Beck Malenstyn

Shoots left · 28 years old

	GamesGP	GoalsG	AssistsA	PointsP	ShotsSOG	Ice timeTOI
This season	4	0	0	0	1	8:46
Last season	81	7	7	14	72	11:15

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Role

Where he fits on Buffalo right now.

Line: L4 with J. Danforth and J. Doan
Power play: Not on either unit
Penalty kill: Second wave 5 of 10 kills · 0:49 a kill · starts only 2
Ice time: 8:46 a game, 12th-most among Buffalo forwards · 7:42 5-on-5 · 1:01 PK
Competition: Easier opponents than 77% of forwards · home 78%, road 72%
Easier opponents than 94% of forwards

Where he stands out

What he does better or worse than most players at his position.

Better than most at his position

Top speed1st
24.9 mphfaster than 99% of forwards
HittingTop 10
hitting score 39418.97 hits /60better than 98% of forwardsmore than 97% of forwards
Shot blockingTop 5
blocking score 1925.58 blocks /60better than 98% of wingersmore than 99% of wingers
Fast bursts
13.3 bursts /60more often than 95% of forwards

Behind most at his position

Creating chances
−0.26 expected goals /60behind 97% of forwards
Creating his own chances
0.58 expected goals /60behind 93% of wingers
Shooting volume
10.0 shot attempts /60behind 88% of wingers

Listed only when we can be confident he is above or below average. Numbers from this season and last, through Oct 10. Compared with forwards who have played at least 20 games over the two seasons.

Better than most at his position

Fast burstsTop 10
20.5 bursts /60more often than 98% of forwards
Hitting
hitting score 31529.07 hits /60better than 96% of forwardsmore than 99% of forwards
Distance skated
10.19 miles /60farther than 91% of wingers

Behind most at his position

Nothing yet where we can be confident he is below most forwards.

Listed only when we can be confident he is above or below average. Numbers from this season, through Oct 10. Compared with forwards who have played at least 3 games.

All ratings

Every rating, against other forwards.

Beck MalenstynAverage forwardLikely range

This season’s 4 games blended with last season’s 81, and pulled toward the average forward by an amount that depends on how quickly each rating settles.

Shooting volume, creating his own chances, shot blocking, hardest shot and distance skated compare wingers with wingers, because centers and wingers really differ there. Everything else compares all forwards.

This season’s 4 games only, pulled toward the average forward. Expect wide ranges this early.

Driving play at 5-on-5

Creating chances
Along for the rideDrives play
−0.26 expected goals /60bottom 3%
−0.04 expected goals /60bottom 36%
Preventing chances
Chances against riseShuts it down
−0.16 expected goals against /60top 10%
no measurable changeaverage

Scoring

Shooting volume
Rarely shootsFires away
10.0 shot attempts /60bottom 12%
11.9 shot attempts /60bottom 38%
Creating his own chances
Few chancesDangerous
0.58 expected goals /60bottom 7%
0.71 expected goals /60bottom 38%
Finishing
Below expectedSniper
−0.4 goals above expected /100 shotsaverage
−0.4 goals above expected /100 shotsaverage
Setting up goals
Rarely sets upPlaymaker
0.46 first assists /60bottom 11%
0.55 first assists /60average

Special teams

Power-play chances
QuietThreat
1.78 expected goals /60too few games
1.83 expected goals /60too few games
Shorthanded threat
Pure defensePower kill
0.70 expected goals for /60bottom 15%
0.87 expected goals for /60too few games

Physical and puck

HittingTop 10
Avoids contactPhysical
hitting score 394top 2%18.97 hits /60top 3%
hitting score 315top 4%29.07 hits /60top 1%
Shot blockingTop 5
Rarely blocksShot blocker
blocking score 192top 2%5.58 blocks /60top 1%
blocking score 95average1.71 blocks /60bottom 26%
Takeaways
RarePuck thief
takeaway score 101top 42%0.82 takeaways /60bottom 40%
takeaway score 110top 31%1.71 takeaways /60top 2%

Penalties and faceoffs

Drawing penalties
RarelyDraws calls
1.21 penalties drawn /60top 9%
0.86 penalties drawn /60top 38%
Staying out of the box
Often penalizedClean
0.80 penalties taken /60bottom 34%
0.79 penalties taken /60bottom 35%
Faceoffs
Loses drawsWins draws
47.8% wontoo few games
50.0% wontoo few games

Hitting, shot blocking and takeaways are arena-adjusted scores (100 is the average forward); switch “Hits and takeaways” to Raw in the settings to see the numbers as recorded. How the ratings work.

Shots

Where his shots come from, and how his misses miss.

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112 unblocked shots, this season and last, from his point of view. 5 more from outside the zone. Empty nets left out.

3 unblocked shots, this season, from his point of view. Empty nets left out.

How his misses miss

Wide left16
Wide right13
Over the net5
Off the post or crossbar3
Short or other2

39 missed shots. “Wide left” is from his point of view.

Wide left0
Wide right1
Over the net0
Off the post or crossbar1
Short or other0

2 missed shots. “Wide left” is from his point of view.

The NHL’s game data records how a shot missed, but not where in the net a goal or save went (glove side, blocker, five-hole). That needs paid camera tracking, so we don’t show it.

Skating and shot

Speed, bursts, shot power and where he spends his shifts, from the NHL’s own tracking (NHL EDGE).

Top speed1st
SlowerBurner
24.9 mphtop 1%
21.8 mphtop 31%
Fast burstsTop 10
RareFrequent
13.3 bursts /60top 5%
20.5 bursts /60top 2%
Hardest shot
SofterCannon
86.5 mphbottom 34%
80.9 mphtop 43%
Distance skated
ShorterCovers ground
9.75 miles /60top 34%
10.19 miles /60top 9%
Time in the offensive zone
DefendingAttacking
40.8% of his timebottom 40%
39.0% of his timebottom 29%

Top speed and hardest shot are his best single moments over this season and lastthis season; bursts and distance are per 60 minutes of his ice time. Tracking data: NHL EDGE.