Sam Malinski
- Position
- Defence
- Age
- 28Jul 27, 1998
- Height
- 5'11"180 cm
- Weight
- 190 lbs86 kg
- Shoots
- Right
- Born
- Lakeville, MN, USA
- Nationality
- USA
- Draft
- Undrafted
Sam Malinski, Colorado Avalanche defenceman, stats: this season, career totals, game log, recent trends and advanced metrics, plus players with a similar profile — from the NHL’s official data updated daily.
Trends
Points Per Game Trend
Contract
2026-27 cap $104.0MContract data not yet available.
Career
Born in Lakeville, MN, USA · Draft: Undrafted · 4 NHL seasons
Regular season
- GP
- 198
- G
- 16
- A
- 56
- PTS
- 72
- +/-
- 63
Playoffs
- GP
- 16
- G
- 1
- A
- 3
- PTS
- 4
- +/-
- 6
Advanced stats 2026–27
Longer bar = better league rank (already flipped where lower is better). The tick marks the league median.
Physical
- Hits16#285 of 659
- Hits per game0.94#356 of 659
- Hits per 603.19#372 of 659
- Blocked shots26#52 of 659
- Takeaways6#71 of 659
- Giveaways12#306 of 659
Shooting & expected goals
- Expected goals (individual)1.10#446 of 659
- Expected goals per 600.22#511 of 659
- Goals above expected-1.10#548 of 659
- xG per shot (shot quality)0.031#613 of 659
- High-danger shots2#441 of 659
Possession (on ice)
- Corsi (shot attempt share)53.4%#165 of 659
- Corsi relative to team+0.2%#309 of 659
- Fenwick (unblocked share)53.5%#186 of 659
- PDO at 5v51.048#101 of 659
- Offensive zone starts40.2%#522 of 659
- Time on ice per game17:39#239 of 659
Ranks among 659 skaters with 5+ GP.
Tracking data
NHL EDGE puck and player tracking, 16 tracked games this season · updated Nov 7
Longer bar = better than more of the league’s skaters. The tick marks the middle of the league.
Territory
- Offensive-zone time while on the iceLeague avg 40.6%42.0%Beats 57%
- Offensive-zone time, even strengthLeague avg 41.0%42.9%Beats 64%
- Defensive-zone time (less is better)League avg 40.2%40.0%Beats 54%
Speed
- Top skating speedLeague avg 21.2 mph21.6 mphBeats 72%
- Skating bursts over 20 mphLeague avg 826Beats 95%
- Skating bursts over 22 mphLeague avg 00Beats 0%
- Average shot speedLeague avg 68.3 mph66.8 mphBeats 36%
- Hardest shotLeague avg 86.7 mph86.1 mphBeats 41%
Where the shots come from
Close = crease, low slot and net sides. Mid = high slot and faceoff circles. Long = points and outside the circles.
Schematic rink; area borders are approximate.
- Left corner: 0 shots
- Behind the net: 0 shots
- Right corner: 0 shots
- Left side of the net: 0 shots
- Crease: 0 shots
- Right side of the net: 0 shots
- Low slot: 1 shots
- Left circle: 0 shots
- Right circle: 3 shots
- High slot: 0 shots
- Outside left: 1 shots
- Outside right: 0 shots
- Left point: 2 shots
- Centre point: 6 shots
- Right point: 9 shots
- Neutral zone: 0 shots
- Beyond the red line: 1 shots
- Close-range shotsLeague avg 11Beats 76%
- Mid-range shotsLeague avg 33Beats 67%
- Long-range shotsLeague avg 817More than 93%
- Long-range shooting %League avg 3.7%0.0%Beats 67%
Source: NHL EDGE (api-web.nhle.com).
Faceoffs · 2026–27
Faceoff leaders →No faceoffs taken this season.
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