was set by Schultz in the 2011 Stanley Cup playoffs in Washington's 4–2 loss to the Tampa Bay Lightning in Game 1 of the Eastern Conference Semi-finals.

On July 2, 2013, after two successive diminishing seasons on the Capitals, Schultz was given a compliance buyout of his final year of his contract with Washington, releasing him as an unrestricted free agent.

On December 3, Schultz was called up by the Kings,[6] later being reassigned to Manchester on February 5, 2014; he did not make an appearance of Los Angeles during his two-month call-up.

[9][10] On July 5, 2016, Schultz left the Kings organization as a free agent and signed a one-year, two-way contract with the Anaheim Ducks.

[11] He spent the duration of the 2016–17 season, with the Ducks AHL affiliate, the San Diego Gulls, appearing in 65 games from the blueline in recording 15 assists.