Sam Malinski
#70 · Defenseman · Colorado Avalanche
| GamesGP | GoalsG | AssistsA | PointsP | ShotsSOG | Ice timeTOI | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| This season | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 16:14 |
| Last season | 82 | 8 | 32 | 40 | 164 | 17:37 |
Role
Where he fits on Colorado right now.
- Line
Not part of one of the team’s usual pairs over the last 4 games; has played 3 of the team’s 4 games this season.
- Power play
PP2 Point
- Penalty kill
Rarely kills penalties · not a regular in 10 kills
- Ice time
16:14 a game, 6th-most among Colorado defensemen · 15:51 5-on-5 · 0:20 PK
- Competition
Easier opponents than 80% of defensemen · home 80%, road 81%
About average among defensemen
Where he stands out
What he does better or worse than most players at his position.
Better than most at his position
Setting up goals3rd
0.52 first assists /60better than 99% of defensemen
Shooting volumeTop 5
16.2 shot attempts /60better than 98% of defensemen
Creating chancesTop 10
+0.26 expected goals /60better than 96% of defensemen
Preventing chancesTop 10
−0.24 expected goals against /60better than 96% of defensemen
Behind most at his position
Hitting
hitting score 291.85 hits /60behind 85% of defensemenfewer than 60% of defensemen
Shorthanded threat
0.81 expected goals for /60behind 81% of defensemen
Listed only when we can be confident he is above or below average. Numbers from this season and last, through Oct 10. Compared with defensemen who have played at least 20 games over the two seasons.
Better than most at his position
Distance skated
9.10 miles /60farther than 90% of defensemen
Creating chances
+0.09 expected goals /60better than 81% of defensemen
Behind most at his position
Nothing yet where we can be confident he is below most defensemen.
Listed only when we can be confident he is above or below average. Numbers from this season, through Oct 10. Compared with defensemen who have played at least 3 games.
All ratings
Every rating, against other defensemen.
This season’s 3 games blended with last season’s 82, and pulled toward the average defenseman by an amount that depends on how quickly each rating settles.
This season’s 3 games only, pulled toward the average defenseman. Expect wide ranges this early.
Driving play at 5-on-5
- Creating chancesTop 10Along for the rideDrives play
+0.26 expected goals /60top 4%
+0.09 expected goals /60top 19%
- Preventing chancesTop 10Chances against riseShuts it down
−0.24 expected goals against /60top 4%
−0.01 expected goals against /60average
Scoring
- Shooting volumeTop 5Rarely shootsFires away
16.2 shot attempts /60top 2%
10.6 shot attempts /60top 33%
- Creating his own chancesFew chancesDangerous
0.29 expected goals /60top 9%
0.22 expected goals /60top 28%
- FinishingBelow expectedSniper
+0.2 goals above expected /100 shotsaverage
+0.1 goals above expected /100 shotsbottom 44%
- Setting up goals3rdRarely sets upPlaymaker
0.52 first assists /60top 1%
0.33 first assists /60average
Special teams
- Power-play chancesQuietThreat
0.87 expected goals /60too few games
0.73 expected goals /60too few games
- Shorthanded threatPure defensePower kill
0.81 expected goals for /60bottom 19%
0.87 expected goals for /60too few games
Physical and puck
- HittingAvoids contactPhysical
hitting score 29bottom 15%1.85 hits /60bottom 40%
hitting score 44bottom 28%0.00 hits /60bottom 1%
- Shot blockingRarely blocksShot blocker
- TakeawaysRarePuck thief
Penalties and faceoffs
- Drawing penaltiesRarelyDraws calls
0.32 penalties drawn /60bottom 18%
0.50 penalties drawn /60top 36%
- Staying out of the boxOften penalizedClean
0.46 penalties taken /60top 19%
0.61 penalties taken /60top 42%
Hitting, shot blocking and takeaways are arena-adjusted scores (100 is the average defenseman); 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.
258 unblocked shots, this season and last, from his point of view. 3 more from outside the zone. Empty nets left out.
6 unblocked shots, this season, from his point of view. Empty nets left out.
How his misses miss
90 missed shots. “Wide left” is from his point of view.
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 speedSlowerBurner
22.9 mphtop 13%
21.3 mphtop 26%
- Fast burstsTop 10RareFrequent
4.7 bursts /60top 4%
2.5 bursts /60top 34%
- Hardest shotSofterCannon
96.8 mphtop 19%
80.7 mphbottom 30%
- Distance skatedShorterCovers ground
8.89 miles /60top 10%
9.10 miles /60top 10%
- Time in the offensive zoneDefendingAttacking
44.5% of his timetop 7%
41.1% of his timebottom 36%
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.